A RANDOMIZED TRIAL COMPARING PREOPERATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY PLUS SURGERY WITH SURGERY ALONE IN PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG-CANCER
A RANDOMIZED TRIAL COMPARING PREOPERATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY PLUS SURGERY WITH SURGERY ALONE IN PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG-CANCER
复制标题
DOI:
10.1056/nejm199401203300301
复制
发表时间:
1994-01-20
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
ABAD, A
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
ROSELL, R;GOMEZCODINA, J;ABAD, A
Background. The efficacy of surgery for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer is limited, although recent studies suggest that preoperative chemotherapy may improve survival. We conducted a randomized trial to examine the possible benefit of preoperative chemotherapy and surgery for the treatment of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.Methods. We studied 60 patients (59 men and 1 woman) with stage IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer. The patients were randomly assigned to receive either surgery alone or three courses of chemotherapy (6 mg of mitomycin per square meter of body-surface area, 3 g of ifosfamide per square meter, and 50 mg of cisplatin per square meter) given intravenously at three-week intervals and followed by surgery. All patients received mediastinal radiation after surgery. The resected tumors were evaluated by means of K-ras oncogene analysis and flow cytometry.Results. The median period of survival was 26 months in the patients with chemotherapy plus surgery, as compared with 8 months in the patients treated with surgery alone (P