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INTRODUCTION: The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the patterns of recurrence and overall survival (OS) in patients achieving clinical complete response after treatment with definitive chemoradiation (CRT) for proximal esophageal cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with proximal esophageal cancer treated with CRT between 2004 and 2014 in 11 centers in the Netherlands were included. OS and progression-free survival (PFS) were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Cumulative incidence of first recurrence (locoregional or distant) and locoregional recurrence (LRR) were assessed using competing risk analyses. RESULTS: In 197 of the 200 identified patients, response was evaluated, 133 (68%) showed a complete response. In complete responders, median OS, three-year OS, and PFS were 45.0 months (95% CI 34.8-61.5 months), 58% (95% CI 48-66), and 49% (95% CI 40-57), respectively. Three- and five-year risk of recurrence were respectively 40% (95% CI 31-48), and 45% (95% CI 36-54). Three- and five-year risk of LRR were 26% (95% CI 19-33), and 30% (95% CI 22-38). Eight of 32 patients with an isolated LRR underwent salvage surgery, with a median OS of 32.0 months (95% CI 6.8-not reached). CONCLUSION: In patients with a complete response after definitive CRT for proximal esophageal cancer, most recurrences were locoregional and developed within the first three years after CRT. These findings suggest to shorten locoregional follow-up from five to three years.
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Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Quimiorradioterapia/métodos , Neoplasias Esofágicas/terapia , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas do Esôfago/terapia , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/epidemiologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Carboplatina/administração & dosagem , Cisplatino/uso terapêutico , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Neoplasias Esofágicas/patologia , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas do Esôfago/patologia , Esofagectomia , Feminino , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/terapia , Países Baixos , Paclitaxel/administração & dosagem , Intervalo Livre de Progressão , Radioterapia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Terapia de Salvação , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy is the recommended radiation technique for localized or locally advanced prostate cancer. In the past decades, external beam irradiation procedures have evolved in the context of technical developments of radiation and imaging equipment. The article summarizes these developments and gives a definition of new techniques and their potential advantages over conventional irradiation. It is meant to provide urologists and medical and radiation oncologists with a better comprehension of modern radiation treatment of prostate cancer and its possible improvements in the future.
