Metronomic S1 Adjuvant Chemotherapy Improves Survival in Patients with Locoregionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy and safety of using metronomic S1 adjuvant chemotherapy in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (LANPC).

Materials and Methods: We retrospectively collected data on patients diagnosed with LANPC between January 2016 and December 2021. All patients were treated with induction chemotherapy and concurrent chemoradiotherapy with or without metronomic chemotherapy (MC). Toxicities during MC were recorded. The chi-square test, Kaplan-Meier methods, propensity score matching (PSM), and Cox proportional hazards model were used for statistical analyses.

Results: A total of 474 patients were identified, including 64 (13.5%) and 410 (83.5%) patients with or without receiving MC, respectively. Patients who received metronomic S1 had significantly better 3-year locoregional recurrence-free survival (LRFS) (100% vs. 90.9%, p=0.038), distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) (98.5% vs. 84.1%, p=0.002), disease-free survival (DFS) (98.4% vs. 77.5%, p<0.001), and overall survival (OS) (98.0% vs. 87.7%, p=0.008) compared to those without metronomic S1. The multivariate prognostic analysis revealed that metronomic S1 was identified as an independent prognostic factor associated with better DMFS (hazard ratio [HR] 0.074, p=0.010), DFS (HR 0.103, p=0.002) and OS (HR 0.127, P=0.042), but not in LRFS (p=0.071). Similar results were found using PSM. Common adverse events observed in the metronomic S1 group included leukopenia, neutropenia, increased total bilirubin, anorexia, rash/desquamation, and hyperpigmentation. All patients with adverse events were grade 1-2.

Conclusion: It is worth conducting a randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of metronomic S1 on survival outcomes and toxicities of LANPC.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Cancer research and treatment - (2024) vom: 19. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yu, Yi-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Zhuo, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Wu, San-Gang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Efficacy
Journal Article
Metronomic chemotherapy
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
S1
Safety

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Date Revised 20.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.4143/crt.2023.1343

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NLM368647560