Local control and toxicity outcomes following consolidative radiation therapy in patients with high-risk neuroblastoma : a 20-year experience at a single center

BACKGROUND: Intensive multimodal treatment can improve survival in patients with high-risk neuroblastoma, and consolidative radiation therapy has contributed to local control. We examined the clinical outcomes of patients who underwent consolidative radiation therapy at our institution.

METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the records of patients with high-risk neuroblastoma who underwent consolidative radiation therapy from March 2001 to March 2021 at Asan Medical Center. Patients underwent multimodal treatment including high-dose chemotherapy, surgery, stem cell transplantation, and maintenance therapy. Radiation (median, 21.0 Gy; range, 14-36) was administered to the primary site and surrounding lymph nodes.

RESULTS: This study included 37 patients, and the median age at diagnosis was 2.8 years (range, 1.3-10.0). Four patients exhibited local failure, and 5-year free-from locoregional failure rate was 88.7%, with a median followup period of 5.7 years. The 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) rates were 59.1% and 83.6%, respectively. Univariate analysis revealed that patients with neuron-specific enolase levels > 100 ng/mL had significantly worse DFS and OS (P = 0.036, 0.048), and patients with no residual disease before radiation therapy showed superior OS (P = 0.029). Furthermore, patients with 11q deletion or 17q gain exhibited poor DFS and OS, respectively (P = 0.021, 0.011). Six patients experienced grade 1 acute toxicity. Late toxicity was confirmed in children with long-term survival, predominantly hypothyroidism and hypogonadism, typically < grade 3, possibly attributed to combination treatment. Four patients experienced late toxicity ≥ grade 3 with chronic kidney disease, growth hormone abnormality, ileus, premature epiphyseal closure, and secondary tumor, and recovered by hospitalization or surgical treatment.

CONCLUSIONS: In patients with high-risk neuroblastoma, consolidative radiotherapy to the primary tumor site resulted in excellent local control and a tolerable safety profile.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:66

Enthalten in:

The Turkish journal of pediatrics - 66(2024), 1 vom: 25., Seite 99-109

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jang, Jeong Yun [VerfasserIn]
Park, Jin-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Yeon Joo [VerfasserIn]
Im, Ho Joon [VerfasserIn]
Koh, Kyung-Nam [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hyery [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Sung Han [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Ha Un [VerfasserIn]
Ahn, Seung Do [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Combined modality therapy
Journal Article
Neuroblastoma
Radiation therapy
Toxicity
Treatment outcome

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Date Completed 26.03.2024

Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.24953/turkjped.2023.575

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370129490