Haematological and renal toxicity of radiation therapy in neuroblastoma paediatric patients
Clin. transl. oncol. (Print)
; 25(3): 786-795, mar. 2023.
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
Purpose The objective of this study was to evaluate the renal and hematologic toxicity in paediatric patients with adrenal high-risk neuroblastoma who have received radiation therapy (RT) as part of radical treatment. Material and methods Pediatric patients diagnosed with high-risk adrenal neuroblastoma who received RT as part of the definitive treatment between January 2004 and May 2020 in a single institution were selected. Complete blood counts (CBC) and creatinine clearance (CrCl) pre-RT and post-RT were compared through the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and correlated with survival analysis by Cox regression. Results Forty-two children with a median age of 3 years at diagnosis and 2.8 years of follow-up were selected. A significant and acute decrease in lymphocytes was found (p = 0.002) 1 month from RT. Patients with a drop higher than 50% of the previous value experimented a significant reduction in overall survival (55 vs 10%; p = 0.031). At the end of the follow-up, a significant increase in all blood counts was observed. With respect to renal function, an acute and significant decrease in CrCl was observed tin patients younger than 4 years who received RT (p = 0.013). However, it was not clinically relevant. Conclusion Our data suggest that acute lymphopenia occurs after RT and could be associated with a poorer prognosis. Other blood counts are reduced after RT and all of them are in physiological range at the end of follow-up. Our cohort presented excellent renal outcomes without any case of chronic renal dysfunction (AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Radiotherapy
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Lymphopenia
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Neuroblastoma
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin. transl. oncol. (Print)
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
CSIC
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Sorbonne University Medical Faculty/France
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University Hospital Virgen del Rocío/Spain