ArticleThoracic cancer2025
The Progression Patterns and Subsequent Treatments of First-Line Immunotherapy in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
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- Whole-brain radiotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost in treatment of patients with brain metastases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Pooled it
- Risk-adapted use of thoracic radiotherapy in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer: a multicenter prognostic model study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- The Progression Patterns and Subsequent Treatments of First-Line Immunotherapy in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Thoracic cancer · 2025Article
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backgroundIn metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients receiving first-line immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), the real-world progression patterns and subsequent treatment outcomes remain controversial.
methodsWe retrospectively analyzed patients with stage IV NSCLCs treated with first-line immunotherapy between January 2017 and June 2023. Clinico-demographic and treatment data were obtained from an electronic medical record system. Progression patterns were categorized by: (1) Progression in different organs; (2) Progression in existing or new lesions; and (3) Oligoprogression versus systemic progression. Survival was assessed using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards models.
resultsAmong 157 patients, 67.5% experienced systemic progression, and 49.0% had progression in existing lesions. The most common organs with progression were the lung (81.5%), lymph nodes (35.0%), and pleural effusion (24.2%). Median post-progression survival (PPS) was superior in oligoprogression versus systemic progression (22.4 vs. 10.9 months, p = 0.012). Patients with extrapulmonary progression (8.2 vs. 22.9 months, p < 0.001) or progression in new lesions (9.6 vs. 25.3 months, p = 0.029) showed decreased PPS. In multivariate Cox regression, ECOG PS of 2-4 (HR: 2.26, p = 0.003), tumor stage of IVB (HR: 1.74, p = 0.013), and extrapulmonary progression (HR: 2.05, p = 0.002) were associated with decreased PPS. Subsequent treatments containing ICIs improved survival compared to regimens without ICIs (29.0 vs. 11.3 months, p = 0.004), particularly in patients with systemic progression (19.3 vs. 9.2 months, p = 0.013).
conclusionMost metastatic NSCLCs on first-line immunotherapy experienced systemic progression. Oligoprogression and progression only in existing lesions showed better prognoses, whereas extrapulmonary progression indicated worse survival. Subsequent ICI-containing treatments had improved survival.
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