Survival of an elderly patient with lung cancer treated with first-line chemotherapy

Introduction: Lung cancer is taking an increasing toll on the older population as life expectancy increases. However, the efficacy of chemotherapy is difficult to establish and the prognosis of these patients is severe. Objective: Report a case of an older adult patient with advanced non-small cell...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista cubana de medicina militar 2021-10, Vol.50 (4), p.e02101154-e02101154
Hauptverfasser: Oscar Augusto Quintana Blancos, Rita Emily Vallejos Garcia, Rodolfo Cristóbal Olmos Soldevilla, José Fernando Salvador Carrillo, José Luis Salinas Paz
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Lung cancer is taking an increasing toll on the older population as life expectancy increases. However, the efficacy of chemotherapy is difficult to establish and the prognosis of these patients is severe. Objective: Report a case of an older adult patient with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with prolonged survival who received only first-line chemotherapy. Case report: A 71-year-old non-smoker patient diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, adenocarcinoma subtype, with pleural involvement. He started treatment with carboplatin 5 AUC and gemcitabine 1,1 g. In the ninth cycle, reduction of pulmonary nodules was found, but he also had metastases at the D6-D7 level. He started the second line of treatment with carboplatin 5,4 AUC, paclitaxel 200 mg and zolendronic acid at a dose of 4,0 mg. Due to adverse events, the treatment was changed to vinorelbine 2,5 g and zolendronic acid 4.0 mg. After two cycles, the patient died, reaching 21 months of overall survival, only with chemotherapy. Conclusion: The treatment of the older adult patient with lung cancer is challenging. In the present chemotherapy treatment, the patient was able to achieve 21 months of overall survival, despite the fact that he was not molecularly characterized.
ISSN:1561-3046