Long-term outcome of definitive radiotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: A real-world single-center study in the pre-durvalumab era.
Hong ZhuYi XuHuiquan GaoXingwen FanMing FanKuaile ZhaoHuanjun YangZhengfei ZhuKailiang WuPublished in: Cancer medicine (2024)
Our center's data showed that the survival prognosis of locally advanced patients receiving RT and chemotherapy in China was consistent with international levels during the same period. Patients with a KPS score of 80 or higher, who had never smoked or received combined RT, had a more favorable prognosis than those with a KPS of less than 80, who had smoked, or only received RT. The combination of RT and chemotherapy, with a reasonable radiation dose, was the key to improving the therapeutic effect.