%0 Journal Article %A Guberina, Maja %A Metzenmacher, Martin %A Pöttgen, Christoph %A Wiesweg, Marcel %A Guberina, Nika %A Merkel-Jens, Anja %A Lütke-Brintrup, Diana %A Bölükbas, Servet %A Eberhardt, Wilfried E E %A Stamatis, Georgios %A Doerr, Fabian %A Plönes, Till %A Hoffmann, Christian %A Zaun, Gregor %A Höing, Benedikt %A Kürten, Cornelius %A Mladenov, Emil %A Iliakis, George %A Kersting, David %A Fendler, Wolfgang P %A Gauler, Thomas %A Opitz, Marcel %A Milosevic, Aleksandar %A Forsting, Michael %A Nensa, Felix %A Umutlu, Lale %A Funke, Faustina %A Hautzel, Hubertus %A Herrmann, Ken %A Taube, Christian %A Theegarten, Dirk %A Aigner, Clemens %A Schuler, Martin %A Stuschke, Martin %T Pathologic Complete Response Predicts Long-Term Survival Following Neoadjuvant Induction Chemotherapy and Chemo-Radiotherapy in Stage-III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. %J Thoracic cancer %V 16 %N 22 %@ 1759-7706 %C Hoboken, NJ [u.a.] %I Wiley-Blackwell %M DKFZ-2025-02569 %P e70183 %D 2025 %X To analyze the association of pathologic-complete-response (PCR) and survival after neoadjuvant concurrent chemo-radiotherapy, we evaluated a large cohort of patients with potentially resectable stage IIIA-IIIC non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with a trimodality approach.Consecutive patients underwent neoadjuvant induction chemotherapy, followed by concurrent chemo-radiotherapy and surgery. Patients received established imaging, and diagnostics. Leave-one-out cross-validation was employed to identify the most effective prognostic classifier.Altogether, 403 patients treated between 06/2000 and 01/2020 were included. Median follow-up was 111 months (IQR: 71-127 months). PCR was achieved in 34 %K Humans %K Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung: pathology %K Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung: mortality %K Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung: therapy %K Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung: drug therapy %K Male %K Female %K Neoadjuvant Therapy: methods %K Neoadjuvant Therapy: mortality %K Lung Neoplasms: pathology %K Lung Neoplasms: mortality %K Lung Neoplasms: therapy %K Lung Neoplasms: drug therapy %K Induction Chemotherapy: methods %K Middle Aged %K Aged %K Neoplasm Staging %K Prognosis %K Chemoradiotherapy: methods %K Pathologic Complete Response %K induction chemo‐radiotherapy (Other) %K major pathological response (Other) %K pathologic complete response (Other) %K potentially resectable stage III NSCLC (Other) %K predictor of survival (Other) %F PUB:(DE-HGF)16 %9 Journal Article %$ pmid:41261778 %R 10.1111/1759-7714.70183 %U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/306357