[HTML][HTML] Maintenance therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: current status and future implications

TE Stinchcombe, MA Socinski - Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2011 - Elsevier
Maintenance therapy for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer has been an
area of intense investigation. Maintenance therapy has been divided into two broad …

Utility and safety of maintenance chemotherapy in advanced non–small cell lung cancer across various performance status categories: Real-world experience

KT Prasad, V Muthu, B Biswas, PS Malik… - Current Problems in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Maintenance chemotherapy (MC) with pemetrexed is a commonly used strategy in
nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer. However, most of the available evidence is from …

A randomized, phase 2 study comparing pemetrexed plus best supportive care versus best supportive care as maintenance therapy after first-line treatment with …

N Mubarak, R Gaafar, S Shehata, T Hashem… - BMC cancer, 2012 - Springer
Background Maintenance therapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) aims to extend
disease control after first-line chemotherapy with active and well-tolerated agents. The utility …

Re-examination of maintenance therapy in non-small cell lung cancer with the advent of new anti-cancer agents

EM Berge, RC Doebele - Drugs, 2013 - Springer
Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer remains a disease with a high annual incidence and
annual mortality worldwide, with limitations in first-line treatment past a fixed amount of …

Maintenance therapy in NSCLC: why? To whom? Which agent?

S Novello, M Milella, M Tiseo, G Banna… - Journal of Experimental …, 2011 - Springer
Maintenance therapy is emerging as a treatment strategy in the management of advanced
non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Initial trials addressing the question of duration of …

Maintenance therapy for NSCLC: consensus and controversy

S Lu, Y Yu - Chinese Journal of Cancer Research, 2011 - Springer
Nowadays, advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is still an incurable disease.
However, recent researches on maintenance therapy have led to considerable progress …

Maintenance therapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: switch versus continuation

M Joshi, Y Jiang, CP Belani - Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The concept of maintenance therapy in lung cancer has stirred a great deal of
interest over the last decade. Several randomized studies have been conducted to find out …

[HTML][HTML] Maintenance chemotherapy for advanced non–small-cell lung cancer: new life for an old idea

DE Gerber, JH Schiller - Journal of clinical oncology, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although well established for the treatment of certain hematologic malignancies,
maintenance therapy has only recently become a treatment paradigm for advanced non …

[HTML][HTML] Bayesian network meta-comparison of maintenance treatments for stage IIIb/IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with good performance status not …

P San Tan, G Lopes, S Acharyya, M Bilger… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Recent trials have suggested that maintenance treatments improve outcomes
for patients not progressing after first-line therapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer …

Targeted (and chemotherapeutic) agents as maintenance treatment in patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer: current status and future challenges

AG Pallis, K Syrigos - Cancer treatment reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Maintenance treatment has been intensively investigated in the field of advanced/metastatic
non-small lung cancer in order to improve outcomes in this devastating disease. Two …