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Significance of radiation esophagitis: Conditional survival assessment in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Authors :
Yu H
Lam KO
Green MD
Wu H
Yang L
Wang W
Jin J
Hu C
Wang Y
Jolly S
Spring Kong FM
Source :
Journal of the National Cancer Center [J Natl Cancer Cent] 2021 Feb 18; Vol. 1 (2), pp. 31-38. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 18 (Print Publication: 2021).
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effect of radiation esophagitis (RE) and the dynamics of RE on subsequent survival in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who underwent radiotherapy.<br />Experimental Design: Patients with NSCLC treated with fractionated thoracic radiotherapy enrolled in prospective trials were eligible. RE was graded prospectively according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v3.0 per protocol requirement weekly during-RT and 1 month after RT. This study applied conditional survival assessment which has advantage over traditional survival analysis as it assesses the survival from the event instead of from the baseline. P -value less than 0.05 was considered to be significant. The primary endpoint is overall survival.<br />Results: A total of 177 patients were eligible, with a median follow-up of 5 years. The presence of RE, the maximum RE grade, the evolution of RE and the onset timing of RE events were all correlated with subsequent survival. At all conditional time points, patients first presented with RE grade1 (initial RE1) had significant inferior subsequent survival (multivariable HRs median: 1.63, all P -values<0.05); meanwhile those with RE progressed had significant inferior subsequent survival than those never develop RE (multivariable HRs median: 2.08, all P -values<0.05). Multivariable Cox proportional-hazards analysis showed significantly higher C-indexes for models with inclusion of RE events than those without (all P -values<0.05).<br />Conclusion: This study comprehensively evaluated the impact of RE with conditional survival assessment and demonstrated that RE is associated with inferior survival in NSCLC patients treated with RT.<br />Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.<br /> (© 2021 Chinese National Cancer Center. Published by Elsevier B.V.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2667-0054
Volume :
1
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of the National Cancer Center
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
39035770
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jncc.2021.02.003