Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer — Adjuvant Therapy for Completely Resected Stages I-IIIA
Publication Date: February 17, 2022
Key Points
Key Points
- Lung cancers are the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men and women throughout the world. In the United States, approximately 237,000 new cases of lung cancer are expected in 2022, and more than 130,000 individuals are expected to die as a result of the disease.a
- Five-year survival rates range from 67% for T1N0 disease to 23% for patients with in T1-3N2 disease.
- Adenocarcinomas and squamous cell lung cancers, which are the focus of this guideline, comprise approximately 82% of all lung cancers.b
a American Cancer Society: Key Statistics for Lung Cancer 2022. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/lung-cancer/about/key-statistics.html
b American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts and Figures, 2022. Atlanta, GA, American Cancer Society, 2022.
b American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts and Figures, 2022. Atlanta, GA, American Cancer Society, 2022.
Treatment
...atment...
...Systemic Therapy for NSCLCs...
...djuvant chemotherapy is NOT recommen...
...ons from 2021 Guideline Rapid Recommenda...
...tage IB (3< T ≤ 4 cm, N0M0). Adjuvant osi...
...tin-based chemotherapy and/or atezolizumab...
...IIA, IIB, and IIIA. Adjuvant cisplati...
...t Radiation Therapy for NSCLCs...
...A/B and IIA/B: Adjuvant radiation therapy is NOT r...
...Adjuvant radiation therapy is NOT reco...