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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 8, 457-461, Copyright © 1994 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Surgery following neoadjuvant MPV chemotherapy (mitomycin, cisplatin, vinblastine) in locally advanced (IIIa and IIIb) non-small cell lung cancer

A Carretta, G Chiesa, P Zannini, E Villa, C Verusio, F Fumagalli, G Melloni and A Grossi
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.

From November 1990 to August 1993, 32 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) entered a multimodality treatment study with neoadjuvant Mitomycin, Cisplatin and Vinblastine (MPV), surgery and radiotherapy at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was performed on an outpatient basis. To date 23 patients (11 stage IIIa and 12 stage IIIb) have completed the chemotherapy treatment and are available for evaluation of response, toxicity, surgical eligibility and resection rate. The overall major response to MPV chemotherapy was 87%. The overall resection rate after major response to treatment was 60% (90% in stage IIIa and 17% in stage IIIb). After a median follow-up of 21 months (8-31) 17 patients are still alive (74%). Ten patients (83%) who had a complete resection are alive after a median follow-up of 23 months (21-30) and eight of them (66%) are in complete pathological remission. No treatment-related mortality was observed. The authors conclude that MPV is a highly effective neoadjuvant regimen for NSCLC and is feasible on an outpatient basis. Favorable resection rates can be obtained in stage IIIa patients. Stage IIIb patients can be downstaged and undergo complete resection. A longer follow-up is needed to assess the impact of this multimodality approach on long-term survival and to evaluate the role of adjuvant radiotherapy.

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