Clinical value of concurrent brain radiotherapy and targeted therapy for non-small cell lung cancer with driver gene mutations positive combined with brain metastasis
HONG Fu1 QIAN Liting2 ZHAN Bihong1 ZHANG Hongbo1
1.Department of Radiotherapy, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Anhui Province, Hefei 230031, China;
2.Department of Radiotherapy, the First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China Anhui Provincial Hospital, Anhui Province, Hefei 230001, China
Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical value of concurrent brain radiotherapy (RT) and targeted therapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with driver gene mutations positive combined with brain metastases (BM). Methods Clinical data of 60 NSCLC patients with driver gene mutations positive combined with BM who admitted to Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital from January 2017 to July 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. According to the treatment plan, they were divided into the concurrent therapy group (32 cases, received concurrent brain RT and targeted therapy) and the sequential treatment group (28 cases, received brain RT and targeted therapy sequentially ). Short-term efficacy and incidence of adverse reactions were compared between the two groups, and survival was assessed by Kalpan-Meier method. Results There were no statistically significant differences in the objective response rates, the incidence of adverse reactions and the median overall survival (OS) between the two groups (P > 0.05). The intracranial progression free survival (iPFS) in the concurrent therapy group was higher than that in the sequential treatment group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). In the subgroup analysis, there were no significant differences in median OS and median iPFS between whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT), local RT, and WBRT+ local RT (P > 0.05). Conclusion The adverse reactions of NSCLC patients with driver gene mutations positive combined with BM can be controlled by concurrent brain RT and targeted therapy, and iPFS of patients can be improved.
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