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Combined Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Improves Disease-Free Survival for Uterine Serous Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Uterine serous carcinoma (USC) is a rare but aggressive endometrial cancer histology. We reviewed outcomes for patients with USC to identify the best adjuvant treatment strategy.

Methods and materials: We retrospectively identified 162 patients with The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage I-IVA USC treated at our institution. Baseline characteristics, treatment details, clinical outcomes, and toxicity data were recorded.

Results: Median follow-up was 3.4 years (0.3-26 years). A variety of adjuvant therapy strategies were employed: 14% no adjuvant therapy, 28% radiation alone, 15% chemotherapy alone, and 43% combined chemotherapy and radiation. Distant metastasis was the most common type of recurrence (37% at 5 years). For patients with stage I-IVA disease, there were no significant differences in outcomes by treatment type. For patients with stage I-II disease (70% of the cohort), disease-free survival was significantly higher after chemotherapy (alone or with radiation therapy, P = .005) and after combined chemotherapy and radiation compared with all other treatments (P = .025). Toxicity outcomes were favorable, with minimal grade 3 and no grade 4 or 5 events.

Conclusions: Patients with USC experience high rates of recurrence and mortality. Distant metastasis is the most common pattern of failure for all stages. For patients with early-stage disease, combined chemotherapy and radiation improves 5-year disease-free survival compared with either single adjuvant treatment alone or no adjuvant treatment. The relatively large group of patients with USC included in this study may account for our ability to detect this improvement whereas clinical trials have failed to do so, possibly owing to the relatively small percentages of patients with USC enrolled.

SUBMITTER: Arden JD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7718545 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Combined Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Improves Disease-Free Survival for Uterine Serous Cancer.

Arden Jessica D JD Marvin Kimberly K Ye Hong H Juratli Lena L Nandalur Sirisha R SR Al-Wahab Zaid Z Field Jayson J Gadzinski Jill J Rakowski Joseph Anthony JA Rosen Barry B Jawad Maha Saada MS

Advances in radiation oncology 20201024 6

<h4>Purpose</h4>Uterine serous carcinoma (USC) is a rare but aggressive endometrial cancer histology. We reviewed outcomes for patients with USC to identify the best adjuvant treatment strategy.<h4>Methods and materials</h4>We retrospectively identified 162 patients with The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage I-IVA USC treated at our institution. Baseline characteristics, treatment details, clinical outcomes, and toxicity data were recorded.<h4>Results</h4>Median ...[more]

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Project description:ObjectiveUterine serous carcinoma is a rare but aggressive subtype of endometrial adenocarcinoma. Our objective was to compare adjuvant treatment strategies for patients with early stage uterine serous carcinoma.MethodsThis multi-institutional, retrospective cohort study evaluated patients with early stage uterine serous carcinoma. Patients with FIGO Stage IA-II disease after surgery, whose tumors had serous or any mixed serous/non-serous histology were included. Patients with carcinosarcoma were excluded. Clinical data were abstracted from local medical records. Summary statistics, Fisher's exact, and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to analyze demographic and clinical characteristics. Univariable and multivariable analyses were performed for recurrence-free and overall survival.ResultsThere were 737 patients included. Most patients had Stage IA disease (75%), 49% of which had no myometrial invasion. Only 164 (24%) tumors had lymphatic/vascular space invasion. Adjuvant treatment varied: 22% received no adjuvant therapy, 17% had chemotherapy alone, 19% had cuff brachytherapy, 35% had cuff brachytherapy with chemotherapy, and 6% underwent pelvic radiation. Adjuvant treatment was significantly associated with a decreased risk of recurrence (p = 0.04). Compared with no adjuvant therapy, patients who received brachytherapy or brachytherapy/chemotherapy had improved recurrence-free survival (HR 0.59, 95% CI 0.40-0.86; HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.49-0.88, respectively) and overall survival (HR 0.53, 95% CI 0.35-0.79; HR 0.49, 95% CI 0.35-0.69, respectively). Improved survival with brachytherapy and brachytherapy/chemotherapy persisted on multivariable analyses. Chemotherapy alone was also associated with improved overall survival compared with no adjuvant treatment (HR 0.55, 95% CI 0.37-0.81).ConclusionsAdjuvant therapy was associated with a decreased risk of recurrence relative to observation alone. Adjuvant cuff brachytherapy with and without chemotherapy was associated with improved survival outcomes in patients with early stage uterine serous carcinoma.

Project description:OBJECTIVE:We prospectively evaluated patients with completely resected uterine serous carcinoma (USC) treated with radiation "sandwiched" between carboplatin/paclitaxel (C/T). The primary objective was to determine the safety profile, and the secondary outcome was to evaluate progression-free and overall survival. METHODS:Surgically staged patients with completely resected USC were enrolled to receive 3 cycles of paclitaxel 175 mg/m and carboplatin (area under the curve, 6-7.5) every 21 days, followed by radiotherapy and an additional 3 cycles of T/C at area under the curve of 5-6 (6 cycles + radiotherapy). Toxicity was graded according to National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria, version 4.03. Kaplan-Meier and log-rank tests were used to compare survival probabilities. RESULTS:One hundred forty patients were enrolled, of which 132 were evaluable, completed at least 3 cycles of chemotherapy and radiation. One hundred seven (81%) completed 6 cycles of chemotherapy and radiation. Patients with early-stage (I/II) disease have survival probabilities of 0.96 and 0.81 at 2 and 5 years. Patients with stage I USC and lymphovascular invasion have considerably worse overall survival, with 2.7 times' higher risk of death than those without lymphovascular invasion. Patients with late-stage (III/IV) disease had overall survival probabilities of 0.64 and 0.18 at 2 and 5 years, which is far higher survival than what has been reported in single-modality trials. Interestingly, and different than what is reported in other studies, there is no difference in survival in African Americans versus whites/other races who were evaluable. Of the 779 cycles administered, 22% and 14% of cycles were associated with grades 3 and 4 hematologic toxicities, respectively. Grades 3 and 4 nonhematologic toxicities occurred in 6.9% of cycles. CONCLUSIONS:The long-term follow-up in this study demonstrates that "sandwich" therapy is an efficacious, well-tolerated treatment approach with acceptable toxicities. Lymphovascular invasion (LVSI) is a significantly poor prognostic factor in stage I USC. Multimodal "sandwich" therapy should be considered in all USC patients who have undergone complete surgical resection and staging.

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Combined Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Improves Disease-Free Survival for Uterine Serous Cancer.

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Combined Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Improves Disease-Free Survival for Uterine Serous Cancer.

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