BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Limited data concerning treatment-related prognostic factors in limited disease (LD) small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients with poor initial performance status (PS) who successfully completed chemoradiotherapy (CRT) are available. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 125 patients with initial PS WHO 2-3 who successfully completed CRT were retrospectively reviewed. Thoracic radiation therapy (TRT) was applied in the concurrent (group 1) or sequential (group 2) mode. Influence of treatment type, time from diagnosis to start of TRT, number of chemotherapy cycles, prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI), occurrence of brain metastases (BMs), and duration of CRT on overall survival (OS) were analyzed. RESULTS: Median duration of CRT was 156 days in group 1 and 195 days in group 2 (p < 0.001). Median progression-free survival and OS were 11.6 (95% confidence interval (CI) 10-13.2) and 14.9 (95% CI 11.7-17.6) months with no difference between the groups. The 2- and 3-year survival rates were 37.9 ± 6.9% and 22.7 ± 6.3% in group 1 and 22.4 ± 4.9% and 15.2 ± 4.3% in group 2, respectively. Duration of CRT was only treatment-related factor predicting OS in the uni- (p < 0.014) and multivariate (p < 0.025) analyses. Short dose-dense CRT was associated with improved OS. CONCLUSION: Duration of CRT affects OS in LD SCLC patients with poor initial performance status who successfully completed multimodality treatment.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Limited data concerning treatment-related prognostic factors in limited disease (LD) small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients with poor initial performance status (PS) who successfully completed chemoradiotherapy (CRT) are available. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 125 patients with initial PS WHO 2-3 who successfully completed CRT were retrospectively reviewed. Thoracic radiation therapy (TRT) was applied in the concurrent (group 1) or sequential (group 2) mode. Influence of treatment type, time from diagnosis to start of TRT, number of chemotherapy cycles, prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI), occurrence of brain metastases (BMs), and duration of CRT on overall survival (OS) were analyzed. RESULTS: Median duration of CRT was 156 days in group 1 and 195 days in group 2 (p < 0.001). Median progression-free survival and OS were 11.6 (95% confidence interval (CI) 10-13.2) and 14.9 (95% CI 11.7-17.6) months with no difference between the groups. The 2- and 3-year survival rates were 37.9 ± 6.9% and 22.7 ± 6.3% in group 1 and 22.4 ± 4.9% and 15.2 ± 4.3% in group 2, respectively. Duration of CRT was only treatment-related factor predicting OS in the uni- (p < 0.014) and multivariate (p < 0.025) analyses. Short dose-dense CRT was associated with improved OS. CONCLUSION: Duration of CRT affects OS in LD SCLCpatients with poor initial performance status who successfully completed multimodality treatment.
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