Association of tumor mutation burden and epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor history with survival in patients with metastatic stage III/IV nonsmall-cell lung cancer: A retrospective study

Authors

  • Yan Lan Chifeng Songshan Hospital. Department of Oncology
  • Shuo Zhou Provincial Clinical Hospital of Fujian Medical University. Department of Nuclear Medicine
  • Weihong Feng Tianjin Beichen Hospital. Department of Oncology
  • Ying Qiao Chifeng Songshan Hospital. Department of Oncology
  • Xueming Du Tianjin Beichen Hospital. Department of Oncology
  • Fenge Li Tianjin Beichen Hospital. Department of Oncology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2021/e2251

Keywords:

Lung Cancer, Hospice Care, EGFR Inhibitor, Overall Survival, Tumor Mutation

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. However, factors associated with the survival of patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received only hospice care are largely unclear. In this study, we aimed to determine the prognostic factors correlated with survival in patients with advanced NSCLC who had undergone hospice care only. METHODS: A total of 102 patients with recurrent stage III/IV NSCLC after traditional treatment failure were investigated. Survival was measured from the date of enrollment to December 2019 or the time of death. Tumor tissues were collected, and DNA sequencing was performed to identify somatic mutations. Data on clinical factors of patients were collected and analyzed by univariate and multivariate analyses. Overall survival analysis was conducted using the Kaplan–Meier method. RESULTS: The 6-month, 1-year, and 2-year overall survival rates of the 102 patients with metastatic NSCLC were 17.65%, 3.92%, and 0.98%, respectively. The median overall survival of the 102 patients was 3.15 months. Tumor location in the peripheral lung, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor history, low tumor mutation load, adenocarcinoma, and poor performance status score were associated with prolonged survival compared with tumor location in the central lung, no EGFR inhibitor history, high tumor mutation load, squamous cell carcinoma, and good performance status score (p=0.045, p=0.003, p=0.045, p=0.021, and p=0.0003, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: EGFR inhibitor treatment history and tumor mutation load are risk factors for the overall survival of patients with stage III/IV NSCLC who have undergone only hospice care. These results provide a critical clinical basis for further study of nontraditional anti-tumor responses induced by EGFR inhibitors.

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Published

2021-11-09

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Association of tumor mutation burden and epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor history with survival in patients with metastatic stage III/IV nonsmall-cell lung cancer: A retrospective study. (2021). Clinics, 76, e2251. https://doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2021/e2251