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. 2021 Nov 14;28(6):4686–4701. doi: 10.3390/curroncol28060395

Table 4.

A summary of radiological and pathological responses after neoadjuvant immunotherapy for patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer.

Radiological Response * Pathological Response
Study CR PR SD PD Major Pathological Response Complete Pathological Response Primary Lesion Complete Pathological Response
Primary Lesion + Nodes
Rothschild [5] 4/62 32/62 16/62 7/62 34/55 10/55 10/55
Provencio [6]
Roman [7]
2/46 33/46 11/46 0 34/41 26/41 26/41
Cascone [8] 1/44 8/44 28/44 6/44 13/37 8/37 -
Eicchorn [9] 0 4/15 10/15 0 4/15 ^ 2/15 2/15
Tong [10] - - - 1/30 7/25 3/25 2/25
Shu [11] 0 19/30 9/30 2/30 17/29 10/29 -
Bott [12]
Forde [13]
0 2/21 18/21 1/21 9/20 3/20 2/20
Gao [14] 0 8/40 28/40 4/40 15/37 6/37 3/37
Yang [15] 0 14/24 2/24 8/24 - 2/13 -
Wang [16] 21/72 47/72 3/72 1/72 - 21/72 -
Shen [17] 10/37 22/37 5/37 0 24/37 17/37 17/37
Jiang [18] 0 24/31 5/31 2/31 12/31 3/31 -
Huang [19] 0 8/25 16/25 1/25 9/24 1/24 1/24
Duan [20] 0 17/23 6/23 0 10/20 6/20 -
Chen [21] 0 6/12 6/12 0 9/12 ^ 5/12 -
Chen [22] 0 17/35 18/35 0 26/35 18/35 16/35
Total 0.8% 48.0% 35.9% 3.6% 52.0% 24.3% 19.6%

* According to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria: CR, complete response; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease; PD, progressive disease. ^ Major pathological response included all patients with <10% viable tumor.