Pooled Analysis of S-1 Trials in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer According to Histological Type2 s9 E" r. g4 J. |% L
NOBUYUKI YAMAMOTO1, TAKEHARU YAMANAKA2, YUKITO ICHINOSE3, KAORU KUBOTA4, HIROSHI SAKAI5, AKIHIKO GEMMA6, NAGAHIRO SAIJO7, MASAHIRO FUKUOKA8 and HISANOBU NIITANI9 % C [! [& F- X ^; F- f
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7 Q, u# A3 M' K1Division of Thoracic Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka 411-8777, Japan
" x g; R: i5 Y0 X4 J) I2Cancer Biostatistics Laboratory, Institute for Clinical Research, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka 811-1395, Japan
! r8 h; ^' `; E6 X* [; R9 R3Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka 811-1395, Japan 6 E% a& K& Q9 N3 @* A+ n0 J' N
4Division of Thoracic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
, x2 ], k( `8 C5Division of Thoracic Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama 362-0806, Japan % l) U* D. K& p- f& f- }! h! q+ K2 t
6Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Oncology Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan 1 {+ \ t. r. Z# F o _* C$ {
7Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka 589-8511, Japan . R% u; w( ?# S2 F f% t5 A
8Izumi Municipal Hospital, Osaka 594-0071, Japan N1 O* u; L! t! S7 v
9Tokyo Cooperative Oncology Group, Tokyo 105-0013, Japan
" a0 `7 Y1 ?7 v* j7 S. r" o- yCorrespondence 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 1 }% U6 U) t! \7 @- S( k
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. ' S7 |4 ?6 t% ~* h
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