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    Chemoradiotherapy-İnduced Hemoglobin Nadir Values And Survival in Patients With Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
    (2018) Topkan, Erkan; Selek, Ugur; Ozdemir, Yurday; Yildirim, Berna A.; Guler, Ozan C.; Mertsoylu, Huseyin; Hahn, Stephen M.; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8120-7123; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2218-2074; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6661-4185; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6908-3412; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1932-9784; 29858023; AAG-2213-2021; AAG-5629-2021; V-5717-2017; AAC-5654-2020; M-9530-2014
    Purpose: We investigated the influence of change in hemoglobin (Hgb) levels during concurrent chemoradiotherapy (C-CRT) on outcomes of non-anemic patients with stage IIIA/B non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: We identified 722 patients with stage IIIA/B NSCLC without anemia at baseline [hemoglobin (Hgb) < 12 g/dL for women or < 13 g/dL for men], either nonsmokers or ex-smokers, who received C-CRT between 2007 and 2012. All patients had received 1 - 3 cycles of platinum-based doublet chemotherapy during radiotherapy to 60 - 66 Gy and had documented Hgb measurements before treatment and at weekly intervals for 6 weeks during the C-CRT. Potential associations were assessed between baseline, nadir, extent of change in Hgb level, and anemia and overall survival (OS), locoregional progression-free survival (LRPFS), and PFS. Results: The median baseline Hgb level was 13.9 g/dL (range 12.0-16.8) and declined to a median 12.4 g/dL (range 7.9-16.1) during treatment. Anemia appeared in 237 patients (32.8%) and was more common among women (44.8% vs. 26.5%, P < 0.001). Neither baseline Hgb level nor change during treatment nor anemia emergence influenced any survival endpoint. Receiver operating curve analysis revealed an Hgb nadir of 11.1 g/dL to be associated with outcomes, in that a nadir Hgb < 11.1 g/dL (in 156 patients) was linked with shorter median OS time (P < 0.001), LRPFS time (P < 0.001), and PFS time (P < 0.001); retained significance for all three endpoints in multivariate analyses; and was more strongly associated with OS in squamous cell carcinoma (P < 0.001) than in adenocarcinoma (P = 0.009). Conclusion: Nadir Hgb < 11.1 g/dL levels during C-CRT were associated with significantly poorer survival times in initially non-anemic patients presenting with locally advanced NSCLC.