title: Neoadjuvant radiotherapy concurrent with weekly paclitaxel and carboplatin and followed by surgery in locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
abstract: Thirty-seven patients were enrolled in a phase II study to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of neoadjuvant radiotherapy concurrent with weekly paclitaxel and carboplatin in locoregionally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The study was also designed to evaluate the operability following concurrent chemoirradiation. The following response rates to chemoirradiation were obtained: complete response (CR) 5 of 37 (13.5%), partial response 14 of 37 (38%), stable disease 12 of 37 (32.5%) and PD 6 of 37 (16%). Twenty patients underwent surgery, and in 19 patients the tumor was totally resected. There was pathologic CR in 4 patients. Moderate/severe esophagitis developed in 16 patients (43%); hematologic toxicity was mild. There was one case of postoperative mortality. Nine patients are alive without evidence of disease at 5+ to 39+ months. Median survival is 22 months. It is concluded that neoadjuvant radiotherapy concurrent with weekly paclitaxel/carboplatin is effective and well tolerated in patients and feasible for patients with locally advanced NSCLC, allowing complete tumor resection in 56% of the cases.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Department, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuten
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Anacak
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abdah-Bortnyak
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chetver
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zen Al Deen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daoud
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nijem
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Billan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Best
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012074:Remission Induction; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D016190:Carboplatin; D017239:Paclitaxel