Double-edged role of radiotherapy in patients with pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma

Jiang, Yuanzhu; Lei, Cong; Zhang, Xufeng; Cui, Yangang; Che, Keying; Shen, Hongchang

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Double-edged role of radiotherapy in patients with pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma

Yuanzhu Jiang^1*, Cong Lei^2*, Xufeng Zhang⁴, Yangang Cui², Keying Che², Hongchang Shen^2,3,✉

1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, 324 Jingwu Road, Jinan, 250021, P.R. China
2. Department of Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, 324 Jingwu Road, Jinan, 250021, P.R. China
3. Institute of Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, 324 Jingwu Road, Jinan, 250021, P.R. China
4. Department of kidney Transplantation, Second Hospital of Shandong University, 247 Beiyuan Road, Jinan, 250000, P.R. China
*These authors contributed equally.

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Jiang Y, Lei C, Zhang X, Cui Y, Che K, Shen H. Double-edged role of radiotherapy in patients with pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. J Cancer 2019; 10(25):6422-6430. doi:10.7150/jca.32446. https://www.jcancer.org/v10p6422.htm

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Purpose: Pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) is classified as non-small-cell lung cancer, but has characteristics similar to small-cell lung cancer. This study was performed to evaluate the effect of surgery and radiotherapy on patients with LCNEC.

Materials and Methods: We analyzed 1,619 patients with stage I-III LCNEC, identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database, diagnosed from 2000 to 2013. The Kaplan-Meier analysis and the Cox proportional hazard model were used to study patient prognosis.

Results: Overall, 869 (53.7%) stage I LCNEC patients, 203 (12.5%) stage II patients, and 547 (33.8%) stage III patients were included in the analysis. Various surgery types were all associated with higher overall survival (OS) and lung cancer-specific survival (LCSS) than no surgery, with the following HRs: 0.334 (OS) and 0.279 (LCSS) for lobectomy, 0.468 (OS) and 0.416 (LCSS) for partial/wedge/segmental resection, and 0.593 (OS) and 0.522 (LCSS) for pneumonectomy (all p < 0.05). OS and LCSS of stage I and II LCNEC patients were not improved by radiotherapy (stage I: OS p = 0.719, LCSS p = 0.557; stage II: OS p = 0.136, LCSS p = 0.697). However, in stage III patients, radiotherapy significantly improved both OS and LCSS (p < 0.001). Following multivariate analysis, increased age, male patients, radiotherapy and diagnosed at stage II or III were all independent risk factors for LCNEC (all p < 0.05).

Conclusion: Lobectomy had the best outcome for OS and LCSS in stage I-II LCNEC. For stage III LCNEC patients, radiotherapy can significantly improve survival time. However, in LCNEC patients undergoing surgery, radiotherapy may reduce survival time.

Keywords: pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, surgery, radiotherapy, SEER

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Jiang, Y., Lei, C., Zhang, X., Cui, Y., Che, K., Shen, H. (2019). Double-edged role of radiotherapy in patients with pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. Journal of Cancer, 10(25), 6422-6430. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.32446.

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Jiang, Y.; Lei, C.; Zhang, X.; Cui, Y.; Che, K.; Shen, H. Double-edged role of radiotherapy in patients with pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. J. Cancer 2019, 10 (25), 6422-6430. DOI: 10.7150/jca.32446.

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Jiang Y, Lei C, Zhang X, Cui Y, Che K, Shen H. 2019. Double-edged role of radiotherapy in patients with pulmonary large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. J Cancer. 10(25):6422-6430.

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