What is the optimal radiation dose for non-operable esophageal cancer? Dissecting the evidence in a meta-analysis

The standard radiation dose 50.4 Gy with concurrent chemotherapy for localized inoperable esophageal cancer as supported by INT-0123 trail is now being challenged since a radiation dose above 50 Gy has been successfully administered with an observable dose-response relationship and insignificant untoward effects. Therefore, to ascertain the treatment benefits of different radiation doses, we performed a meta-analysis with 18 relative publications. According to our findings, a dose between 50 and 70 Gy appears optimal and patients who received ≥ 60 Gy radiation had a significantly better prognosis (pooled HR = 0.78, P = 0.004) as compared with < 60 Gy, especially in Asian countries (pooled HR = 0.75, P = 0.003). However, contradictory results of treatment benefit for ≥ 60 Gy were observed in two studies from Western countries, and the pooled treatment benefit of ≥ 60 Gy radiation was inconclusive (pooled HR = 0.86, P = 0.64). There was a marginal benefit in locoregional control in those treated with high dose (> 50.4/51 Gy) radiation when compared with those treated with low dose (≤ 50.4/51 Gy) radiation (pooled OR = 0.71, P = 0.06). Patients that received ≥ 60 Gy radiation had better locoregional control (OR = 0.29, P = 0.001), and for distant metastasis control, neither the > 50.4 Gy nor the ≥ 60 Gy treated group had any treatment benefit as compared to the groups that received ≤ 50.4 Gy and < 60 Gy group respectively. Taken together, a dose range of 50 to 70 Gy radiation with CCRT is recommended for non-operable EC patients. A dose of ≥ 60 Gy appears to be better in improving overall survival and locoregional control, especially in Asian countries, while the benefit of ≥ 60 Gy radiation in Western countries still remains controversial.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Oncotarget - 8(2017), 51 vom: 24. Okt., Seite 89095-89107

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Hui-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Chang-Jiang [VerfasserIn]
Ge, Xiao-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Min, Ling-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xian-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Qing-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jian-Qi [VerfasserIn]
Allgayer, Heike [VerfasserIn]
Abba, Mohammed L [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xi-Zhi [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Xin-Chen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chemoradiotherapy
Esophageal cancer
Journal Article
Meta-analysis
Radiation dose
Survival benefit

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Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.18632/oncotarget.18760

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NLM278453163