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
2007
Toxicity and survival by sex in patients with advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) on modern Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) trials
Albain K, Unger J, Gotay C, Davies A, Edelman M, Herbst R, Kelly K, Williamson S, Wozniak A, Gandara D. Toxicity and survival by sex in patients with advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) on modern Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) trials. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2007, 25: 7549-7549. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.7549.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung carcinomaAdvanced non-small cell lung carcinomaModern chemotherapy eraAge 60Chemotherapy eraPrognostic factorsEstrogen levelsToxicity profileBetter survivalSouthwest Oncology Group trialKaplan-Meier survival estimatesMaximum toxicity gradePatients age 60Cox multivariate modelRisk of deathCell lung carcinomaNumber of toxicitiesWomen age 60Clinical trial literatureSex-related changesEligible patientsNSCLC trialsSurvival benefitChemotherapy prescriptionsRecent trials