• J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · May 2023

    Postoperative radiotherapy with modern techniques does not improve survival for operable stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer.

    • Jarrod Predina, Raiya Suliman, Alexandra L Potter, Nikhil Panda, Kevin Diao, Michael Lanuti, Ashok Muniappan, and Jeffrey YangChi-FuCFDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: cjyang@post.harvard.edu..
    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
    • J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2023 May 1; 165 (5): 16961709.e41696-1709.e4.

    ObjectivesThis study aims to evaluate whether postoperative radiotherapy using newer techniques (intensity-modulated radiotherapy [IMRT]) is associated with improved survival for patients with stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who underwent complete resection.MethodsThe overall survival of patients with stage IIIA-N2 NSCLC who received postoperative IMRT versus no postoperative IMRT following induction chemotherapy and lobectomy in the National Cancer Database from 2010-2018 was assessed via Kaplan-Meier analysis, Cox proportional hazards analysis and propensity score-matched analysis. Additional survival analyses were also conducted in patients with completely resected stage IIIA-pN2 NSCLC who had upfront lobectomy (without induction therapy) followed by adjuvant chemotherapy alone or adjuvant chemotherapy with postoperative IMRT. Only patients receiving IMRT, which is a newer, more conformal radiotherapy technique, were included. Patients with positive surgical margins were excluded.ResultsA total of 3203 patients with stage IIA-N2 NSCLC who underwent lobectomy were included. Five hundred eighty-eight (18.4%) patients underwent induction chemotherapy followed by lobectomy, and 2615 (82%) underwent lobectomy followed by chemotherapy. In unadjusted, multivariable-adjusted, and propensity score--matched analyses, there were no significant differences in overall survival between the patients who also received postoperative IMRT versus those who did not.ConclusionsIn this national analysis, the use of postoperative IMRT was not associated with improved survival in patients with completely resected stage IIIA-N2 NSCLC with or without induction chemotherapy.Copyright © 2022 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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