Patterns of Failure Following Preoperative Chemotherapy and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Resection for Patients with Borderline Resectable or Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

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BACKGROUND: The role of neoadjuvant stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in the treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is controversial and the optimal target volumes and dose-fractionation are unclear. The aim of this study is to report on treatment outcomes and patterns of failure of patients with borderline resectable (BL) or locally advanced (LA) pancreatic cancer following preoperative chemotherapy and SBRT.

METHODS: We conducted a single-institution, retrospective study of patients with BL or LA PDAC. Patients received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and SBRT was prescribed to 30 Gy over 5 fractions to the pancreas planning tumor volume (PTV). A subset of patients received a simultaneous integrated boost to the high risk vascular PTV and/or elective nodal irradiation (ENI). Following neoadjuvant chemoradiation, all patients underwent subsequent resection. Overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), locoregional recurrence-free survival (LRRFS), distant metastasis-free survival (DMPFS), and locoregional control (LRC) estimates were obtained using Kaplan-Meier analysis.

RESULTS: Twenty-two patients with BL (18) or LA (4) PDAC were treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and SBRT followed by resection from 2011-2022. Following neoadjuvant treatment, 5 patients (23%) achieved a pathologic complete response (pCR) and 16 patients (73%) had R0 resection. At 24 months, there were no isolated locoregional recurrences (LRRs), 9 isolated distant recurrences (DRs), and 5 combined LRRs and DRs. Two LRRs were in-field, 2 LRRs were marginal, and 1 LRR was both in-field and marginal. 2-year median LRC, LRRFS, DMPFS, PFS, and OS were 77.3%, 45.5%, 31.8%, 31.8%, and 59.1%, respectively. For BL and LA cancers, 2-year LRC, DMPFS, and OS were 83% vs. 75%, (p = 0.423), 39% vs. 0% (p = 0.006), and 61% vs. 50% (p = 0.202), respectively. ENI was associated with improved LRC (p = 0.032) and LRRFS (p = 0.033). Borderline resectability (p = 0.018) and lower tumor grade (p = 0.027) were associated with improved DMPFS.

CONCLUSIONS: Following preoperative chemotherapy and SBRT, locoregional failure outside of the target volume occurred in 3 of 5 recurrences; ENI was associated with improved LRC and LRRFS. Further studies are necessary to define the optimal techniques for preoperative radiation therapy.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Journal of gastrointestinal cancer - (2024) vom: 13. Feb.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Libbey, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Gallagher, Lindsey [VerfasserIn]
Cantalino, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Weinberg, Benjamin A [VerfasserIn]
Noel, Marcus S [VerfasserIn]
He, Aiwu R [VerfasserIn]
Radkani, Pejman [VerfasserIn]
Marshall, John L [VerfasserIn]
Weiner, Louis M [VerfasserIn]
Jackson, Patrick G [VerfasserIn]
Fishbein, Thomas M [VerfasserIn]
Winslow, Emily R [VerfasserIn]
Haddad, Nadim [VerfasserIn]
Rashid, Abdul [VerfasserIn]
Unger, Keith R [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Local control
Neoadjuvant SBRT
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
SBRT

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Date Revised 12.02.2024

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10.1007/s12029-023-00996-3

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NLM368374777