Prognostic impact and distinctive characteristics of surgically resected anaplastic lymphoma kinase-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma

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OBJECTIVE: Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangement is a representative lung cancer with driver mutation because of the efficacy of ALK-tyrosine kinase inhibitors. ALK-tyrosine kinase inhibitors are extensively used for ALK-rearranged lung cancer, whereas the therapeutic benefit of surgery remains unclear. Thus, we aimed to assess the clinical benefit of surgery in ALK-rearranged lung cancer and to elucidate the oncologic characteristics of ALK-rearranged lung cancer through surgically resected cases.

METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated 1925 lung adenocarcinoma cases surgically resected between 1996 and 2017 at our institute. Moreover, 75 ALK-rearranged and 75 non-ALK-rearranged cases were extracted using propensity score matching. The survival rates, prognostic factors, and post-recurrence state were assessed.

RESULTS: Multivariable analysis revealed that ALK rearrangement was an independent prognostic factor for improved cancer-specific survival (hazard ratio, 0.2; 95% confidence interval, 0.05-0.88; P = .033). In the matched cohort, the 5-year cancer-specific survival rates after surgery in the ALK-rearranged and non-ALK-rearranged groups were 97% and 77%, respectively. The ALK-rearranged group had a significantly better cancer-specific survival than did the non-ALK-rearranged group (log-rank test; P = .003). With respect to post-recurrence state, oligo-recurrence was highly frequent in the ALK-rearranged group, and post-recurrence survival was significantly improved by administration of either ALK-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (log-rank test; P = .011) or local ablative therapies (log-rank test; P = .035).

CONCLUSIONS: Surgically resected ALK-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma has excellent long-term outcome. Not only ALK-tyrosine kinase inhibitors but also a combination of local and systemic therapies may be important treatment strategies for ALK-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma even in the post-recurrence state.

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CommentIn: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Feb;163(2):452-453. - PMID 33162170

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:163

Enthalten in:

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 163(2022), 2 vom: 15. Feb., Seite 441-451.e1

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Matsuura, Yosuke [VerfasserIn]
Ninomiya, Hironori [VerfasserIn]
Ichinose, Junji [VerfasserIn]
Nakao, Masayuki [VerfasserIn]
Okumura, Sakae [VerfasserIn]
Nishio, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Mun, Mingyon [VerfasserIn]

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ALK protein, human
Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
Biomarkers, Tumor
EC 2.7.10.1
Journal Article
Local ablative therapy
Observational Study
Precision medicine
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Surgery
Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
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Date Completed 31.01.2022

Date Revised 31.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Feb;163(2):452-453. - PMID 33162170

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.09.120

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NLM31700302X