NSCLC Flashcards

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maintenance therapy

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only indicated for bevacizumab and pemetrexed, hasn’t been shown for taxol in SCC

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ALK

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ALK (ch2) with EML4 ch5–> do not confer increased sensitivity to chemo–> occur in never/light smokers, adenos, younger age; not associated with ethnicity or sex. 40% positive in never-smoker EGFR wild type

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pulmonary reserve

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FVC<1L contraindicated

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post-op RT

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only if N2 involvement, can consider stage IB

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stage 3 N0 disease

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surgery, postop chemo if positive nodes in path

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nonbulky N2 disease (one node 1-2cm)

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neoadj chemorad–>surg

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small cell treatment

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limited stage: cis/carbo+etop+RT

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mesothelioma treatment

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if EPP–>chemo–>RT

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platinum doublets superiority

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all similar with median survivals of 8 months

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second line therapy docetaxel

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improved OS compared to BSC Shepard JCO 2000

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pemetexed second line

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Hanna- pemetrexed v. docetaxel, non-inferiority, better tolerated; limited to non-SCC

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recurrent disease approved

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doce, erlotinib, pemetrexed

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two v. three drugs NSCLC

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no clear advantage for third cytotoxic, or targeted to doublet

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bevicizumab benefit

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improved survival with carbo/taxol in non-squamous, E4599 Sandler NEJM 2006

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15
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bev with what backbone?

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no OS benefit in combination with cis/gem (AVAIL trial), but still approved in variety of regimens. give with carbo/taxol

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beva side effects

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enhanced toxicity of standard cytotoxic- neuropathy, neutropenia, posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome, tracheoesophageal fistula, HTN, thrombosis

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bevacizumab contra

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hemoptysis, anticoagulation, etc.

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adenoca epi

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least associated with tobacco, but most still tobacco associated

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pem for SCC

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cis/gem v. cis/pem for SCC–> non-SCC did better with pem

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EGFR mutation epidemiology

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Asians, never smokers, younger

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ALK translocation

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5% unselected Adeno, treat with crizotinib

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ROS1 mutation

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response to crizotinib

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EGFR mutant

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erlotinib or afatinib

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24
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erlotinib in non-EGFR mutant

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FDA approved, might be a board answer in second-third line setting

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maintenance tx

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only for non-SCC, pemetrexed (switch or continuation); continuation maintenance is acceptable (E4599 data)

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26
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maintenance targeted therapy

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erlotinib can be an option even in a non-selected patients

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27
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number of doses of doublet

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only 4-6 cycles max, more not better with doublet, then thats all the benefit

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ECOG 3-4 patients

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do not benefit from cytotoxic therapy

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29
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elderly treatment

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only based on PS, not chronologic age

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30
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locally advanced unresectable disease

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RT AND chemo: concurrent if possible

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chemoRT regimens

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similar outcomes: cis/etop/RT v. carbo/taxol/RT–>carbo/taxol

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32
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for resected NSCLC, chemo

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either neoadjuvant or adjuvant, predomin adjuvant

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33
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LACE trial

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lung adjuvant cisplatin eval: meta-analysis: chemo decreases lung death by 6.9%

34
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PS2 patients adjuvant

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better without chemo in adjuvant setting! in metastatic, give carbo-based instead of cis-based

35
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adjuvant benefit

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more with stage III (NNT 8) ,stage II (NNT 10), stage IB (NNT 33)

36
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neoadjuvant chemotherapy

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not predominant standard of care, boards questions based on adjuvant

37
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first line metastatic NSCLC

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median survival 8 months for any doublet

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second line NSCLC

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pemetrexed and docetaxel similar OS, pemetrexed better tolerated.

39
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bevacizumab for NSCLC

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in NON-Squamous, PCB>PC had improved OS (2 month improvement). the benefit is only with carbo/taxol

40
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bevacizumab tox

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bleeding ,clotting, HTN, proteinuria, dehiscence, increased neuropathy/neutropenia with chemo, tracheoesophageal fistula–>do not give with chemoradiotherapy, PLES (posterior leukoencephalopathy)

41
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anticoagulants and bev for NSCLC

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generally avoided but not absolute contraindication

42
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SCC NSCLC and bev

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no! pulmonary hemorrhage in 31% of pts treated (severe or fatal)

43
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cis/gem/bev for NSCLC

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NO! bev didn’t improve outcome in this combination

44
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NSCLC SCC metastatic treatment versus non-SCC

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squamous-gem; adeno-pem

45
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pemetrexed for NSCLC

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only for non-squamous! (pem-adeno)

46
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erlotinib metastatic

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acceptable treatment for wild type for boards

47
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ramicurimab

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anti-VEGFR2 antibody that improved survival (1.4mo) in recurrent NSCLC with docetaxel (doce+ramicurimab v. doc)

48
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nivolumab for NSCLC

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second line SCC approval compared to docetaxel–> OS 9.2 v 6mo

49
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how many cycles for first line NSCLC?

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6 cycles max (4-6 okay) even if tolerating well. can consider maintenance

50
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PFS for NSCLC

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if ECOG 3,4 , then no chemotherapy. ECOG 3: >50% in bed

51
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NSCLC lung genetics

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Kras 25%, EGFR 17%, ALK 8%, HER2 3%, BRAF 2%, PI3K 1%, MET 1% RET 1%

52
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EGFR mutation

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response rate high if mutant (gefitnib, erlotinib). activating mutations

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crizotinib indications

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ALK mutant (but some benefit in ROS mutation even though not on FDA label)

54
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ceritinib for NSCLC

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second generation ALK inhibitor, benefit even after crizotinib progression

55
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SCC mutations NSCLC

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FGFR amp, PTEN mutation, PTEN los, PIK3CA mutation, DDR2 mutation

56
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switch or continuation maintenance therapy for NSCLC

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benefit only for non-squamous- PFS to switching to pemetrexed after platinum doublet, can continue bevacizumab

57
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resistant EGFR mutations

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T790M, D761Y

58
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unresectable NSCLC

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chemoradiation (cis/etop/RT or carbo/taxol/RT)

59
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large cell neuroendocrine cancer

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treat by default as an adenocarcinoma NSCLC, or you can treat based on what it looks like (could look like small cell)

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neoadjuvant therapy NSCLC

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theoretical reason for benefit- better delivery of chemo prior to surgery, better tolerated, measure of response,

61
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erlotinib flare

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can have growth of cancer with stopping. give erlotinib all the way up to chemo

62
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NSCLC Stage IB Dx and Tx

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3-5cm. surgery, consider RT.

63
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Adjuvant NSCLC chemo

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ONLY CIS-based (cis/vino or cis/etop)–> 5% abs benefit

64
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Stage IIIa non-bulky definition

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no or small N2 (mediastin/carinal) clinically (one node)

65
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Stage IIIa non-bulky management

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resectable–> give surgery–>adj chemo and RT, or chemorad–>surgery, or NA chemo–>surgy

66
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Stage IIIa bulky (cN2+) or IIIb

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usually unresectable: Tx is chemoRT (cis/etop/RT best, or carbo/taxol/RT–>carbo/taxol)

67
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Pancoast tumor defn and tx

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superior sulcus–> Horner syndrome - ptosis, miosis, and anhidrosis) + pain. Tx if N1 or less–> chemoRT–>surgery

68
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bev contraindications

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cavitating tumor, SCC, hemoptysis, bleeding. relative: brain tumors (caution), anticoagulation (use caution)

69
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brain mets therapy for NSCLC

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isolated cerebral met: resect+WBRT, or SRS+WBRT if

70
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alk fusion treatment

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crizotinib, if progress, ceratinib

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ROS1 translocation

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can treat with crizotinib

72
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BRAF in NSCLC

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can respond to dabrafenib or +tremitinib

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RET mutation

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can respond to cabozantinib

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MET abnl

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can respond to crizotinib

75
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treatment if pneumonectomy required

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chemoRT. pneumonectomy inferior survival

76
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PS2 chemotherapy

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pem+carbo was better OS than pem alone. avoid cis

77
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low dose CT scanning criteria

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30pk*yr AND age 55-70. One time deal.

78
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when is mediastinoscopy not needed

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normal CT, normal PET

79
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RT for small tumors

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can give 60Gy in 30 Fx if not adequate PFTs, or SRS if

80
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adjuvant chemo indications

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stage IB consider, all with stage II-IIIA (if not chemoRT)