Chemo-radiotherapy integration in unresectable locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a review.

Clinical & Translational Oncology : Official Publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico
E BaldiniC Delli Paoli

Abstract

Approximately one-third of all non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are locally-advanced at diagnosis, and 15-17% of these tumors are unresectable at presentation. Definitive chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) represents the standard therapeutic approach. However, the literature has shown that only 15% of patients are alive at 5 years and this percentage has remained unchanged despite various attempts of improvement. The recent introduction of immunotherapy has not only strongly changed the clinical scenario but has also drawn attention to a stage of disease apparently forgotten for decades. Stage III NSCLC can represent an interesting setting for the combined use of chemo-radiation and immunotherapy, due to the potential synergistic effect between radiation and immune checkpoint inhibitors. We reviewed the available literature in order to report the state of art of stage III NSCLC, by focusing on trials that evaluate different combinations of CRT and new drugs of PD-1/PD-L1 axis, and anti-CTLA-4. The future goal in the management of unresectable stage III NSCLC will be the optimal patients' selection combined with the use of individualized immuno/chemotherapies that could potentially improve clinical outcomes.

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