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Defining aggressive or early progressing nononcogene-addicted non-small-cell lung cancer: a separate disease entity?
Martin Reck1, Keith M Kerr2, Christian Grohé3
1Department of Thoracic Oncology, Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany.
Future Oncology (London, England)
|February 14, 2019
Summary
Patients with aggressive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) may benefit from specific therapies. Aggressive nonsquamous NSCLC is defined by progression within 6-9 months of initial treatment.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Medical Oncology
- Thoracic Oncology
Background:
- A significant subset of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients exhibit aggressive disease, characterized by rapid progression or poor response to initial chemotherapy.
- Clinical indicators of aggressive disease during first-line therapy have emerged as predictors of treatment response in specific NSCLC subtypes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review clinical data and propose a definition for aggressive nonsquamous NSCLC.
- To guide treatment decisions for patients with advanced NSCLC based on disease behavior.
Main Methods:
- Review of clinical data and literature on NSCLC treatment outcomes.
- Analysis of progression patterns in patients receiving first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.
Main Results:
- Aggressive disease features predict enhanced benefit from anti-angiogenic agents like nintedanib, ramucirumab, and bevacizumab in certain NSCLC contexts.
- These features may negatively influence outcomes with nivolumab in nonsquamous NSCLC with low PD-L1 expression.
Conclusions:
- A consensus definition for aggressive nonsquamous NSCLC is proposed: progression within 6-9 months of initiating first-line treatment.
- This definition aims to refine patient stratification for targeted therapies and improve treatment efficacy in NSCLC.
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