The 6th and 7th versions of the AJCC staging system were compared for their prognostic accuracy for patients with esophagogastric adenocarcinomas using an institutional database. The 7th edition system was significantly more accurate in groups undergoing MIE, induction therapy, and overall.
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September 12, 2015
This randomized trial compared induction therapy for pathologically-proven N2/IIIA NSCLC with 3 cycles of cisplatinum and docetaxel chemotherapy alone to chemotherapy combined with 44 Gy of radiation therapy. 232 pts in 23 centers were enrolled over a 12 year period. No differences were identified in the chemotherapy vs chemoradiotherapy groups for
September 8, 2015
This single institution study involving 606 patients operated 2000-2012 examined the influence of the extent of lymphadenectomy on survival. The number of nodes resected was not related to all-cause mortality, even comparing the highest and lowest quartiles. The number of metastatic nodes and an increasing ratio of positive to negative nodes were e
September 4, 2015
This study used a multicenter cohort in Italy to identify prognostic indicators for 3-year survival in patients who had undergone extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) for mesothelioma. 23% lived 3 years or longer. This survival was related to age, epitheliod histology, lack of asbestos exposure, and involved LN ratio. A risk score for survival was dev
August 26, 2015
Investigators from Stanford developed a nine-gene expression predictor for survival outcome in early-stage nonsquamous NSCLC. They developed and validated a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay easily applicable to routinely obtained paraffin-embedded tumor specimens.
August 22, 2015
This comprehensive review outlines changes in the WHO classification of lung tumors, chagnes that will affect our clinical practice in the near future.
August 20, 2015
Thus far, only 3 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have compared stereotactive ablative radiotherapy (SABR) versus surgery in patients with early stage NSCLC (STARS trial, ROSEL trial, and ACOSOG Z4099 trial). Unfortunately all 3 were unable to meet the accrual goals and were closed early.
August 20, 2015
This is an invited commentary on the article by Chang and colleagues (Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy versus lobectomy for operable stage I non-small-cell lung cancer: a pooled analysis of two randomised trials).
August 20, 2015
This expert opinion editorial is published in JTCVS in response to the article by Chang and colleagues. Meyers and colleagues begin by emphasizing that a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) would be the best way to answer the question of whether SABR or lobectomy is superior treatment for patients with early stage NSCLC.
August 20, 2015
This is a letter in response to the article by Chang and colleagues. The authors point out that only 58 patients were enrolled from 38 centers over 66.3 months, and speculate that this might be due to patients' preference for surgery.