Department of Medical Oncology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Clin Med Insights Oncol. 2011;5:177-84. doi: 10.4137/CMO.S6252. Epub 2011 May 29.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in many countries. Approximately half of the patients with non-small cell lung cancer have advanced disease and systemic chemotherapy, especially platinum-based doublets, is currently the standard treatment. Several trials have recently indicated the importance of histological subtype for treatment with molecular target chemotherapy and pemetrexed. Over the last decade, gemcitabine, a pyrimidine nucleoside antimetabolite, has been one of the most effective agents for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. It is unknown whether histological type is a predictor of the outcome of treatment with this agent. This is a review of the past trials and reviews of first-line treatment for advanced NSCLC, focusing on efficacy and safety of treatment with gemcitabine according to histological subtype.
肺癌是许多国家癌症相关死亡的主要原因。大约一半的非小细胞肺癌患者患有晚期疾病,目前标准治疗方法是全身化疗,特别是铂类双联化疗。最近的几项试验表明,组织学亚型对于分子靶向化疗和培美曲塞的治疗很重要。在过去的十年中,嘧啶核苷类似物吉西他滨一直是晚期非小细胞肺癌患者最有效的药物之一。目前尚不清楚组织学类型是否是该药物治疗结果的预测因素。这是对过去试验和晚期 NSCLC 一线治疗的综述,重点是根据组织学亚型评估吉西他滨治疗的疗效和安全性。