Clinical impact of post‐progression survival on overall survival in elderly patients with extensive disease small‐cell lung cancer

Abstract

PPS has a stronger impact on OS than PFS in elderly ED-SCLC patients after first-line chemotherapy. In addition, the response at second-line treatment and the number of additional regimens after first-line treatment are significant independent prognostic factors for PPS. These results suggest that OS in elderly ED-SCLC patients may be influenced by treatments subsequent to first-line chemotherapy; however, this remains to be verified with prospective studies.