2011
Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Prognostic Factors and Changing Treatment Over 15 Years
Gaspar LE, McNamara EJ, Gay EG, Putnam JB, Crawford J, Herbst RS, Bonner JA. Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Prognostic Factors and Changing Treatment Over 15 Years. Clinical Lung Cancer 2011, 13: 115-122. PMID: 22000695, DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2011.05.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall cell lung cancerNational Cancer Data BaseExtensive SCLCHazard ratioLimited SCLCRadiation therapyExtensive small cell lung cancerLimited small cell lung cancerNon-Hispanic white patientsBenefit of chemotherapyReceipt of surgeryAmerican Joint CommitteeEarly-stage diseaseMedian survivalOnly chemotherapyStage diseasePrognostic factorsWhite patientsFemale patientsImproved survivalFemale sexLung cancerCancer stageBetter survivalPatients
2005
Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer (Stages I-III): Observations from the National Cancer Data Base
Gaspar LE, Gay EG, Crawford J, Putnam JB, Herbst RS, Bonner JA. Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer (Stages I-III): Observations from the National Cancer Data Base. Clinical Lung Cancer 2005, 6: 355-360. PMID: 15943896, DOI: 10.3816/clc.2005.n.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLimited stage small cell lung cancerSmall cell lung cancerLS-SCLCChemoradiation therapyStandard treatmentLung cancerRadiation therapySole treatmentSurvival rateConcurrent thoracic radiation therapyNational Cancer Data BaseMultiple-agent chemotherapyTreatment pattern changesPercent of patientsProportion of patientsThoracic radiation therapyUse of chemotherapyUse of chemoradiationAge of patientsGroup of patientsConfidence intervalsYears of agePercentage of womenCombined chemotherapyPatient cohort