Prediction of skeletal-related events in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Hisaki AibaTomoki KimuraTakaya YamagamiNobuyuki WatanabeHironari SakuraiHiroaki KimuraShingo ShimozakiSatoshi YamadaTakanobu OtsukaPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2016)
The incidence of SREs was significantly lower in NSCLC patients with better spinal stability as determined by SINS, which was a good prediction tool for SREs from bone metastasis. The lower incidence of SREs in EGFR-positive patients suggests tumor biology should be considered when predicting SREs.