Single-cycle induction chemotherapy before chemoradiotherapy or surgery in functionally inoperable head and neck squamous cell carcinoma : 10-year results

INTRODUCTION: The response to induction chemotherapy (IC) predicts local control after conservative treatment of laryngeal, meso- and hypopharyngeal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and can thus help to avoid surgery. Single-cycle induction chemotherapy may help to maintain a low local recurrence rate while keeping the overall toxicity manageable. However, long-term data on single-cycle IC response by tumor location is lacking.

METHODS: N = 102 patients with functionally inoperable primary HNSCC of the larynx (n = 43), hypopharynx (n = 42) or mesopharynx/tongue (n = 17) received one cycle of docetaxel (75 mg/m2, d1) plus cisplatin (30 mg/m2, d1-3) or carboplatin (AUC 1.5, d1-3) and a response evaluation 3 weeks later. Responders (≥ 30% tumor size reduction and ≥ 20% SUVmax decrease in 18F-FDG PET/CT) were recommended chemoradiotherapy (CRT), and non-responders surgery.

RESULTS: The overall response rate was 72.5%. All 74 responders and 10 non-responders received primary CRT, and 18 patients received primary surgery after single-cycle IC. Overall 10-year local recurrence-free survival (LRFS) was 73.7%. Three-year LRFS was 88.2% (mesopharynx/tongue), 88.2% (larynx), and 73.3% (hypopharynx); p = 0.17. 3-year distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) was 94.1% (mesopharynx/tongue), 88.0% (larynx) and 76.4% (hypopharynx); p > 0.05. This influenced the 3-year cancer-specific survival (CSS) for larynx (91.2%) vs. hypopharynx tumors (60.8%); p = 0.003, but CSS was not different to tumors in the mesopharynx/tongue (81.4%); p > 0.05.

CONCLUSIONS: A single-cycle induction chemotherapy for HNSCC enables surgery plus adjuvant therapy as well as chemoradiotherapy. The long-term local and distant disease control was good but varied between tumors in the larynx and mesopharynx/tongue vs. hypopharynx.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:277

Enthalten in:

European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - 277(2020), 1 vom: 16. Jan., Seite 245-254

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Breheret, Marius [VerfasserIn]
Lubgan, Dorota [VerfasserIn]
Haderlein, Marlen [VerfasserIn]
Hecht, Markus [VerfasserIn]
Traxdorf, Maximilian [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Müller, Sarina [VerfasserIn]
Kitzsteiner, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Kuwert, Torsten [VerfasserIn]
Iro, Heinrich [VerfasserIn]
Fietkau, Rainer [VerfasserIn]
Semrau, Sabine [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)
Induction chemotherapy
Journal Article
Resection
Single-cycle

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.11.2020

Date Revised 16.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00405-019-05665-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM301906521