Melissa A L Vyfhuis, Whitney M Burrows, Neha Bhooshan, Mohan Suntharalingam, James M Donahue, Josephine Feliciano, Shahed Badiyan, Elizabeth M Nichols, Martin J Edelman, Shamus R Carr, Joseph Friedberg, Gavin Henry, Shelby Stewart, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Edward M Pickering, Charles B Simone, Steven J Feigenberg, Pranshu Mohindra
PURPOSE: To determine, in a retrospective analysis of a large cohort of stage III non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with curative intent at our institution, whether having a pathologic complete response (pCR) influenced overall survival (OS) or freedom from recurrence (FFR) in patients who underwent definitive (≥60 Gy) neoadjuvant doses of chemoradiation (CRT). METHODS AND MATERIALS: At our institution, 355 patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer were treated with curative intent with definitive CRT (January 2000-December 2013), of whom 111 underwent mediastinal reassessment for possible surgical resection...
February 13, 2018: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics