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Catania, Chiara; Filippi, Andrea Riccardo; Sangalli, Claudia; Piperno, Gaia; Russano, Marco; Greco, Carlo; Scotti, Vieri; Proto, Claudia; Bennati, Chiara; Di Pietro Paolo, Marzia; Platania, Angelo; Olmetto, Emanuela; Agustoni, Francesco; Teodorani, Nazario; Agbaje, Vincenzo; Russo, Alessandro
Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, October 2023, 2023-10-00, 20231001, Volume: 190Journal Article
After the PACIFIC trial, concurrent chemo-radiotherapy followed by consolidation therapy with durvalumab for 1 year (limited to PD-L1 tumour proportion score ≥ 1% in the EMA region) is the firmly established standard of care treatment for unresectable NSCLC patients. Several relevant questions are emerging with the growing use of this approach, posing novel challenges in clinical practice. Treatment of oncogene-addicted NSCLCs, management of mediastinal disease recurrence after surgery and the optimal management of patients progressing during or after durvalumab are now some of the most clinically relevant issues. Patients with unresectable NSCLC harbouring EGFR and HER2 mutations or ALK/ROS1/RET /NTRK1,2,3 rearrangements are unresponsive to immunotherapy. Importance of knowing the tumour genotyping (NGS, preferable DNA and RNA) from the earliest stages of NSCLC, also for the possible use of immunotherapy both in the adjuvant and perioperative setting. In case of mediastinal disease recurrence after surgery, re-biopsy is essential to re-determine the histological and biological characteristics of the disease and the distinction of recurrence in curable and non-curable disease is of pivotal important for the optimal management of subsequent treatments. Treatment of stage III NSCLC has always been controversial and challenging: Multidisciplinary approach is mandatory and defining resectability is a critical issue. Chemo-radiotherapy followed by maintenance Durvalumab is now the standard of treatment. Herein, we provide a comprehensive overview of the key challenges and open questions that we are currently facing in clinical practice, in unresectable stage III and in early-stage NSCLC, identifying the knowledge gaps and the possible solutions. Display omitted •Multidisciplinary tumor board discussion is essential for defining NSCLC resectability.•Tumor genotype should be known at the time of diagnosis, regardless of the disease stage.•NSCLC harboring oncogene drivers (except KRAS) should not receive PD(L)−1 inhibitors.•cCRT followed by durvalumab is the SoC for unresectable stage III NSCLC.•Multiple escalating and de-escalating therapeutic strategies are under evaluation.
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