Pooled Analysis of S-1 Trials in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer According to Histological Type4 `/ o, A3 u2 R' a. d, w* k
NOBUYUKI YAMAMOTO1, TAKEHARU YAMANAKA2, YUKITO ICHINOSE3, KAORU KUBOTA4, HIROSHI SAKAI5, AKIHIKO GEMMA6, NAGAHIRO SAIJO7, MASAHIRO FUKUOKA8 and HISANOBU NIITANI9
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1Division of Thoracic Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka 411-8777, Japan
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4Division of Thoracic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan 2 p/ `* h* ~0 {$ q& ^9 n
5Division of Thoracic Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama 362-0806, Japan
" A$ ], V& L f3 |6Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Oncology Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan * M; x# x! U! _( i
7Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka 589-8511, Japan 9 |# R) G& t" I# U0 g% H3 t3 o/ E! M
8Izumi Municipal Hospital, Osaka 594-0071, Japan
5 [' V Z2 K' G0 y1 ^ t& J1 U9Tokyo Cooperative Oncology Group, Tokyo 105-0013, Japan F' @1 v- y' o; g/ \6 }7 ]
Correspondence to: Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Division of Thoracic Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, 1007 Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka 411-8777, Japan. Tel: +81 559895222, Fax: +81 559895783, e-mail: n.yamamoto@scchr.jp ; E" b% k3 {+ i; \$ P G
AbstractBackground: The antimetabolic agent S-1 inhibits thymidylate synthase similar to pemetrexed, but through a different mechanism of action. Whether the antitumour activity of S-1 depends on histological type remains unclear. We analysed pooled data from 2 phase II clinical studies of cisplatin and S-1 in patients with previously untreated advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Patients and Methods: We comprised 110 patients with stage IIIB or IV non–small cell lung cancer. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to determine the effects of histological type on progression-free survival and response rates. Results: On pooled analysis of the data, according to histological type, median progression-free survival was 3.8 months in patients with squamous cell carcinoma and 4.4 months in those with non-squamous cell carcinoma. Both analyses showed that progression-free survival and response rate did not differ significantly. Conclusion: Unlike molecular targeted agents and pemetrexed, a combination of cisplatin and S-1 may be no difference in response according to histological type.
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