Initial treatment and survival in Danish patients diagnosed with non-small-cell lung cancer (2005-2015): SCAN-LEAF study

Jens Benn Sørensen*, Pia Horvat, Mats Rosenlund, Anne Mette Kejs, Dony Patel, Ariadna Juarez-Garcia, Laure Lacoin, Melinda J Daumont, John R Penrod, John C O'Donnell, Odd Terje Brustugun, Simon Ekman

*Corresponding author for this work

Abstract

Aim: To describe initial treatment patterns and survival of patients diagnosed with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in Denmark, before immune checkpoint inhibitor and later-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor use. Patients & methods: Adults diagnosed with incident NSCLC (2005-2015; follow-up: 2016). Initial treatments and overall survival (OS) are reported. Results: 31,939 NSCLC patients (51.6% stage IV) were included. Increasing use of curative radiotherapy/chemoradiation for stage I, II/IIIA and IIIB NSCLC coincided with improved 2-year OS. Systemic anticancer therapy use increased for patients with stage IV non-squamous NSCLC (53.0-60.6%) but not squamous NSCLC (44.9-47.3%). 1-year OS improved in patients with stage IV non-squamous NSCLC (23-31%) but not squamous NSCLC (22-25%). Conclusion: Trends indicated improved OS as treatments evolved between 2005 and 2015, but the effect was limited to 1-year OS in stage IV disease.

Original languageEnglish
JournalFuture oncology (London, England)
Volume18
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)205-214
Number of pages10
ISSN1479-6694
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2022

Keywords

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/diagnosis
  • Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant/methods
  • Denmark/epidemiology
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis
  • Lung/pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mortality/history
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy/methods
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Pneumonectomy/statistics & numerical data
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

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