Background: We aimed to assess the prognostic role of neutrophilia, lymphocytopenia and the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and to design models to define the prognosis of patients receiving first-line chemo- or targeted therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analysed 401 consecutive patients with advanced NSCLC treated with first line chemo- or targeted therapy. Patients were stratified into two groups with pre-treatment NLR ≥ 3.7 (Group A) vs. < 3.7 (Group B). The best NLR cut-off was identified by ROC curve analysis. Results: At baseline 264 patients had NLR≥3.7 (Group A), whilst 137 had lower NLR (Group B). Median OS was 10.8 months and 19.4 months in the two groups (p < 0.001), while median PFS was 3.6 months and 5.6 months, respectively (p = 0.012). At multivariate analysis, ECOG-PS≥2, stage IV cancer, non-adenocarcinoma histology, EGFR wild-type status and NLR were predictors of worse OS. Stage IV cancer, wild type EGFR status and NLR≥3.7 were independent prognostic factors for worse PFS. Patients were stratified according to the presence of 0-1 prognostic factors (8%), 2-3 factors (73%) and 4-5 factors (19%) and median OS in these groups was 33.7 months, 14.6 months and 6.6 months, respectively (p < 0.001). Similarly, patients were stratified for PFS based on the presence of 0-1 prognostic factor (15%), 2 factors (41%) and 3 factors (44%). The median PFS was 8.3 months, 4.6 months and 3.3 months respectively (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Pre-treatment NLR is an independent prognostic factor for patients with advanced NSCLC treated with first-line therapies.

Prognostic models to predict survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with first-line chemo- or targeted therapy / Berardi, Rossana; Rinaldi, Silvia; Santoni, Matteo; Newsom Davis, Thomas; Tiberi, Michela; Morgese, Francesca; Caramanti, Miriam; Savini, Agnese; Ferrini, Consuelo; Torniai, Mariangela; Fiordoliva, Ilaria; Bower, Marc; Cascinu, Stefano. - In: ONCOTARGET. - ISSN 1949-2553. - 7:(2016), pp. 26916-26924. [10.18632/oncotarget.8309]

Prognostic models to predict survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with first-line chemo- or targeted therapy

Tiberi, Michela;CASCINU, Stefano
2016

Abstract

Background: We aimed to assess the prognostic role of neutrophilia, lymphocytopenia and the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and to design models to define the prognosis of patients receiving first-line chemo- or targeted therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analysed 401 consecutive patients with advanced NSCLC treated with first line chemo- or targeted therapy. Patients were stratified into two groups with pre-treatment NLR ≥ 3.7 (Group A) vs. < 3.7 (Group B). The best NLR cut-off was identified by ROC curve analysis. Results: At baseline 264 patients had NLR≥3.7 (Group A), whilst 137 had lower NLR (Group B). Median OS was 10.8 months and 19.4 months in the two groups (p < 0.001), while median PFS was 3.6 months and 5.6 months, respectively (p = 0.012). At multivariate analysis, ECOG-PS≥2, stage IV cancer, non-adenocarcinoma histology, EGFR wild-type status and NLR were predictors of worse OS. Stage IV cancer, wild type EGFR status and NLR≥3.7 were independent prognostic factors for worse PFS. Patients were stratified according to the presence of 0-1 prognostic factors (8%), 2-3 factors (73%) and 4-5 factors (19%) and median OS in these groups was 33.7 months, 14.6 months and 6.6 months, respectively (p < 0.001). Similarly, patients were stratified for PFS based on the presence of 0-1 prognostic factor (15%), 2 factors (41%) and 3 factors (44%). The median PFS was 8.3 months, 4.6 months and 3.3 months respectively (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Pre-treatment NLR is an independent prognostic factor for patients with advanced NSCLC treated with first-line therapies.
2016
7
26916
26924
Prognostic models to predict survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with first-line chemo- or targeted therapy / Berardi, Rossana; Rinaldi, Silvia; Santoni, Matteo; Newsom Davis, Thomas; Tiberi, Michela; Morgese, Francesca; Caramanti, Miriam; Savini, Agnese; Ferrini, Consuelo; Torniai, Mariangela; Fiordoliva, Ilaria; Bower, Marc; Cascinu, Stefano. - In: ONCOTARGET. - ISSN 1949-2553. - 7:(2016), pp. 26916-26924. [10.18632/oncotarget.8309]
Berardi, Rossana; Rinaldi, Silvia; Santoni, Matteo; Newsom Davis, Thomas; Tiberi, Michela; Morgese, Francesca; Caramanti, Miriam; Savini, Agnese; Ferrini, Consuelo; Torniai, Mariangela; Fiordoliva, Ilaria; Bower, Marc; Cascinu, Stefano
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