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Mangesius J, Hörmandinger K, Jäger R, Skvortsov S, Plankensteiner M, Maffei M, Seppi T, Dejaco D, Santer M, Sarcletti M, Ganswindt U. Chemoradiotherapy Combined with Brachytherapy for the Definitive Treatment of Esophageal Carcinoma. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:3594. [PMID: 37509257 PMCID: PMC10377190 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15143594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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This study aims to investigate the effect of dose escalation with brachytherapy (BT) as an addition to definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) on local control and survival in esophageal cancer. From 2001 to 2020, 183 patients with locally limited or locally advanced esophageal cancer received definitive CRT with or without brachytherapy in a two-center study. External-beam radiotherapy was delivered at 50.4 Gy in 1.8 Gy daily fractions, followed by a sequential boost to the primary tumor of 9 Gy in 1.8 Gy daily fractions if indicated. Intraluminal high dose rate (HDR) Ir-192 brachytherapy was performed on 71 patients at 10 Gy in two fractions, with one fraction per week. The combined systemic therapy schedules used included 5-fluorouracil/cisplatin or 5-fluorouracil alone. Cisplatin was not administered in patients receiving brachytherapy. The median local progression-free survival was significantly extended in the BT group (18.7 vs. 6.0 months; p < 0.0001), and the median local control was also significantly prolonged (30.5 vs. 11.3 months, p = 0.008). Overall survival (OS) significantly increased in the BT group (median OS 22.7 vs. 9.1 months, p < 0.0001). No significant difference in the overall rate of acute toxicities was observed; however, the rate of acute esophagitis was significantly higher in the BT group (94.4% vs. 81.2%). Likewise, the overall rate of late toxicities (43.7% vs. 18.8%) was significantly higher in the BT group, including the rate of esophageal stenosis (22.5% vs. 9.8%). There was no difference in the occurrence of life-threatening or lethal late toxicities (grades 4 and 5). Brachytherapy, after chemoradiation with single-agent 5-FU, represents a safe and effective alternative for dose escalation in the definitive treatment of esophageal cancer.
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- Julian Mangesius
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Radiotherapy, State Hospital of Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Primary melanoma of the esophagus, a diagnostic challenge. Asian J Surg 2015; 38:236-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2012.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2012] [Revised: 07/31/2012] [Accepted: 10/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Tirumani H, Rosenthal MH, Tirumani SH, Shinagare AB, Krajewski KM, Ramaiya NH. Imaging of uncommon esophageal malignancies. Dis Esophagus 2014; 28:552-9. [PMID: 24635682 DOI: 10.1111/dote.12208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Malignant esophageal neoplasms other than squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma are uncommon and include endocrine tumors, lymphoid malignancies, melanoma, malignant stromal tumors, and secondary tumors (metastases). Imaging, though not diagnostic in many cases, helps in selecting the appropriate treatment strategy by determining the anatomic extent of the tumor and locoregional and distant spread. In this article, we provide a comprehensive review of the imaging features of these uncommon esophageal malignancies.
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- H Tirumani
- Department of Imaging, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Imaging, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Imaging, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Imaging, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Imaging, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Imaging, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Hennies S, Hermann RM, Gaedcke J, Grade M, Hess CF, Christiansen H, Wolff HA. Increasing toxicity during neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy as positive prognostic factor for patients with esophageal carcinoma. Dis Esophagus 2013; 27:146-51. [PMID: 23574528 DOI: 10.1111/dote.12067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The aim of this study was to correlate acute organ toxicity during preoperative radiochemotherapy with overall survival and tumor regression for patients with primarily operable esophageal carcinoma. From 1995 to 2002, 60 patients with primarily operable esophageal carcinoma were treated in a preoperative setting at our department. Thirty-three percent of the patients had International Union against Cancer (UICC)-stage II tumors, 62% had UICC-stage III tumors, and 5% had UICC-stage IVA tumors. All patients received irradiation (40 Gy at 2 Gy/fraction). Chemotherapy for all patients with adenocarcinoma and, from 2001, also for patients with squamous cell carcinoma consisted of two cycles, 5-fluorouracil and cisplatinum; between 1995 and 2001, patients with squamous cell carcinoma received three courses of chemotherapy (folinic acid, etoposide, 5-fluorouracil, and cisplatinum every 3 weeks) before and further cisplatinum and etoposide during radiotherapy. We found a significant correlation between acute organ toxicity and histopathological tumor regression, as well as overall survival. The probability to achieve tumor regression grade 1 after radiochemotherapy was nearly four times higher for patients with worsening of odynophagia than for those without an increase (odds ratio: 3.97). Patients with worsening of odynophagia had a 5-year overall-survival rate of 66% compared with 39% in patients without (P = 0.048). Our data indicate that normal tissue and tumor tissue may behave similar with respect to treatment response, as acute organ toxicity showed to be an independent prognostic marker in our patient population. The hypothesis should be further analyzed on biomolecular and clinical level in future clinical trials.
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- S Hennies
- Department of Radiotherapy, University Medicine Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Brown AP, Wendler DS, Camphausen KA, Miller FG, Citrin D. Performing nondiagnostic research biopsies in irradiated tissue: a review of scientific, clinical, and ethical considerations. J Clin Oncol 2008; 26:3987-94. [PMID: 18711189 PMCID: PMC2587354 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.16.9896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2008] [Accepted: 04/24/2008] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Recent development of drugs that target specific pathways in tumors has increased scientific interest in studying drug effects on tumor tissue. As a result, biopsies have become an important part of many early-phase clinical trials. Performing nondiagnostic tumor biopsies raises technical and ethical concerns mostly related to the use of a potentially harmful procedure with no potential benefit to the patient. This issue is complicated by uncertainty about whether performing biopsies in irradiated fields adds significant risk. This article reviews the clinical, scientific, and ethical considerations involved in performing nondiagnostic tumor biopsies in competent adults for research purposes, with a focus on biopsies performed in the setting of therapeutic irradiation. METHODS Clinical trials that performed biopsies during or within 4 months of the completion of radiotherapy were identified with a literature review. RESULTS Twenty-nine studies with 2,160 patients were identified. Sixteen of 29 studies reported adverse events (AEs) but did not report active evaluation for biopsy complications. Ten studies did not mention AEs within the study report. At least three studies actively evaluated patients for biopsy complications. Taking this into consideration, 17 (>1%) of 2,160 patients were reported to have biopsy complications, although reporting of AEs was suboptimal in most studies. CONCLUSION Limited data suggest that biopsies can be performed in irradiated tissues without clinically significant excess risk. Ongoing and future trials including nondiagnostic research biopsies should record and report AEs related to this procedure to provide additional data on safety and toxicity.
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- Aaron P Brown
- Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, 10 CRC, B2-3500, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Ho KY, Cheng J, Wee A, Soo KC. Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus with multiple esophageal lesions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 4:171-4. [PMID: 17339854 DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Accepted: 01/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND A 48-year-old Chinese woman presented with a 2-month history of progressive dysphagia for solids, and (less frequently) liquids. She had minimal weight loss and no family history of cancer. INVESTIGATIONS Physical examination, conventional esophagogastroduodenoscopy, CT, fluorodeoxyglucose-PET, endoscopic ultrasonography, and histopathologic examination of excised tumor and biopsy specimens. DIAGNOSIS Primary malignant esophageal melanoma with submucosal infiltration but no distant metastasis. MANAGEMENT Endoscopic polypectomy followed by near-total esophagectomy with esophagogastric anastomosis.
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- Khek Yu Ho
- Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore.
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