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ABSTRACT: Background
Treatment of advanced uterine cervical cancer has advanced little in the last 15 years. Although two phase III trials showed survival benefit with the addition of consolidation chemotherapy (CT) after cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy (RTCT), it is not considered standard of care. We aimed to evaluate the benefit of consolidation CT compared to no additional treatment in patients treated with RTCT.Methods
This is a retrospective study including 186 patients with FIGO stage IB2, IIA2, or IIB to IVB (paraaortic lymph nodes only) uterine cervical cancer who were treated with standard RTCT alone or RTCT followed by consolidation CT. Overall survival (OS), progression free survival (PFS), and the risk of distant and local relapses were compared between the two treatment groups.Results
At 3 years OS was 91% versus 82.3% (p=0.027), PFS 84.3% versus 54.4% (p=0.047), and distant metastasis free survival (DMFS) 80.4% versus 62.5% (p=0.027) in favor of the consolidation CT group. Multivariate analysis confirmed the benefit of consolidation CT. There was no difference in locoregional free survival (LRFS). Positive lymph node was related to a higher risk of distant relapse. In the lymph node positive subgroup consolidation CT resulted in longer OS (p=0.050), PFS (p=0.014), and DMFS (p=0.022); in the lymph node negative subgroup there was no benefit from consolidation CT.Conclusions
Use of consolidation CT resulted in longer OS and PFS, mostly due to control of distant relapses. Patients at higher risk of distant relapse showed the greatest benefit. This data generates a hypothesis that could help to better select patients to consolidation CT.
SUBMITTER: Fabri VA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6432701 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fabri Vanessa A VA Queiroz Ana C M ACM Mantoan Henrique H Sanches Solange M SM Guimarães Andrea P G APG Ribeiro Adriana R G ARG Souza Ronaldo P RP Maya Joyce M L JML Santos Elizabeth S ES Castro Fabrício S FS Lima João P N S JPNS Chen Michael J MJ Chen Michael J MJ Baiocchi Glauco G da Costa Alexandre A B A AABA
Journal of oncology 20190311
<h4>Background</h4>Treatment of advanced uterine cervical cancer has advanced little in the last 15 years. Although two phase III trials showed survival benefit with the addition of consolidation chemotherapy (CT) after cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy (RTCT), it is not considered standard of care. We aimed to evaluate the benefit of consolidation CT compared to no additional treatment in patients treated with RTCT.<h4>Methods</h4>This is a retrospective study including 186 patients with FIGO s ...[more]