Hitoshi Tatebe1, Hiroshi Doi2, Kazuki Ishikawa2, Hisato Kawakami3, Masaki Yokokawa2, Kiyoshi Nakamatsu2, Shuichi Kanamori2, Toru Shibata4, Mutsukazu Kitano5, Yasumasa Nishimura2. 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan 1615060909@edu.med.kindai.ac.jp. 2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. 3. Department of Medical Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. 4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Kagawa University Hospital, Kagawa, Japan. 5. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Abstract
AIM: To evaluate the clinical results of two-step intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for oropharyngeal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Eighty patients were treated with two-step IMRT between 2002 and 2014. Whole-neck radiotherapy (44.0-50.0 Gy/22-25 fractions) was delivered by IMRT, followed by boost IMRT to the high-risk clinical target volume (total dose of 70.0 Gy/35 fractions). Forty-seven patients received concurrent chemotherapy. Immunohistochemistry for human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV/p16) was performed for 64 patients. RESULTS: The 5-year overall survival and locoregional control rates for stage I, II, III, and IVA-B disease were 80.0%, 75.0%, 78.0%, and 64.0% and 100.0%, 75.0%, 92.0%, and 82.0%, respectively. Overall survival was significantly higher in HPV/p16-positive patients than in HPV/p16-negative patients (p=0.01). Xerostomia of grade 2 or more was noted in 10 patients. CONCLUSION: Favourable overall survival and locoregional control rates with excellent salivary preservation were obtained using the two-step IMRT method for oropharyngeal cancer. Copyright
AIM: To evaluate the clinical results of two-step intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for oropharyngeal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Eighty patients were treated with two-step IMRT between 2002 and 2014. Whole-neck radiotherapy (44.0-50.0 Gy/22-25 fractions) was delivered by IMRT, followed by boost IMRT to the high-risk clinical target volume (total dose of 70.0 Gy/35 fractions). Forty-seven patients received concurrent chemotherapy. Immunohistochemistry for human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV/p16) was performed for 64 patients. RESULTS: The 5-year overall survival and locoregional control rates for stage I, II, III, and IVA-B disease were 80.0%, 75.0%, 78.0%, and 64.0% and 100.0%, 75.0%, 92.0%, and 82.0%, respectively. Overall survival was significantly higher in HPV/p16-positive patients than in HPV/p16-negative patients (p=0.01). Xerostomia of grade 2 or more was noted in 10 patients. CONCLUSION: Favourable overall survival and locoregional control rates with excellent salivary preservation were obtained using the two-step IMRT method for oropharyngeal cancer. Copyright