Wing-Keen Yap1, Yu-Chuan Chang2,3, Chia-Hsun Hsieh4,5, Yin-Kai Chao6, Chien-Cheng Chen7, Ming-Chieh Shih8, Tsung-Min Hung9. 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou Medical Center and Chang Gung University, 5 Fu-Shin Street, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan. 2. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou Medical Center and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. 3. Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. 4. Circulating Tumor Cell Lab, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou Medical Center and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. 5. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. 6. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou Medical Center and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. 7. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou Medical Center and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. 8. Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. 9. Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou Medical Center and Chang Gung University, 5 Fu-Shin Street, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan. min7363@gmail.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Our purpose was to examine the prognostic value of post-CRT PET based on the presence or absence of FDG-avid metastatic lymph node(s) and metabolic response of the primary tumor in patients with clinically node-positive ESCC treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT). METHODS: We identified 108 eligible patients treated by chemoradiotherapy (CRT) with or without resection from our prospectively collected database. Absence of FDG-avid metastatic lymph node with at least partial response of the primary tumor on PET scan after initial CRT was defined as the Post-CRT PET favorable group (yPET-F), and otherwise as unfavorable group (yPET-U). The Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression were performed for survival analyses and multivariable analysis, respectively. RESULTS: The study cohort was comprised of 59 patients receiving dCRT. Forty-five patients receiving trimodality therapy (TMT) comprised the comparative group and four patients were excluded from further analyses for developing interval distant metastasis detected on post-CRT PET scan. The median follow-up for the study cohort was 41 months. On K-M analysis of the study cohort, yPET-F was found to have significantly better OS (2-year: 72.5% vs 13.7%, p < 0.01) and DMFS (2-year: 71.6% vs 36.6%, p = 0.01) than yPET-U. In multivariable analysis, yPET-F remained as a strong independent favorable prognosticator on both OS (HR 0.08, p < 0.01) and DMFS (HR 0.14, p = 0.02) for the dCRT cohort. Compared with TMT cohort, for yPET-U patients, TMT had better OS (p = 0.03) than dCRT-Operable and dCRT-Operable had superior OS (p = 0.04) than dCRT-Unresectable. For yPET-F patients, there was no difference in both OS (p > 0.99) and DMFS (p = 0.92) between these three groups. CONCLUSIONS: Absence of FDG-avid metastatic lymph node with at least partial response of the primary tumor on PET scan after CRT (i.e., yPET-F status) prognosticate for excellent OS and DMFS in cN+ ESCC patients treated with dCRT, and might be comparable to TMT.
PURPOSE: Our purpose was to examine the prognostic value of post-CRT PET based on the presence or absence of FDG-avid metastatic lymph node(s) and metabolic response of the primary tumor in patients with clinically node-positive ESCC treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT). METHODS: We identified 108 eligible patients treated by chemoradiotherapy (CRT) with or without resection from our prospectively collected database. Absence of FDG-avid metastatic lymph node with at least partial response of the primary tumor on PET scan after initial CRT was defined as the Post-CRT PET favorable group (yPET-F), and otherwise as unfavorable group (yPET-U). The Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression were performed for survival analyses and multivariable analysis, respectively. RESULTS: The study cohort was comprised of 59 patients receiving dCRT. Forty-five patients receiving trimodality therapy (TMT) comprised the comparative group and four patients were excluded from further analyses for developing interval distant metastasis detected on post-CRT PET scan. The median follow-up for the study cohort was 41 months. On K-M analysis of the study cohort, yPET-F was found to have significantly better OS (2-year: 72.5% vs 13.7%, p < 0.01) and DMFS (2-year: 71.6% vs 36.6%, p = 0.01) than yPET-U. In multivariable analysis, yPET-F remained as a strong independent favorable prognosticator on both OS (HR 0.08, p < 0.01) and DMFS (HR 0.14, p = 0.02) for the dCRT cohort. Compared with TMT cohort, for yPET-U patients, TMT had better OS (p = 0.03) than dCRT-Operable and dCRT-Operable had superior OS (p = 0.04) than dCRT-Unresectable. For yPET-F patients, there was no difference in both OS (p > 0.99) and DMFS (p = 0.92) between these three groups. CONCLUSIONS: Absence of FDG-avid metastatic lymph node with at least partial response of the primary tumor on PET scan after CRT (i.e., yPET-F status) prognosticate for excellent OS and DMFS in cN+ ESCCpatients treated with dCRT, and might be comparable to TMT.
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