Clinical impact of postoperative radiotherapy in pIII-N2 non-small cell lung cancer after complete resection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Published in: Journal of thoracic disease (2024)

Compared to adjuvant chemotherapy alone, additional PORT was significantly associated with a reduced local recurrence rate. However, neither DFS nor OS benefited from PORT in patients with pIII-N2 NSCLC who had undergone complete resection.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
small cell lung cancer
early stage
laparoscopic surgery
patients undergoing
radiation therapy
locally advanced
advanced non small cell lung cancer
radiation induced
free survival
epidermal growth factor receptor