Prognostic factors in patients enrolled in clinical trials of second-line chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (aNSCLC): A pooled analysis of 11 randomized trials
Abstract:8082 Background: Prognostic factors for newly diagnosed aNSCLC have been extensively studied, but less information is available on factors associated with outcome of 2nd-line treatment. Better knowledge of prognostic factors could be helpful to better select patients for further chemotherapy after failure of 1st-line treatment. Methods: The analysis is based on individual patient data collected for 2 meta-analyses on 2nd-line treatment of aNSCLC, one comparing weekly vs every 3 week docetaxel (Di Maio, J Clin… Show more
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