Scientific Reports (Mar 2024)

Treatment outcomes and prognostic factors in patients with driver mutant non-small cell lung cancer and de novo brain metastases

  • Seda Kahraman,
  • Serdar Karakaya,
  • Muhammed Ali Kaplan,
  • Sema Sezgin Goksu,
  • Akin Ozturk,
  • Zehra Sucuoglu Isleyen,
  • Jamshid Hamdard,
  • Sedat Yildirim,
  • Tolga Dogan,
  • Selver Isik,
  • Abdussamet Celebi,
  • Burcu Belen Gulbagci,
  • Nail Paksoy,
  • Mutlu Dogan,
  • Haci Mehmet Turk,
  • Ahmet Bilici,
  • Ali Murat Tatli,
  • Sinem Akbas,
  • Nedim Turan,
  • Ilhan Hacibekiroglu,
  • Gamze Gokoz Dogu,
  • Adnan Aydiner,
  • Ahmet Taner Sumbul,
  • Serap Akyurek,
  • Merih Yalciner,
  • Ahmet Demirkazik,
  • Pinar Gursoy,
  • Musa Baris Aykan,
  • Elif Sahin,
  • İbrahim Karadag,
  • Osman Kostek,
  • Muhammed Muhiddin Er,
  • Mehmet Artaç,
  • Yakup Duzkopru,
  • Dincer Aydin,
  • Deniz Isik,
  • Yusuf Karakas,
  • Saadettin Kilickap,
  • Cihan Erol,
  • Bilgin Demir,
  • Burak Civelek,
  • Yakup Ergun,
  • Muhammed Bulent Akinci,
  • Izzet Dogan,
  • Nuri Karadurmus,
  • Perran Fulden Yumuk,
  • Mehmet Ali Nahit Sendur

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56046-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Abstract Central nervous system (CNS) metastases can be seen at a rate of 30% in advanced stages for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Growing evidence indicates the predictive roles of driver gene mutations in the development of brain metastases (BM) in recent years, meaning that oncogene-driven NSCLC have a high incidence of BM at diagnosis. Today, 3rd generation targeted drugs with high intracranial efficacy, which can cross the blood–brain barrier, have made a positive contribution to survival for these patients with an increased propensity to BM. It is important to update the clinical and pathological factors reflected in the survival with real-life data. A multi-center, retrospective database of 306 patients diagnosed with driver mutant NSCLC and initially presented with BM between between November 2008 and September 2022 were analyzed. The median progression-free survival (mPFS) was 12.25 months (95% CI, 10–14.5). While 254 of the patients received tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), 51 patients received chemotherapy as first line treatment. The median intracranial PFS (iPFS) was 18.5 months (95% CI, 14.8–22.2). The median overall survival (OS) was 29 months (95% CI, 25.2–33.0). It was found that having 3 or less BM and absence of extracranial metastases were significantly associated with better mOS and iPFS. The relationship between the size of BM and survival was found to be non-significant. Among patients with advanced NSCLC with de novo BM carrying a driver mutation, long-term progression-free and overall survival can be achieved with the advent of targeted agents with high CNS efficacy with more conservative and localized radiotherapy modalities.

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