New immune drug aims to keep lung cancer away after surgery
NCT ID NCT02486718
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 30, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This phase 3 study tests whether the immune-boosting drug atezolizumab can delay or prevent lung cancer from coming back in patients who have already had surgery and chemotherapy. About 1,280 people with stage IB to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer are taking part. Half receive atezolizumab for about a year, while the other half get standard follow-up care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- atezolizumab (a drug that helps the immune system fight cancer)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new option to help prevent lung cancer from coming back after surgery and chemotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large phase 3 trial, but results may not apply to all patients. Atezolizumab can cause immune-related side effects, and it may not improve survival for everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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1,280 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2015
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Inclusion Criteria for Enrollment Phase * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 * Histological or cytological diagnosis of Stage IB (tumors greater than or equal to \[\>/=\] 4 centimeters \[cm\])-IIIA (T2-3 N0, T1-3 N1, T1-3 N2, T4 N0-1) NSCLC (per the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer staging system (UICC)/American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system (AJCC) staging system, 7th edition; Detterbeck et al. 2009) * Participants must have had complete resection of NSCLC 4-12 weeks (\>/=28 days and less than or equal to \[\</=\] 84 days) prior to enrollment and must be adequately recovered from surgery * If mediastinoscopy was not performed preoperatively, it is required that, at a minimum, mediastinal lymph node systematic sampling will have occurred. Systematic sampling is defined as removal of at least one representative lymph node at specified levels. MLND entails resection of all lymph nodes at those same levels. For a right thoracotomy, sampling or MLND is required at levels 4 and 7 and for a left thoracotomy, levels 5 and/or 6 and 7. Exceptions will be granted if there is clear documentation in the operative report or in a separately submitted addendum by the surgeon of exploration of the required lymph node areas, the participant will be considered eligible if no lymph nodes are found in those areas; if participants have documented N2 disease in one level (per the UICC/AJCC staging system, 7th edition; Detterbeck et al. 2009), not all levels need to be sampled; if the preoperative staging imaging results (contrast computed tomography \[CT\] and positron emission tomography \[PET\] scans) do not suggest evidence of disease in the mediastinum, the participant will be considered eligible if N2 nodal sampling is not performed per surgeon's decision * Eligible to receive a cisplatin-based chemotherapy regimen * Adequate hematologic and end-organ function * Women who are not postmenopausal (\>/=12 months of non-therapy-induced amenorrhea) or surgically sterile must have a negative serum pregnancy test result within 14 days prior to initiation of cisplatin-based chemotherapy Inclusion Criteria for Randomized Phase - Women who are not postmenopausal (\>/=12 months of non-therapy-induced amenorrhea) or surgically sterile must have a negative serum pregnancy test result within 14 days prior to initiation of atezolizumab or BSC Exclusion Criteria: Exclusion Criteria for Enrollment Phase * Illness or condition that may interfere with a participant's capacity to understand, follow, and/or comply with study procedures * Pregnant and lactating women * Treatment with prior systemic chemotherapy: Chemotherapy for early stage of malignancy with curative intent, provided that the last dose received was more than 5 years prior to enrollment and low-dose chemotherapy for non-malignant conditions may be allowed upon approval by the Medical Monitor * Hormonal cancer therapy or radiation therapy as prior cancer treatment within 5 years before enrollment * Treatment with any other investigational agent with therapeutic intent within 28 days prior to enrollment * Participants with hearing impairment * Known sensitivity to any component of the chemotherapy regimen the participant will be assigned to, or to mannitol * Prior treatment with cluster of differentiation (CD) 137 (CD137) agonists or immune checkpoint blockade therapies, anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1), and anti programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) therapeutic antibodies * Malignancies other than NSCLC within 5 years prior to randomization, with the exception of those with a negligible risk of metastasis or death (e.g., expected 5-year OS greater than \[\>\] 90 percent \[%\]) treated with expected curative outcome (such as adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, basal or squamous cell skin cancer, localized prostate cancer treated surgically with curative intent, ductal carcinoma in situ treated surgically with curative intent) * History of severe allergic, anaphylactic, or other hypersensitivity reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion proteins * Known hypersensitivity to biopharmaceuticals produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells or any component of the atezolizumab formulation * History of autoimmune disease, including but not limited to myasthenia gravis, myositis, autoimmune hepatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, vascular thrombosis associated with antiphospholipid syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis, Sjögren's syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis, vasculitis, or glomerulonephritis * Positive test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) * Participants with active hepatitis B (chronic or acute; defined as having a positive hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] test at screening) or hepatitis C * Active tuberculosis * Significant cardiovascular disease, such as New York Heart Association cardiac disease (Class II or greater), myocardial infarction, or cerebrovascular accident within the previous 3 months, unstable arrhythmias, or unstable angina * History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (e.g., bronchiolitis obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest CT scan * Prior allogeneic bone marrow transplantation or solid organ transplant * Any other diseases, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug or that may affect the interpretation of the results or render the participant at high risk from treatment complications * Known tumor PD-L1 expression status as determined by an immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay from other clinical studies (e.g., participants whose PD-L1 expression status was determined during screening for entry into a study with anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 antibodies but were not eligible are excluded) Specific Exclusions for Pemetrexed Treatment \- Participants with squamous cell histology Exclusion Criteria for Randomized Phase * Signs or symptoms of infection within 14 days prior to randomization (severe infection within 28 days prior to randomization), including but not limited to hospitalization for complications of infection, bacteremia, or severe pneumonia * Received therapeutic oral or intravenous (IV) antibiotics within 14 days prior to randomization * Major surgical procedure within 28 days prior to randomization or anticipation of need for a major surgical procedure during the course of the study * Administration of a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment or anticipation that such a live attenuated vaccine will be required during the study * Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents (including but not limited to interferons or interleukin-2) within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is longer, prior to randomization: Prior treatment with cancer vaccines is allowed * Treatment with systemic corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive medications (including but not limited to prednisone, dexamethasone, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, and anti-tumor necrosis factor \[anti-TNF\] agents) within 14 days prior to randomization
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia
Brescia, Lombardy, 25123, Italy
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Aichi Cancer Center Hospital
Aichi, 464-8681, Japan
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Anhui Province Cancer Hospital
Hefei, China
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Asst Papa Giovanni XXIII
Bergamo, Lombardy, 24127, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
Turin, Piedmont, 10126, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera Di Rilievo Nazionale E Di Alta Specializzazione Garibaldi
Catania, Sicily, 95122, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona
Verona, Veneto, 37126, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
Pisa, Tuscany, 56124, Italy
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Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera S Luigi Gonzaga
Orbassano, Piedmont, 10043, Italy
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Azienda per l'Assistenza Sanitaria N° 5 - Friuli Occidentale
Pordenone, Friuli Venezia Giulia, 33170, Italy
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Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Birmingham, B9 5SS, United Kingdom
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C.H. Regional Reina Sofia
Córdoba, 14004, Spain
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CE Kryvyi Rih Oncology Dispensary of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council
Kryvyi Rih, 50048, Ukraine
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CHU de Liège (Sart Tilman)
Liège, 4000, Belgium
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Cabrini Hospital Malvern
Malvern, Victoria, 3144, Australia
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California Cancer Associates for Research & Excellence, Inc.
Encinitas, California, 92024, United States
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Cancer Institute and Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Beijing, 100021, China
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Centre Hospitalier Regional Sud Reunion
Saint-Pierre, 97448, France
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Centre Hospitalier de Mont de Marsan - Hopital Layne
Mont-de-Marsan, 40000, France
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Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Quentin
Saint-Quentin, 02321, France
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Centre Regional de Lutte contre le Cancer Val d Aurelle - Paul Lamarque
Montpellier, 34298, France
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Centre René Gauducheau Centre de Lutte Contre Le Cancer Nantes Atlantique
Nantes, 44093, France
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Centro Hospitalar E Universitário de Coimbra EPE
Coimbra, 3000-602, Portugal
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Chaim Sheba Medical Center
Tel Litwinsky, 52621, Israel
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Chang Gung Medical Foundation Linkou Branch
Taoyuan City, 333, Taiwan
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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Chiayi
Putzui City, 61363, Taiwan
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Changhua Christian Hospital
Changhua, 500, Taiwan
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Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital
Jeonnam, 519-763, South Korea
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City Clinical Hospital #1
Novosibirsk, 630047, Russia
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Clinical Research Alliance
Lake Success, New York, 11042, United States
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Clinique Clémentville
Montpellier, 34070, France
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Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc
Brussels, 1200, Belgium
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Colchester General Hospital
Colchester, Essex, CO4 5JL, United Kingdom
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Communal Non profit Enterprise Regional Center of Oncology
Kharkiv, Kharkiv Governorate, 61070, Ukraine
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Communal Nonprofit Enterprise Podilsky Regional Center Of Oncology OfTheVinnytsia Regional Council
Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia Oblast, 21018, Ukraine
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Compassionate Cancer Care Medical Group, Inc
Fountain Valley, California, 92708, United States
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Complejo Hospitalario de Jaen
Jaén, 23007, Spain
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Consorcio Hospitalario Provincial de Castellon
Castellon, Castellon, 12002, Spain
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Eastern Connecticut Hematology and Oncology Associates
Norwich, Connecticut, 06360, United States
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Edith Wolfson Medical Center
Holon, 58100, Israel
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Ev.Krankenhaus Bielefeld gGmbH
Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, 33611, Germany
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Evang. Lungenklinik Berlin Klinik für Pneumologie
Berlin, 13125, Germany
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Fachklinik für Lungenerkrankungen
Immenhausen, 34376, Germany
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First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
Suzhou, 215006, China
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First Hospital of China Medical University
Shenyang, 110001, China
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GBUZ Saint Petersburg Clinical Research Center of Specialized Types of Care (Oncology)
Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, 197758, Russia
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Gemeinschaftspraxis für Hämatologie und Onkologie
Münster, 48149, Germany
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Hematology Oncology Associates of Fredericksburg, Inc.
Fredericksburg, Virginia, 22408, United States
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Hematology Oncology Associates of Northern New Jersey
Florham Park, New Jersey, 07932, United States
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Highlands Oncology Group
Fayetteville, Arkansas, 72703, United States
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Hiroshima University Hospital
Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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Hopital d Instruction des Armees de Sainte Anne
Toulon, 83041, France
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Hosp Clinico Univ Lozano Blesa
Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
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Hospital Lucus Augusti
Lugo, 27003, Spain
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Hospital Ramon y Cajal
Madrid, 28034, Spain
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Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, 08025, Spain
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Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe de Valencia
Valencia, 46026, Spain
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Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro-CIOCC
Madrid, 28050, Spain
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Hospital Universitario La Paz
Madrid, 28046, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla
Santander, Cantabria, 39008, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen de La Arrixaca
El Palmar, Murcia, 30120, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Canarias
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, 3820, Spain
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Hospital de Sao Joao
Porto, 4200-319, Portugal
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Hospital del Mar
Barcelona, 08003, Spain
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Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health,Japan
Kitakyushu-shi, 807-8555, Japan
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Houston Methodist Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Hyogo Cancer Center
Akashi, 673-0021, Japan
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Illinois Cancer Care
Peoria, Illinois, 61615, United States
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Instituto Portugues de Oncologia Do Porto Francisco Gentil Epe
Porto, 4200-072, Portugal
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Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Hetenyi Geza Korhaz-Rend.Int.
Szolnok, 5004, Hungary
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Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis
's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, 5223 GZ, Netherlands
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Juntendo University Hospital
Bunkyō City, 113-8431, Japan
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Kaiser Permanente
Vallejo, California, 94589, United States
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Kaiser Permanente - Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek, California, 94596, United States
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Kanagawa Cancer Center
Yokohama-shi, Asahi-ku, 241-8515, Japan
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Katholisches Klinikum Marienhof
Koblenz Am Rhein, 56073, Germany
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Klinikum Bogenhausen
München, 81925, Germany
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Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH
Chemnitz, 09113, Germany
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Krankenhaus Barmherzige Bruder Regensburg
Regensburg, 93049, Germany
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Krankenhaus Nordwest
Frankfurt am Main, 60488, Germany
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Kumamoto University Hospital
Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
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Kyiv City Clinical Oncological Center
Kyiv, 03115, Ukraine
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Kyorin University Hospital
Mitaka-shi, 181-0004, Japan
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Kyoto University Hospital
Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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Kyushu University Hospital
Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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Leningrad Regional Clinical Hospital
Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, 194291, Russia
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Lewis Hall Singletary Oncology Center
Thomasville, Georgia, 31792, United States
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Liaoning Provincial Cancer Hospital
Shengyang, 110042, China
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LungenClinic Grosshansdorf GmbH
Großhansdorf, 22927, Germany
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Lungenklinik Hemer
Hemer, 58675, Germany
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Lynn Cancer Institute - West
Boca Raton, Florida, 33486, United States
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MI Dnipropetrovsk City Multifield Clinical Hospital 4 of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council
Dnipropetrovsk, Katerynoslav Governorate, 49102, Ukraine
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MI Zaporizhzhia Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary Zaporizhzhia SMU Ch of Oncology
Zaporizhzhya, 69040, Ukraine
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Mazowieckie Centrum Leczenia Chorob Pluc i Gruzlicy
Otwock, 05-400, Poland
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Meir Medical Center
Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel
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MultiCare Regional Cancer Center - Auburn
Auburn, Washington, 98002-4117, United States
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Municipal Institution Odesa Regional Oncology Dispensary
Odesa, KIEV Governorate, 65055, Ukraine
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Municipal Institution SubCarpathian ClinicalOncological Centre
Ivano-Frankivsk, Poltava Governorate, 76018, Ukraine
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National Cancer Center Hospital
Chūō, 104-0045, Japan
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National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Cancer Center
Sapporo, 003-0804, Japan
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Niigata Cancer Center Hospital
Niigata, 951-8566, Japan
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Norton Cancer Institute
Louisville, Kentucky, 40402, United States
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Okayama University Hospital
Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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Oncology Center Sf. Nectarie
Craiova, 200542, Romania
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Oncology Hematology Care - SCRI
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45242, United States
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Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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Ospedale Clinicizzato SS Annunziata
Chieti, Abruzzo, 66013, Italy
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Ospedale Santa Chiara
Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, 38100, Italy
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Ospedale Silvestrini
Perugia, Umbria, 06132, Italy
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Overlook Medical Center
Summit, New Jersey, 07901, United States
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Pius-Hospital Oldenburg
Oldenburg, 26121, Germany
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Policlinico Universitario Campus Biomedico Di Roma
Rome, Lazio, 00128, Italy
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Presbyterian Hospital
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States
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Prince of Wales Hosp
Shatin, Hong Kong
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Principal Military Clinical Hospital n.a. N.N. Burdenko
Moscow, Moscow Oblast, 105229, Russia
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Providence Everett Med Ctr
Everett, Washington, 98201, United States
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Rambam Medical Center
Haifa, 31096, Israel
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Regional Clinical Oncology Hospital
Yaroslavl, 150040, Russia
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Regional Municipal Institution Sumy Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary
Sumy, 40022, Ukraine
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SCRI Florida Cancer Specialists North
St. Petersburg, Florida, 33705, United States
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Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Livingston, New Jersey, 07039, United States
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Saitama Cancer Center
Kitaadachi-gun, 362-0806, Japan
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Scientific Research Institute of Oncology n.a. N.N. Petrov
Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, 197758, Russia
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Shanghai Chest Hospital
Shanghai, 200030, China
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Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital
Shanghai, 200433, China
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Shikoku Cancer Center
Matsuyama, 791-0280, Japan
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St Bartholomew's Hospital
London, EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom
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St. Antonius Ziekenhuis Nieuwegein
Nieuwegein, 3430 EM, Netherlands
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St. Luke's Cancer Institute
Kansas City, Missouri, 64111, United States
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Stadtisches Klinikum Braunschweig
Braunschweig, 38114, Germany
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Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, 98122, United States
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Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Taichung, 40705, Taiwan
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, 00112, Taiwan
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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Ctr
Tel Aviv, 64239, Israel
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The Catholic University of Korea St. Vincent's Hospital
Suwon, 442-723, South Korea
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Guangzhou, 510120, China
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Tokyo Medical University Hospital
Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan
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Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious diseases Center Komagome Hospital
Bunkyō City, 113-8677, Japan
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Toranomon Hospital
Tokyo, 105-8470, Japan
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Townsville Hospital
Douglas, Queensland, 4814, Australia
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University Oncology Associates
Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37403, United States
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University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, 90024, United States
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University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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University of Miami School of Medicine - Sylvester at Deerfield
Deerfield Beach, Florida, 33442, United States
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University of Pecs, I st Dept of Internal Medicine
Pécs, 7624, Hungary
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Universität Des Saarlandes
Homburg, 66421, Germany
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Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Valley Hospital
Paramus, New Jersey, 07652, United States
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Vincentius-Diakonissen-Kliniken gAG
Karlsruhe, 76137, Germany
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Volgograd Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary
Volgograd, 400138, Russia
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Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Wellmont Medical Associates
Bristol, Virginia, 24201, United States
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Wielkopolskie Centrum Pulmonologii i Torakochirurgii w Poznaniu
Poznan, 60569, Poland
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Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
Hangzhou, 310022, China
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