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Table 1 Previously reported cases on the correlation between TEF and bevacizumab

From: Bevacizumab-induced esophageal pleural fistula during maintenance therapy without radiation in lung cancer

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Age, sex

Tumor type

Treatment

Risk factors

Using time and dosage of Bev

Outcome

Goodgame 2008

28, M

NSCLC

PTX + CBDCA

 + Bev → Bev

TRT

2 Cycles, 21 days

per 1 cycle; 15 mg/kg

NA

Gore 2009

48, M

NSCLC

GEM + CBDCA

 + Bev → Bev

TRT

1 Cycle; NA

NA

Spigel 2010

62, F

NSCLC

PEM + CBDCA

 + Bev

TRT/esophagitis

8 Cycles, 21 days

per 1 cycle; 15 mg/kg

NA

55, M

NSCLC

PEM + CBDCA

 + Bev

TRT/esophagitis

10 Cycles, 21 days

per 1 cycle; 15 mg/kg

NA

57, F

SCLC

CPT-11 + CBDCA

 + Bev

TRT/esophagitis

16 Cycles, 14 days per 1 cycle; 10 mg/kg

NA

57, F

SCLC

CPT-11 + CBDCA

 + Bev

TRT/esophagitis

10 Cycles, 14 days per 1 cycle;

10 mg/kg

Dead due to TEF

67, M

SCLC

CPT-11 + CBDCA

 + Bev

TRT/esophagitis

NA

NA

Socinski 2012

NA

NSCLC

PEM + CBDCA

 + Bev

TRT

NA

NA

Schreiber 2012

40, M

NSCLC

PEM + CBDCA

 + Bev

TRT/Barret’s esophagus

1 Cycle; 7.5 mg/m2

Dead due to hemoptysis

Kenichi 2018

66, M

NSCLC

PEM + CBDCA

 + Bev

None

1 Cycle; 15 mg/kg

Dead due to lung cancer

Zhang 2020

54, M

NSCLC

PEM + CBDCA

 + Bev

TRT

4 Cycles, 21 days for 1 cycle; 7.5 mg/kg

NA

  1. NSCLC non-small-cell lung cancer, SCLC small-cell lung cancer, TEF tracheoesophageal fistula, TRT thoracic radiation therapy, CDDP cisplatin, CBDCA carboplatin, ETP etoposide, PTX paclitaxel, Bev bevacizumab, CPT-11 Irinotecan, PEM pemetrexed, GEM gemcitabine, NA no available