2022
OA11.03 Nonregional Lymph Nodes as the Only Metastatic Site in Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Marker of Better Prognosis
Zhan P, Canavan M, Ermer T, Pichert M, Li A, Maduka R, Kaminski M, Boffa D. OA11.03 Nonregional Lymph Nodes as the Only Metastatic Site in Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Marker of Better Prognosis. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2022, 17: s29-s30. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.07.056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation Between Food and Drug Administration Approval and Disparities in Immunotherapy Use Among Patients With Cancer in the US
Ermer T, Canavan ME, Maduka RC, Li AX, Salazar MC, Kaminski MF, Pichert MD, Zhan PL, Mase V, Kluger H, Boffa DJ. Association Between Food and Drug Administration Approval and Disparities in Immunotherapy Use Among Patients With Cancer in the US. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2219535. PMID: 35771575, PMCID: PMC9247736, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.19535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerRenal cell carcinomaUse of immunotherapyFDA approvalImmunotherapy useCohort studyClinical trialsNovel therapiesStage IV non-small cell lung cancerMultivariable logistic regression modelingFirst checkpoint inhibitorCheckpoint inhibitor therapyNational Cancer DatabasePatients 20 yearsCell lung cancerSocioeconomic strataTreatment of patientsDrug Administration approvalLife-saving treatmentReceipt of immunotherapyLogistic regression modelingSocioeconomic characteristicsImmunotherapy administrationCheckpoint inhibitorsPatient characteristics
2019
Comparison of Survival Rates After a Combination of Local Treatment and Systemic Therapy vs Systemic Therapy Alone for Treatment of Stage IV Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Uhlig J, Case MD, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Chiang A, Gettinger SN, Kim HS. Comparison of Survival Rates After a Combination of Local Treatment and Systemic Therapy vs Systemic Therapy Alone for Treatment of Stage IV Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2019, 2: e199702. PMID: 31433481, PMCID: PMC6707019, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.9702.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAblation TechniquesAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungChemotherapy, AdjuvantComparative Effectiveness ResearchDatabases, FactualFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingPneumonectomyProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsStage IV non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerPrimary tumor siteSuperior overall survivalSystemic therapySurgical resectionCell lung cancerExternal beam radiotherapyOverall survivalSurvival benefitLocal treatmentTumor siteTumor characteristicsLung cancerTreatment groupsMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regression modelsOligometastatic non-small cell lung cancerStage IV squamous cell carcinomaSurvival rateCox proportional hazards regression modelProportional hazards regression modelsComparative effectiveness research studyCancer-specific factorsNational Cancer DatabaseStage IV diseaseBenefit of combining local treatment and systemic therapy for stage IV NSCLC: Results from the National Cancer Database.
Dendy Case M, Uhlig J, Blasberg J, Boffa D, Chiang A, Gettinger S, Kim H. Benefit of combining local treatment and systemic therapy for stage IV NSCLC: Results from the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 8545-8545. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.8545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerNational Cancer DatabaseStage IV non-small cell lung cancerStage IV NSCLC patientsSystemic therapyOverall survivalSurgical resectionPatient demographicsNSCLC patientsCancer DatabaseMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsSquamous cell carcinoma patientsPropensity scoreMultivariable logistic regression modelCox proportional hazards modelSuperior overall survivalCell carcinoma patientsCell lung cancerLung cancer treatmentProportional hazards modelLogistic regression modelsLimited nodalTA patientsMetastatic diseaseMultivariable adjustment