Associations of Pretreatment Physical Status Parameters with Tolerance of Concurrent Chemoradiation and Survival in Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.
Melissa J J VoornLoes P A AertsGerbern P BootsmaJacques B BezuidenhoutVivian E M van Kampen-van den BoogaartBart C BongersDirk K de RuysscherMaryska L G Janssen-HeijnenPublished in: Lung (2021)
In patients with stage III NSCLC receiving cCHRT, poor WHO performance status and BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 were independently associated with tolerance of cCHRT. Physical status parameters and intolerance of cCHRT were independently associated with poorer survival. Besides using this information for treatment decisions, optimizing physical status in patients at risk for intolerance of cCHRT might be a next step for improving treatment outcomes.