2007
Comparison of Outcomes for Patients With Unresectable, Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Induction Chemotherapy Followed By Concurrent Chemoradiation vs. Concurrent Chemoradiation Alone
Huang EH, Liao Z, Cox JD, Guerrero TM, Chang JY, Jeter M, Borghero Y, Wei X, Fossella F, Herbst RS, Blumenschein GR, Moran C, Allen PK, Komaki R. Comparison of Outcomes for Patients With Unresectable, Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Induction Chemotherapy Followed By Concurrent Chemoradiation vs. Concurrent Chemoradiation Alone. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2007, 68: 779-785. PMID: 17418967, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.01.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarge cell carcinomaInduction chemotherapyConcurrent chemoradiationBetter overall survivalOverall survivalHazard ratioSurvival benefitLung cancerAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerMultivariate analysisNon-small cell lung cancerThree-dimensional conformal radiationSignificant overall survival benefitDistant metastasis-free survivalOverall survival benefitSignificant survival benefitPlanned subgroup analysisGroup of patientsMetastasis-free survivalCell lung cancerSquamous cell carcinomaComparison of outcomesConcurrent chemotherapyLocoregional controlAdvanced adenocarcinoma
2005
[18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake by Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Outcome of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Sasaki R, Komaki R, Macapinlac H, Erasmus J, Allen P, Forster K, Putnam JB, Herbst RS, Moran CA, Podoloff DA, Roth JA, Cox JD. [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake by Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Outcome of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2005, 23: 1136-1143. PMID: 15718309, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.06.129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistant metastasis-free survivalDisease-free survivalStandardized uptake valueLocal-regional controlHigh standardized uptake valueLower standardized uptake valuesCell lung cancerOverall survivalPrimary tumorPrognostic factorsPositron emission tomographyLung cancerBetter disease-free survivalEmission tomographyBetter DFS rateSignificant prognostic factorsKaplan-Meier methodStrong prognostic factorMetastasis-free survivalRegional lymph nodesBest discriminative valueLog-rank testSame cutoff pointIIIB NSCLCCurative surgery