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Query: UMLS:C0684249 (lung carcinoma)
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In this analysis, we compare the patterns of failure in the first 12 months for 660 eligible patients randomized to two Southeastern Cancer Study Group (SECSG) protocols for limited extent, small cell carcinoma of the lung between 1978 and 1985. In each protocol, a different schedule of radiotherapy was given in conjunction with combination chemotherapy and was compared with combination chemotherapy alone. In protocol 78 LUN 328, radiotherapy was given between courses of chemotherapy, and in protocol LUN 81343, it was given simultaneously. The rates of local failure, either as an initial or subsequent site, in the first 12 months were significantly lower when thoracic irradiation was given than when it was not (P less than .01). When the 2 radiotherapy arms were compared, there were no significant differences in the rates of local failure alone, but a smaller proportion of patients developed both local failure and distant metastases (P less than .01) when simultaneous radiotherapy was administered. Survival on all 4 arms was similar during the first 2 years of patient study. After 2 years, both radiotherapy regimens showed a trend toward improved survival compared with the combination drug alone (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine) arms. On both protocols, survival from 12 months was significantly longer for those with local control at 12 months than for those who did not show local control.
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PMID:Patterns of failure in combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy for limited small cell lung cancer: Southeastern Cancer Study Group experience. 283 64

LUN is a novel RING finger protein that is highly expressed in the lung and might be a transcriptional regulator of E-cadherin [J. Biol. Chem. 276 (2001) 14004]. It might be possible that LUN plays important roles in the development and progression of lung cancer through regulating expression of E-cadherin, but no clinical study on LUN expression has been reported. In the present study, we quantitatively examined gene expression of the LUN in surgical specimens resected from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. In normal lung tissues, the LUN gene expression was down-regulated in smokers (the mean LUN/GAPDH ratios, 0.222 for non-smokers and 0.144 for smokers; P = 0.030). In addition, the mean LUN/GAPDH ratio in lung cancer tissues was significantly lower than that in normal lung tissues (0.072 versus 0.162; P < 0.001). In addition, the LUN gene expression was slightly down-regulated along with progression of primary tumors, and strongly down-regulated along with nodal metastases (the mean LUN/GAPDH ratios, 0.091 for pN0, 0.073 for pN1, and 0.034 for pN2 diseases; P = 0.001). These results suggested that LUN might play important roles in inhibition of nodal metastases as well as in suppression of smoking-related oncogenesis in NSCLC.
Lung Cancer 2004 Oct
PMID:Expression of LUN gene that encodes a novel RING finger protein is correlated with development and progression of non-small cell lung cancer. 1536 29