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Wang X, Shi J, Liu Z. Advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of sub‑centimeter lung cancer in the era of precision medicine (Review). Mol Clin Oncol 2024; 20:28. [PMID: 38414512 PMCID: PMC10895471 DOI: 10.3892/mco.2024.2726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
Abstract
Lung cancer is the malignancy with the highest global mortality rate and imposes a substantial burden on society. The increasing popularity of lung cancer screening has led to increasing number of patients being diagnosed with pulmonary nodules due to their potential for malignancy, causing considerable distress in the affected population. However, the diagnosis and treatment of sub-centimeter grade pulmonary nodules remain controversial. The evolution of genetic detection technology and the development of targeted drugs have positioned the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer in the precision medicine era, leading to a marked improvement in the survival rate of patients with lung cancer. It has been established that lung cancer driver genes serve a key role in the development and progression of sub-centimeter lung cancer. The present review aimed to consolidate the findings on genes associated with sub-centimeter lung cancer, with the intent of serving as a reference for future studies and the personalized management of sub-centimeter lung cancer through genetic testing.
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- Xiao Wang
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, P.R. China
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Cui X, Li X, Lv C, Yan S, Wang J, Wu N. Efficacy and safety of adjuvant EGFR TKI alone and in combination with chemotherapy for resected EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer: A Bayesian network meta-analysis. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2023; 186:104010. [PMID: 37105371 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2023.104010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Adjuvant therapy with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), alone or with chemotherapy, is used for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR mutations. A Bayesian meta-analysis was conducted to compare the efficacy and safety of adjuvant EGFR-TKI and adjuvant chemotherapy plus EGFR-TKI to determine whether additional adjuvant chemotherapy is beneficial. Randomised controlled trials and retrospective comparative studies examining the efficacy of adjuvant EGFR-TKI were searched from inception to July 2022. Ten studies (1344 patients) were analysed. Disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS), and adverse events (AEs) were the endpoints. Our network meta-analysis demonstrated that EGFR-TKI monotherapy is noninferior to chemotherapy plus EGFR-TKI for DFS and OS in the adjuvant setting. However, combination treatment was associated with a higher AE incidence and severity. Adjuvant EGFR-TKI monotherapy seems a viable alternative to chemotherapy plus EGFR-TKI in patients with resected EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC.
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- Xinrun Cui
- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China.
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Zhu J, Wang W, Xiong Y, Xu S, Chen J, Wen M, Zhao Y, Lei J, Jiang T. Evolution of lung adenocarcinoma from preneoplasia to invasive adenocarcinoma. Cancer Med 2023; 12:5545-5557. [PMID: 36325966 PMCID: PMC10028051 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.5393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Mutations in driver genes contribute to the development and progression of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). However, in the dynamic evolutionary process from adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) to minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA) and eventually to invasive adenocarcinoma (IAC), the role of driver genes is currently unclear. This study aimed to analyse the role of driver gene status in the progression of LUAD from preneoplasia to IAC. METHODS Patients with LUAD who underwent surgery in our centre from March 2015 to December 2019 were retrospectively analysed, and LUAD patients with tumour sizes ≤3.0 cm and pN0 were included in the final analysis. The mutation status of common driver genes, including EGFR, ALK and ROS1, was detected. According to the pathological characteristics, the patients were divided into three stages: AIS, MIA and IAC. We analysed the distribution of driver gene mutation frequencies across three stages of LUAD. In addition, we performed univariate and multivariate analyses of IAC patients to screen for relevant variables (driver genes and clinicopathological features) affecting their prognosis. RESULTS Ultimately, 759 patients with LUAD were enrolled, including 135, 130, and 494 cases of AIS, MIA, and IAC, respectively. EGFR mutations were identified in 359 (61.8%) patients, and with the transition from AIS to MIA, the frequency of EGFR mutations increased from 33.3% to 50.8%, p = 0.004, whereas the frequency of EGFR mutations was comparable for MIA and IAC (50.8% vs. 50.2%, p = 0.922). Moreover, ALK and ROS1 gene fusions were identified in 17 cases (2.2%) and 2 cases (3.0‰) respectively. For AIS, neither ALK gene nor ROS1 gene fusions were observed. When the tumour progressed to MIA, the ALK fusion frequency was 2.3% (3/130), which was basically consistent with the ALK fusion frequency of 2.8% in IAC, p = 0.143. For IAC, fusions of ROS1 fell into this category. In addition, we found that 40 patients (5.3%) developed metastasis/recurrence, and 14 patients (1.8%) died of cancer-specific related diseases. Notably, for AIS, there were no recurrences and no deaths, and for MIA, only 1 patient died with LUAD. Finally, survival analysis was performed in patients with stage IA invasive adenocarcinoma, and EGFR-mutant patients showed better DFS than EGFR-wild-type patients (p = 0.036). Conversely, patients with ALK fusions showed worse DFS than those with ALK wild-type (p = 0.004), and the same results were found in OS analysis. CONCLUSIONS The accumulation of EGFR driver gene mutation frequencies mediates the progression of LUAD from AIS to MIA. When the tumour progresses to stage IA invasive adenocarcinoma, multivariate analysis based on driver gene status can be used as a pivotal prognostic factor.
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- Jianfei Zhu
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Yang XN, Yan HH, Wang J, Chu XY, Liu ZD, Shen Y, Ma HT, Fu XN, Hu J, Zhou NK, Liu YY, Zhou XM, Li JS, Yang K, Li J, Xu L, Wang SY, Wang Q, Liu LX, Xu S, Chen ZY, Lou HH, Wang CL, Cheng Y, Liu SY, Zhang XC, Zhong WZ, Wu YL. Real-World Survival Outcomes Based on EGFR Mutation Status in Chinese Patients With Lung Adenocarcinoma After Complete Resection: Results From the ICAN Study. JTO Clin Res Rep 2022; 3:100257. [PMID: 34977823 PMCID: PMC8683612 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtocrr.2021.100257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Introduction The adjuvant treatment of patients with resected lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) remains unstandardized. We analyzed the survival outcomes of these patients based on EGFR mutation status and adjuvant chemotherapy treatment. Methods This noninterventional real-world study (ICAN) enrolled Chinese patients with resected stages I to III LUAD from April 8, 2010, to December 31, 2010. Tumor EGFR mutation status and 3-year disease-free survival (DFS) were determined. The extension phase provided long-term follow-up with overall survival (OS) as the primary end point. Secondary end points included DFS and prognostic factors of survival. Survival outcomes based on adjuvant chemotherapy treatment, EGFR mutation status, and postoperative stage were analyzed post hoc. Results Among 568 patients in the ICAN cohort, 472 continued to the extension phase and remained eligible. The 3-year DFS rate was 58.8%. In the extension cohort, 260 patients (55.1%) had EGFR-mutant disease and 207 (43.9%) received adjuvant chemotherapy. At a median follow-up of 109.0 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 106.6–111.4) months, median OS and DFS were 103.3 (95% CI: 101.7–104.9) and 67.4 (95% CI: 49.7–85.2) months, respectively. The 5-year OS and DFS rates were 68.9% (95% CI: 64.3–73.6) and 52.9% (95% CI: 48.2–57.7), respectively. EGFR wild-type disease was a significant independent predictor of worse OS (HR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.07–1.44, p= 0.004) based on the Cox regression analysis of common factors. Post hoc subgroup analysis revealed that survival outcomes were not significantly different with adjuvant chemotherapy regardless of EGFR mutation status across all postoperative stages. Conclusions EGFR mutations are common in operable LUAD, and recurrence and mortality after resection were considerable. Adjuvant chemotherapy did not improve survival outcomes, regardless of EGFR mutation status and postoperative stage.
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- Xue-Ning Yang
- Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, 301 Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department II, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, the Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, 309 Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Shenyang, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Lung Cancer Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Medical Oncology, Jilin Cancer Hospital, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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