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Combined emphysema and cancer, from radiology to prognosis in patients treated by immunotherapy: An ancillary study of a prospective multicenter phase II IFCT-1802 SAVIMMUNE.

This cohort study evaluated INTRODUCTION: In studies evaluating the efficacy of anti-programmed cell death (ligand)1 (anti-PD-(L)1) in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), smokers tend to have be. Key finding: CONCLUSION: In a single-arm cohort of PS2-3 patients with advanced NSCLC treated with 1st-line durvalumab, the presence of moderate emphysema was associated with worse overall survival.

This cohort study evaluated INTRODUCTION: In studies evaluating the efficacy of anti-programmed cell death (ligand)1 (anti-PD-(L)1) in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), smokers tend to have be. Key finding: CONCLUSION: In a single-arm cohort of PS2-3 patients with advanced NSCLC treated with 1st-line durvalumab, the presence of moderate emphysema was associated with worse overall survival.

What the study was

Study design
Cohort study
Category
Treatment Innovation
Maturity
Validated
Journal
Respiratory medicine and research

Why it surfaced

High-priority cohort study in Novel therapeutics (immunotherapy, CAR-T, targeted therapy).

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