Cancers (Dec 2022)

Selection Criteria and Treatment Outcome for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients Unfit for Platinum-Based First-Line Therapy: Results of the MOON-OSS Observational Trial

  • Andrea Camerini,
  • Alessandro Del Conte,
  • Aldo Pezzuto,
  • Vieri Scotti,
  • Francesco Facchinetti,
  • Lucia Pia Ciccone,
  • Marco Perna,
  • Giulia Sartori,
  • Cheti Puccetti,
  • Alberto Ricci,
  • Antonio Santo,
  • Marcello Tiseo,
  • Domenico Amoroso

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14246074
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 24
p. 6074

Abstract

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Limited evidence is available concerning the selection criteria and the outcomes of platinum unfit newly diagnosed advanced NSCLC patients receiving single-agent chemotherapy. We retrospectively collected data on consecutive, stage IIIB-IV, EGFR/ALK negative and PD-L1 70 years), comorbidities and poor PS. An oral treatment was frequently proposed with MetV being the most frequent choice according to its safety profile.

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