PMID- 38058468 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231208 IS - 1792-1082 (Electronic) IS - 1792-1074 (Print) IS - 1792-1074 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 1 DP - 2024 Jan TI - Efficacy and outcome analysis: Combination of Endostar and chemotherapy as a neoadjuvant treatment of stage IIIA/IIIB squamous cell lung cancer. PG - 23 LID - 10.3892/ol.2023.14156 [doi] LID - 23 AB - Patients with stage IIIA/IIIB squamous non-small cell lung cancer (SqCLC) are particularly challenging to treat with a poor 5-year survival rate and new treatment strategies are needed. In the present study, a retrospective, single-center study was conducted to explore the efficacy and safety of Endostar combined with chemotherapy as the neoadjuvant treatment in patients with stage IIIA/IIIB SqCLC. A total of 27 patients with locally advanced SqCLC treated with Endostar combined with chemotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019 at the Zhejiang Cancer Hospital (Hangzhou, China) were included. Short-term efficacy, rate of surgical resection, long-term outcome and adverse events were analyzed. After treatment with Endostar combined with chemotherapy, 37% of the patients underwent surgery and the radical resection rate was 90%. The objective response rate was 63% for the total population and 80% for patients who received surgery. Of note, 100% of the patients achieved disease control after treatment with Endostar combined with chemotherapy. In patients who underwent surgical resection, postoperative pathology showed that 100% of the patients achieved pathological downstaging. Furthermore, 1 (10%) patient showed a pathological complete response after surgery. The median progression-free survival was 13.5 months and overall survival was 27.9 months for the total cohort. The most common adverse events (AEs) were anemia (69.4% of patients), followed by hypertension (29.6% of patients). Most of the AEs were grade 1-2 and only 4 patients (14.8%) developed grade 3-4 AEs. Endostar combined with chemotherapy was well-tolerated and showed promising efficacy in patients with stage IIIA/IIIB SqCLC. Further prospective studies are warranted to explore its value as a neoadjuvant therapy. CI - Copyright: (c) Cao et al. FAU - Cao, Feiyi AU - Cao F AD - Department of Medical Oncology, Postgraduate Training Base Alliance of Wenzhou Medical University (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China. AD - Department of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China. FAU - Ding, Sijie AU - Ding S AD - Department of Tumor Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy, Lishui Central Hospital, Lishui, Zhejiang 323000, P.R. China. FAU - Gu, Cuiping AU - Gu C AD - Department of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China. FAU - Zhou, Yao AU - Zhou Y AD - Department of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China. FAU - Hong, Wei AU - Hong W AD - Department of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China. FAU - Jin, Ying AU - Jin Y AD - Department of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China. AD - Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231116 PL - Greece TA - Oncol Lett JT - Oncology letters JID - 101531236 PMC - PMC10696629 OTO - NOTNLM OT - anti-angiogenesis therapy OT - combined chemotherapy OT - neoadjuvant therapies OT - non-small cell lung carcinoma OT - squamous cell lung carcinoma COIS- All authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2023/12/07 06:42 MHDA- 2023/12/07 06:43 PMCR- 2023/11/16 CRDT- 2023/12/07 04:04 PHST- 2023/04/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/10/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/12/07 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/07 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/07 04:04 [entrez] PHST- 2023/11/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - OL-27-1-14156 [pii] AID - 10.3892/ol.2023.14156 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Oncol Lett. 2023 Nov 16;27(1):23. doi: 10.3892/ol.2023.14156. eCollection 2024 Jan.