Comparing the benefits of chemoradiotherapy and chemotherapy for resectable stage III A/N2 non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis

Table 1 Summary of three randomized controlled trials included in the meta-analysis

Study	Publication year	Stage	CT regimen	CRT regimen	Number of patients		Median survival
Study	Publication year	Stage	CT regimen	CRT regimen	CT	CRT	CT	CRT
Girard et al.	2010	cN2 IIIA	GC	VP or PC + Con RT(46Gy)	14	32	24.2	–
Katakami et al.	2012	pN2 IIIA	DC	DC + Con RT(40Gy)	28	28	29.9	39.6
Pless et al.	2015	pN2 IIIA	DP	DP + Seq RT(44Gy)	115	117	26.2	31.7

Abbreviations: GC gemcitabine + cisplatin, DP docetaxel + cisplatin, DC docetaxel + carboplatin, VP vinorelbine + cisplatin, PC paclitaxel + carboplatin, Seq RT sequential radiochemotherapy, Con RT concomitant radiochemotherapy

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