Mediastinoscopically proven IIIA(N2)/selected IIIB NSCLC received three cycles cisplatin (50 mg/m2 day 1 + 8) and paclitaxel (175 mg/m2 d1) qd 22. Concurrent CTx/RTx followed: 45 Gy (1.5 Gy bid) with cisplatin 50 mg/m2 day 2 + 9 and etoposide 100 mg/m2 d 4-6. Surgery was planned three to five weeks after RTx. If evaluated inoperable/irresectable at the end of RTx, definitive RTx-boost (20 Gy; 2 Gy qd) followed. Here we report 10-year-LTS for this cohort.
All 64 patients were accrued 3/99 to 2/02. Patients characteristics: IIIA(N2)/IIIB 25/39; m/f 48/16; adeno/squamous/large-cell/adenosquamous/NOS 15/26/18/3/2; age: median 52.5 (range 33-69). 36 operated: R0 32/36 (89 % ); pCR 16/36 (44 % ). 10-year-LTS % ; all 26.0; IIIA(N2) 37.1; IIIB 17.9; relevant prognostic factors (exploratory): pretreatment - histopathology (squamous/adeno) - age (<50/¡Ý50) - Charlson-CI: 1/>1 - BMI (¡Ý25/<25) - pack years smoking (¡Ý10/<10); treatment-dependent - R0/no-R0.
This regimen achieves substantial LTS. Interestingly, adenocarcinomas, older patients, unfavorable comorbidity scores, higher BMI and light smokers demonstrate poor long-term outcome even with aggressive trimodality. This dataset defines the rationale for our ongoing randomized trial with surgery after induction therapy in IIIA(N2)/selected IIIB (ESPAT¨¹).