作者: Giorgio Scagliotti , Nasser Hanna , Frank Fossella , Katherine Sugarman , Johannes Blatter
DOI: 10.1634/THEONCOLOGIST.2008-0232
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摘要: Background. Recent studies of pemetrexed have identified a predictive role for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) histology. We further reviewed the differential efficacy of pemetrexed according to histology in two large, phase III NSCLC trials. Methods. One study tested pemetrexed versus docetaxel in previously treated patients (n= 571) and the other tested cisplatin plus pemetrexed versus cisplatin plus gemcitabine in chemotherapy-naive patients (n= 1,725) with advanced NSCLC. Cox proportional hazard models were used to …