Changes in treatment patterns and survival in elderly patients with stage I non-small-cell lung cancer with the introduction of stereotactic body radiotherapy and video-assisted thoracic surgery

European Journal of Cancer : Official Journal for European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) [and] European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
Deniece D E M A DetillonEelco J Veen

Abstract

The optimal treatment of elderly patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains elusive. Still, the introduction of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) may have led to more elderly receiving treatment and improved median overall survival (OS). We analysed data from the Netherlands Cancer Registry of 2168 patients ≥65 years with clinical stage I NSCLC and distinguished two periods: 2004-2008 (A) and 2009-2013 (B). The analyses focussed on treatment patterns and median OS for patients receiving surgery, radiotherapy or neither surgery nor radiotherapy. Furthermore, we explored the influence of the application of VATS and SBRT. The resection rate did not differ between the periods A and B (51% versus 53%; p = 0.37), despite significantly more VATS procedures in the latter period (0% versus 32%; p < 0.001). Application of radiotherapy increased (26% versus 33%; p = 0.001), especially SBRT (3% versus 63%; p < 0.001). The proportion of patients receiving neither therapy decreased (23% versus 14%; p < 0.001). Median OS for all patients significantly improved (31 versus 42 months; p = 0.001), and also for those receiving radiotherapy (23 versus 33 months; p = 0.02), but...Continue Reading

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