| Literature DB >> 32869534 |
Sheila E J Terwisscha van Scheltinga1, Marc H W A Wijnen1, Hélène Martelli2, Timothy Rogers3, Henry Mandeville4, Mark N Gaze5, Keiran McHugh6, Nadege Corradini7, Daniel Orbach8, Meriel Jenney9, Anna Kelsey10, Julia Chisholm11, Soledad Gallego12, Heidi Glosli13, Andrea Ferrari14, Ilaria Zanetti15, Gian Luca De Salvo15, Veronique Minard-Colin16, Giani Bisogno17, Max M van Noesel18, Hans H M Merks18.
Abstract
Rhabdomyosarcoma of the extremities present with two main challenges: correct evaluation of initial regional nodal involvement and define adequate local treatment.Entities:
Keywords: local therapy; lymph node metastases; radiotherapy; rhabdomyosarcoma; staging; surgery
Mesh:
Year: 2020 PMID: 32869534 PMCID: PMC7571832 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.3365
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Med ISSN: 2045-7634 Impact factor: 4.452
Patient and tumor characteristics and influence on event‐free (EFS) and overall survival (OS)
| No of patients (N = 162) | % | 5 year‐EFS (95%CI) |
| 5 year‐OS (95%CI) |
| |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 78 | 48.2 | 58.3 (46.5‐68.5) | .5358 | 68.1 (55.4‐77.9) | .5061 | ||
| Female | 84 | 51.8 | 58.7 (47.1‐68.5) | 74.9 (63.7‐83.1) | ||||
| Age (year) | ||||||||
| <3 | 54 | 33.3 | 71.9 (57.8‐82.0) | .0741 | 82.2 (68.5‐90.4) | .0619 | ||
| 3‐9 | 70 | 43.2 | 49.7 (37.0‐61.1) | 71.6 (58.4‐81.2) | ||||
| 10‐18 | 38 | 23.4 | 55.0 (38.0‐69.2) | 57.9 (39.9‐72.3) | ||||
| Tumor size | ||||||||
| ≤5 cm | 58 | 35.8 | 66.4 (52.3‐77.1) | .0910 | 81.5 (68.3‐89.7) | .1166 | ||
| >5 cm | 104 | 64.2 | 53.9 (43.7‐63.1) | 66.2 (55.4‐74.9) | ||||
| Histology | ||||||||
| Favourable | 49 | 30.2 | 76.8 (62.0‐86.5) | .0072 | 87.0 (73.2‐94.0) | .0174 | ||
| Unfavourable | 113 | 69.8 | 50.5 (40.8‐59.4) | 65.3 (55.0‐73.7) | ||||
| Fusion status (for unfav. histology) | (113) | |||||||
| FOXO1 fusion present, type not known | 26 | 23 | 51.2 (39.7‐61.5) | .9775 | 63.1 (50.6‐73.2) | .4251 | ||
| PAX3 | 40 | 36.7 | ||||||
| PAX7 | 15 | 13.8 | ||||||
| Negative | 15 | 13.8 | 51.4 (23.8‐73.5) | 86.7 (56.4‐96.5) | ||||
| Not performed | 17 | 14.7 | ||||||
| IRS stage | ||||||||
| I (R0/N0) | 14 | 8.6 | 78.6 (47.2‐92.5) | 0.0169 | 85.1 (52.3‐96.1) | 0.0480 | ||
| II (R1 and N0/N1) | 20 | 12.4 | 79.3 (53.7‐91.7) | 95.0 (69.5‐99.3) | ||||
| III (R2 and N0/N1) | 128 | 79.0 | 53.0 (43.8‐61.3) | 66.1 (56.4‐74.2) | ||||
| T stage | ||||||||
| T1(confined to tissue of origin) | 126 | 77.8 | 64.3 (55.1‐72.1) | 0.0021 | 78.5 (69.8‐85.0) | 0.0007 | ||
| T2 (beyond tissue of origin) | 36 | 22.2 | 37.6 (21.9‐53.3) | 45.5 (26.4‐62.7) | ||||
| N‐stage | ||||||||
| N0 (no lymph node metastases) | 115 | 71.0 | 64.5 (54.8‐72.6) | 0.0274 | 80.3 (71.2‐86.7) | 0.0034 | ||
| N1 (lymph node metastases) | 47 | 29.0 | 43.2 (28.6‐57.0) | 50.4 (34.2‐64.6) | ||||
| Primary tumor site | ||||||||
| Lower extremities | 100 | 61.7 | 63.5 (53.1‐72.1) | 0.2549 | 77.7 (67.4‐85.1) | 0.1321 | ||
| Upper extremities | 62 | 38.3 | 50.4 (37.1‐62.3) | 62.1 (48.1‐73.3) | ||||
| Distal tumor | 97 | 59.9 | 55.1 (44.6‐64.4) | 0.3148 | 66.9 (55.7‐75.9) | 0.3175 | ||
| Proximal tumor | 65 | 40.1 | 63.3 (50.0‐74.0) | 78.7 (66.0‐87.1) | ||||
Abbreviations: R, surgical resection margin; N, lymph node status; CI, confidence interval.
FIGURE 1Flowchart showing lymph node staging by radiology and surgery/histology. *Only standard imaging by MRI, CT, and ultrasound. # PET in addition to standard imaging. N1: lymph node metastases; N0: no lymph node metastases
FIGURE 2Local therapy in IRS III patients and relapse patterns. †Patients who died; RT radiotherapy
FIGURE 3Event Free Survival (EFS) and Overall Survival (OS) – All patients (n = 162)
Tumor characteristics, treatment, and survival in patients included in the EpSSG RMS2005 and MMT 89/95 studies
| MMT89 (N = 53) | MMT95 (N = 82) | EpSSG RMS2005 (N = 162) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | |||
| <5 cm | 20 (37.7) | 26 (31.7) | 58 (35.8) |
| >5 cm | 33 (62.3) | 56 (68.3) | 104 (64.2) |
| Histology | |||
| Alveolar | 30 (56.7) | 52 (63.4) | 108 (66.7) |
| Non alveolar | 23 (43.3) | 30 (36.6) | 54 (33.3) |
| IRS group | |||
| I | 8 (15.1) | 6 (7.3) | 14 (8.6) |
| II | 14 (26.4) | 17 (20.7) | 20 (12.4) |
| III | 31 (58.5) | 59 (72) | 128 (79) |
| Surgery total | 32 (60.4) | 74 (90.2) | 155 (95.7)) |
| Initial | 8 (15.1) | 28 (34.1) | 36 (22.2) |
| Delayed | 24 (45.3) | 46 (56.1) | 119 (73.5) |
| Radiotherapy | 13 (24.5) | 26 (31.7) | 118 (72.8) |
| Relapse | |||
| locoregional | 15 (28.3%) | 16 (19.5%) | 31 (19%) |
| Metastatic | 15 (26.4%) | 10 (12.2%) | 22 (14%) |
| Combined | 5 (9.4%) | 6 (7.3%) | 8 (11%) |
| EFS (5 years) | 35.6% (23.0‐48.4) | 54.3% (42.8‐64.4) | 58.4% (95% CI 50.3‐65.7) |
| OS (5 years) | 50.3% (36.1‐62.9) | 68.2% (56.9‐77.1) | 71.7% (63.6‐78.4) |
Abbreviations: EFS, event free survival; OS, overall survival.
FIGURE 4Comparison of overall survival (OS) in the EpSSG 2005, SIOP‐MMT89 and SIOP‐MMT95 studies (P = .0384)