First-Line Gefitinib Treatment for Patients with Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer with Poor Performance Status Young Joo Lee, MD, Heung Tae Kim, MD, Ji-Youn Han, MD, Tak Yun, MD, Geon Kook Lee, MD, Hyae Young Kim, MD, Ji-Hyun Sung, MS, Jin Soo Lee, MD Journal of Thoracic Oncology Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 361-368 (March 2010) DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181cee1ea Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 1 Patient collection. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2010 5, 361-368DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181cee1ea) Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 2 Radiologic response to gefitinib in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a poor performance status (PS) of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 3 or 4. A, Case 1: chest x-ray scans (top) and computed tomography scans of the chest (bottom). B, Case 2: positron emission tomography scans (top) and magnetic resonance images of brain (bottom), before and after gefitinib treatment. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2010 5, 361-368DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181cee1ea) Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 3 Progression-free survival (PFS) curves (A) and overall survival (OS) curves (B) for the group of never-smoker females with adenocarcinoma (N-F-A) and for the other groups among patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a poor performance status (PS) who were treated with first-line gefitinib. Survival difference was tested using the log-rank test. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2010 5, 361-368DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181cee1ea) Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions