Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Orthop. Dec 18, 2024; 15(12): 1155-1163
Published online Dec 18, 2024. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v15.i12.1155
Prognostic factors in patients with bone metastasis of lung cancer after immune checkpoint inhibitors: A retrospective study
Yuki Ishibashi, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Toshihiko Ando, Kouichi Okajima, Takahiro Oki, Yusuke Tsuda, Yusuke Shinoda, Ryoko Sawada, Sakae Tanaka
Yuki Ishibashi, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Toshihiko Ando, Kouichi Okajima, Takahiro Oki, Yusuke Tsuda, Sakae Tanaka, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku 113-8655, Tokyo, Japan
Yusuke Shinoda, Department of Rehabilitation, The Saitama Medical University, Morohongo 350-0495, Saitama, Japan
Ryoko Sawada, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0017, Hyogo, Japan
Author contributions: Ishibashi Y and Kobayashi H wrote the manuscript and reviewed the relevant literature; Okajima K, Oki T, Tsuda Y, Shinoda Y, Sawada R, and Tanaka S contributed to the conception and design of the study and critically revised the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the University of Tokyo Hospital’s institutional review board (approval number: 11019). All study procedures followed the ethical standards of the 1975 Helsinki Declaration (as revised in 2000) and national law.
Informed consent statement: As we use a blanket consent system, no consent form was provided for this study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Data sharing statement: Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.
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Corresponding author: Hiroshi Kobayashi, PhD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku 113-8655, Tokyo, Japan. hkobayashi-tky@umin.ac.jp
Received: August 21, 2024
Revised: October 14, 2024
Accepted: November 8, 2024
Published online: December 18, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Use of Immune checkpoint inhibitors after bone metastasis diagnosis may be a favorable prognostic factor in patients with bone metastases from gene mutation-negative non-small cell lung cancer.