Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer. West Japan Study Group for Lung Cancer Surgery. The Japan Lung Cancer Research Group on Postsurgical Adjuvant Chemotherapy.
Given that no therapeutic methods of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer have been established, we selected UFT (tegafur and uracil) for investigation because UFT is less injurious to the host than intensive chemotherapies. The second study of the West Japan Study Group for Lung Cancer Surgery showed that the 5-year survival rates were 64.1% in the UFT group (UFT 400 mg/day for 1 year after surgery) and 49.1% in the control group (surgery alone). Thus, the survival rate for all patients was improved significantly in the UFT group as compared with the control group (log rank test, P = .033; generalized Wilcoxon test, P = .019). To establish the usefulness of long-term oral administration of UFT as an adjuvant therapy for completely resected non-small-cell lung cancer, the nationwide Japan Lung Cancer Research Group on Postsurgical Adjuvant Chemotherapy is now conducting a comparative study of surgery alone versus surgery and UFT in patients with pathologic stage I adenocarcinoma.
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D005641:Tegafur / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014498:Uracil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; C096910:UFT(R) drug; D005641:Tegafur; D014498:Uracil