Therapeutic strategy for postoperative recurrence in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Figure 1 Postrecurrence survival according to the mode of postoperative recurrence. From 1994 through 2004, 418 consecutive patients with NSCLC underwent complete resection at Kyushu University Hospital. Of these patients, 138 experienced postoperative recurrence by December 2005, and were followed until the end of 2009.

Figure 2 Mode of postoperative recurrence in reference to the initial stages of disease.

Figure 3 Mode of postoperative recurrence and treatment modality.

Figure 4 Chemotherapeutic algorithm. PEM: Pemetrexed; GEM: Gemcitabine; CDDP: Cisplatin; CBDCA: Carboplatin; DOC: Docetaxel; EGFR-TKI: Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor; ALK: Anaplastic lymphoma kinase fusion gene.