scholarly journals Palliative chemotherapy with or without anti-EGFR therapy for de novo metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a propensity score-matching study

2019 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 3207-3216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue-Song Sun ◽  
Yu-Jing Liang ◽  
Xiao-Yun Li ◽  
Sai-Lan Liu ◽  
Qiu-Yan Chen ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue‐Song Sun ◽  
Sai‐Lan Liu ◽  
Yu‐Jing Liang ◽  
Qiu‐Yan Chen ◽  
Xiao‐Yun Li ◽  
...  

Oral Oncology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 104589
Author(s):  
Hui Chang ◽  
Ya-lan Tao ◽  
Wei-jun Ye ◽  
Wei-wei Xiao ◽  
Yun-fei Xia ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e23029-e23029
Author(s):  
Mingyu Tan ◽  
Mei Feng ◽  
Yecai Huang ◽  
Peng Xu ◽  
Ke Xu ◽  
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e23029 Background: With the aging society was coming, more elderly nasopharyngeal carcinoma NPC patients should be pay attention. However, no guideline is proposed for them due to lack of prospective clinical trials. We aimed to use propensity score matching method to evaluate the survival outcome and toxicity of the different treatment modalities for them. Methods: II-IV(UICC 8th) elderly NPC patients (≥65 years) were retrospectively enrolled between 2004 to 2016 in our center. All the patients received definitive IMRT, and were allocated into radiotherapy only (RT), concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) and neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed with CCRT (NACT). Cisplatin-based chemotherapy was used. Survival outcomes and toxicity were analyzed using propensity score-matching method. Results: There were 142 patients included, and the median age was 68 years. The median follow-up time was 47 months. 23 patients received RT only, 61 patients received CCRT and 58 patients received NACT. After matching for gender, age, T and N stage, chemotherapy and non-chemotherapy patients (22 pairs) were analyzed and shown the chemotherapy group had a better OS (86% vs 68%, p= 0.031). The 3-years LRFS, DMFS and DFS of chemotherapy and non-chemotherapy was 95% and 85% ( p= 0.251), 95% and 86% ( p= 0.307), 86% and 73% ( p= 0.309). Furthermore, 41 pairs who underwent chemotherapy were sub-analyzed according to different modalities. CCRT group showed a comparable 3-years LRFS (100% vs 94%, p= 0.143), DMFS (87% vs 89%, p= 0.608), DFS (81% vs 84%, p= 0.892) and OS (79% vs 66%, p= 0.080) with NACT. For acute toxicity, the incidence of G3-5 bone marrow suppression in non-chemotherapy was significantly lower than chemotherapy group (8.7% vs 36.4%, p= 0.31), and the incidence of G3-5 mucositis was similar ( p= 0.517). Besides that, there was no significant difference in the incidence of G3-5 bone marrow suppression and mucositis between CCRT and NACT group ( p= 0.824, p= 0.618). Conclusions: Chemoradiotherapy could improve the survival rate of the elderly NPC patients compared with radiotherapy only. The acute toxicity of CCRT and NACT was similar and acceptable. CCRT was still the standard treatment modality for them. As for the elderly NPC patients who are in good performance status and comorbidity conditions, NACT might be also worthy of recommendation.


BMC Cancer ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Lin ◽  
Sheng Lin ◽  
Lili Zhu ◽  
Shaojun Lin ◽  
Jianji Pan ◽  
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Abstract Background No standard radiotherapy regimens have been established for the treatment of de novo metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (mNPC) with bone-only metastasis. The current study aimed to investigate the efficacy of palliative chemotherapy (PCT) plus locoregional radiotherapy (LRRT) with or without local radiotherapy (RT) for metastatic bone lesions in mNPC. Methods We retrospectively analysed 131 de novo patients with mNPC who had bone-only metastasis and received at least two cycles of PCT with LRRT. The difference in survival was evaluated by the log-rank test. Univariable and multivariable analyses were performed by Cox regression. Results The median overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were 33.0 months and 24.0 months, respectively. Patients with five or fewer metastatic bone lesions had significantly longer OS (72.0 months vs. 23.0 months, Hazard ratios (HR) = 0.45, p <  0.001) and PFS (48.0 months vs. 15.0 months, HR = 0.52, p = 0.004) than those who had more than five metastatic bone lesions. Patients who received four or more cycles of chemotherapy were associated with significantly longer OS (unreached vs. 19.0 months, HR = 0.27, p <  0.001) and PFS (66 months vs. 16.0 months, HR = 0.32, p <  0.001). Multivariate analysis confirmed that fewer bone metastases (≤ 5) and more chemotherapy cycles (≥ 4) were favourable prognostic factors for OS. Subgroup analysis revealed that RT to metastatic bone lesions tended to prolong OS (83.0 months vs. 45.0 months) and PFS (60 months vs. 36.5 months) in patients with five or fewer metastatic bone lesions than in those without RT to metastatic bone lesions (p > 0.05). Patients who received a RT dose > 30 Gy had neither better OS (63.5 months vs. 32.0 months, p = 0.299) nor PFS (48.0 months vs. 28.0 months, p = 0.615) than those who received a RT dose ≤30 Gy. Conclusions Local RT to bone metastases may not significantly improve survival in patients with de novo mNPC with bone-only metastasis who have already received PCT plus LRRT. Receiving four or more cycles of chemotherapy can significantly prolong survival and is a favourable independent protective factor.


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