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First-line treatment for lung cancer among Japanese older patients: A real-world analysis of hospital-based cancer registry data
Aging of the population has led to an increase in the prevalence of cancer among older adults. In Japan, single agent chemotherapy was recommended for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for those, who were aged ≥75 years, while the Western guidelines did not recommend a specific regimen. In...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8452055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34543332 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257489 |
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author | Noda-Narita, Shoko Kawachi, Asuka Okuyama, Ayako Sadachi, Ryo Hirakawa, Akihiro Goto, Yasushi Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Higashi, Takahiro Yonemori, Kan |
author_facet | Noda-Narita, Shoko Kawachi, Asuka Okuyama, Ayako Sadachi, Ryo Hirakawa, Akihiro Goto, Yasushi Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Higashi, Takahiro Yonemori, Kan |
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description | Aging of the population has led to an increase in the prevalence of cancer among older adults. In Japan, single agent chemotherapy was recommended for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for those, who were aged ≥75 years, while the Western guidelines did not recommend a specific regimen. In clinical practice, physicians are required to decide the treatment based on a lack of enough evidence. This study aimed to examine the prescribing patterns of first-line chemotherapy according to age in the real-world practice. Data from the survey database of Diagnostic Procedure Combination and hospital-based cancer registries of designated cancer centers nationwide were used. The first-line chemotherapy regimens among 9,737 patients who were diagnosed with advanced lung cancer between January and December 2013, were identified and compared based on age. We found that the proportion of patients receiving chemotherapy decreased with age; 80.0%, 70.4%, 50.6%, and 30.2% of patients aged 70–74, 75–79, 80–84, and ≥ 85 years, respectively, received chemotherapy. Among them, platinum doublets were prescribed for 62.7% of the patients who were aged ≥ 70 years, and 60.7% of the patients who were aged ≥ 75 years with no driver mutations in NSCLC; only 37.6% of them received single agents. Patients who were aged ≥ 80 years also preferred platinum doublets (35.6%). Carboplatin was commonly prescribed in all age groups; only 28.4% of those receiving platinum doublets selected cisplatin. In this study, platinum doublets were identified as the most commonly prescribed regimen in those who were aged ≥ 70 years. Despite recommendations of Japanese guidelines for NSCLC, 60.7% of those who were aged ≥75 years received platinum doublets. Additionally, patients who were aged ≥ 80 years also received systemic chemotherapy, including platinum doublets; age did not solely influence regimen selection. |
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spelling | pubmed-84520552021-09-21 First-line treatment for lung cancer among Japanese older patients: A real-world analysis of hospital-based cancer registry data Noda-Narita, Shoko Kawachi, Asuka Okuyama, Ayako Sadachi, Ryo Hirakawa, Akihiro Goto, Yasushi Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Higashi, Takahiro Yonemori, Kan PLoS One Research Article Aging of the population has led to an increase in the prevalence of cancer among older adults. In Japan, single agent chemotherapy was recommended for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for those, who were aged ≥75 years, while the Western guidelines did not recommend a specific regimen. In clinical practice, physicians are required to decide the treatment based on a lack of enough evidence. This study aimed to examine the prescribing patterns of first-line chemotherapy according to age in the real-world practice. Data from the survey database of Diagnostic Procedure Combination and hospital-based cancer registries of designated cancer centers nationwide were used. The first-line chemotherapy regimens among 9,737 patients who were diagnosed with advanced lung cancer between January and December 2013, were identified and compared based on age. We found that the proportion of patients receiving chemotherapy decreased with age; 80.0%, 70.4%, 50.6%, and 30.2% of patients aged 70–74, 75–79, 80–84, and ≥ 85 years, respectively, received chemotherapy. Among them, platinum doublets were prescribed for 62.7% of the patients who were aged ≥ 70 years, and 60.7% of the patients who were aged ≥ 75 years with no driver mutations in NSCLC; only 37.6% of them received single agents. Patients who were aged ≥ 80 years also preferred platinum doublets (35.6%). Carboplatin was commonly prescribed in all age groups; only 28.4% of those receiving platinum doublets selected cisplatin. In this study, platinum doublets were identified as the most commonly prescribed regimen in those who were aged ≥ 70 years. Despite recommendations of Japanese guidelines for NSCLC, 60.7% of those who were aged ≥75 years received platinum doublets. Additionally, patients who were aged ≥ 80 years also received systemic chemotherapy, including platinum doublets; age did not solely influence regimen selection. Public Library of Science 2021-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8452055/ /pubmed/34543332 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257489 Text en © 2021 Noda-Narita et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Noda-Narita, Shoko Kawachi, Asuka Okuyama, Ayako Sadachi, Ryo Hirakawa, Akihiro Goto, Yasushi Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Higashi, Takahiro Yonemori, Kan First-line treatment for lung cancer among Japanese older patients: A real-world analysis of hospital-based cancer registry data |
title | First-line treatment for lung cancer among Japanese older patients: A real-world analysis of hospital-based cancer registry data |
title_full | First-line treatment for lung cancer among Japanese older patients: A real-world analysis of hospital-based cancer registry data |
title_fullStr | First-line treatment for lung cancer among Japanese older patients: A real-world analysis of hospital-based cancer registry data |
title_full_unstemmed | First-line treatment for lung cancer among Japanese older patients: A real-world analysis of hospital-based cancer registry data |
title_short | First-line treatment for lung cancer among Japanese older patients: A real-world analysis of hospital-based cancer registry data |
title_sort | first-line treatment for lung cancer among japanese older patients: a real-world analysis of hospital-based cancer registry data |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8452055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34543332 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257489 |
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