Real-world treatment patterns and clinical outcomes in patients with stage III NSCLC in Korea: The KINDLE study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

KINDLE-Korea is part of a real-world KINDLE study that aimed to characterize the treatment patterns and clinical outcomes of patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Materials and methods

The KINDLE was an international real-world study that explores patient and disease characteristics, treatment patterns, and survival outcomes. The KINDLE-Korea included stage III NSCLC patients diagnosed between January 2013 and December 2017.

Results

A total of 461 patients were enrolled. The median age was 66 years (range: 24-87). Most patients were men (75.7%) with a history of smoking (74.0%), stage IIIA NSCLC (69.2%), and unresectable disease (52.9%). A total of 24.3% had activating EGFR mutation and 62.2% were positive for PDL1 expression. Broadly c

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11019151 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature