PMID- 36204893 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221010 LR - 20221011 IS - 1998-4138 (Electronic) IS - 1998-4138 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 5 DP - 2022 Sep TI - Bronchial artery chemoembolization with apatinib for treatment of central lung squamous cell carcinoma. PG - 1432-1435 LID - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_2401_21 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To evaluation the clinical efficacy and safety of bronchial artery chemoembolization (BACE) combined with apatinib for treatment of advanced central lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). METHODS: Forty-seven patients with pathologically diagnosed stage IIIB or IV central LSCC that was not resectable were selected among hospital patients presenting after November 2016. Twenty-one patients were treated with BACE combined with apatinib; the remaining patients served as a control group treated with BACE alone. Objective response rate (ORR) and disease control rate (DCR) were evaluated with postoperative contrast-enhanced CT scans at 3, 6, and 12 months. Progression-free survival (PFS) curves were used to evaluate curative effects. Adverse events were recorded to assess safety. RESULTS: BACE operations were successfully completed in all 47 patients. Significant differences were found at six and 12 months (P < 0.05). Median PFS was 322 days in the observation group and 209 days in the control group: a statistically significant difference (P = 0.042). One-year survival rates were 76.19% and 46.15% for observation and control patients, respectively; this difference was also significant (P = 0.037). Three patients in the observation group received emergency interventional embolization for hemoptysis, and patients with grade III or greater adverse reaction events (AE) accounted for 19.05% of patients (4/21); these subjects improved or were controlled after active treatment. CONCLUSION: BACE combined with apatinib is effective for treatment of advanced central LSCC, with definite short-term efficacy, controllable risk, and high safety. Investigation with a larger sample size is warranted to confirm study results. FAU - Zhu, Jun AU - Zhu J AD - Department of Intervention Radiology, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, Yibin, China. FAU - Xu, Xiaoqian AU - Xu X AD - Out-Patient Department, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Yibin, Yibin, China. FAU - Chen, Yaoyong AU - Chen Y AD - Department of Intervention Radiology, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, Yibin, China. FAU - Wang, Qiang AU - Wang Q AD - Department of Intervention Radiology, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, Yibin, China. FAU - Yue, Quanji AU - Yue Q AD - Department of Intervention Radiology, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, Yibin, China. FAU - Lei, Kaijian AU - Lei K AD - Department of Oncology, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, Yibin, China. FAU - Jia, Yuming AU - Jia Y AD - Department of Oncology, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, Yibin, China. FAU - Xiao, Guo AU - Xiao G AD - Department of Intervention Radiology, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, Yibin, China. FAU - Xu, Guohui AU - Xu G AD - Department of Intervention Radiology, Sichuan Provincial Cancer Hospital, Chendu, Sichuan Province, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - India TA - J Cancer Res Ther JT - Journal of cancer research and therapeutics JID - 101249598 RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 5S371K6132 (apatinib) SB - IM MH - Bronchial Arteries/pathology MH - *Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/pathology MH - *Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/drug therapy MH - Humans MH - Lung/pathology MH - *Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy MH - Pyridines OTO - NOTNLM OT - Apatinib mesylate OT - bronchial artery chemoembolization OT - central lung squamous cell carcinoma OT - non-small-cell lung carcinoma COIS- None EDAT- 2022/10/08 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/12 06:00 CRDT- 2022/10/07 03:03 PHST- 2022/10/07 03:03 [entrez] PHST- 2022/10/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/12 06:00 [medline] AID - JCanResTher_2022_18_5_1432_357046 [pii] AID - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_2401_21 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cancer Res Ther. 2022 Sep;18(5):1432-1435. doi: 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_2401_21.