Copenhagen, Denmark
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ESTRO 2022

Session Item

Head and neck
Poster (digital)
Clinical
Long-term results of postoperative radiochemotherapy with weekly cisplatin in head and neck cancer
VICTOR DUQUE-SANTANA, Spain
PO-1096

Abstract

Long-term results of postoperative radiochemotherapy with weekly cisplatin in head and neck cancer
Authors:

VICTOR DUQUE SANTANA1, Asunción Hervás Morón1, Jose Domínguez Rullán1, Carmen Vallejo Ocaña1, Margarita Martín Martín1, Mireia Valero Perena1, Rafael Moris Pablos2, David Sevillano Martinez3, Sonsoles Sancho García1

1Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Radiation Oncology, Madrid, Spain; 2Ramón y Cajal University Hospital , Physics, Madrid, Spain; 3Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Physics, Madrid, Spain

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Purpose or Objective

The purpose of this study is to analyze the results of over 16 years of experience with postoperative radiochemotherapy based on weekly Cisplatin 40mg/m2 in patients diagnosed with locally advanced head and neck cancer.

Material and Methods

Between March 2004 and April 2020, 133 consecutive patients diagnosed with resectable locally advanced head and neck cancer were treated in our department. All patients received adjuvant radiochemotherapy based on radiotherapy 66-70 Gy to areas with close surgical margin or extracapsular lymph node involvement and 50-54 Gy to the clinical target volume (CTV), concurrent with intravenous weekly cisplatin at 40mg/m2.

Results

The median age was 59 years (36-80), 106 patients were male (79.1%) and  27 were female (20.9%). The pathological stage were: 4 (3.0%) stage II, 13 (9.7%) stage III, 97 (72.9%) stage IVa and 19 (14.4%) stage IVb. Tumor sites: 46 (34.6%) larynx, 60 (45.1%) oral cavity, 20 (15.0%) oropharynx and 7 (5.3%) hypopharynx. 97 (72.9%) patients received at least 5 cycles of chemotherapy and 36 (27.1%) received less than 5 cycles of chemotherapy. 33 (24.8%) patients developed Grade III mucositis and 7 (5.3%) grade III neutropenia. After a median follow-up of 60 months (4-187), two and five-year overall survival (OS) were 76.9% and 59.5% respectively. Two and five-year cancer-specific survival were 82.6% and 70.3% respectively.

 

 

PATIENTS CHARACTERISTICS (N=133)

Gender

 

Male

106  (79.1%)

Female

27 (20.9%)

Age (years)

59  (36-80),

            Patological  Stage AJCC

 

II

4 (3.1%)

III

13 (9.7%)

IVA

97 (72.9%)

IVB

19 (14.3%%)

Tumor sites

 

Larynx

46 (34.6%)

Oral cavity

60 (44.9%)

Oropharynx

20 (14.9%)

Hypopharynx.

7 (5.6%)

Chemotherapy

 

≥ 5 cycles

97 (72.9%)

<5 cycles

36 (27.1%)

Grade III toxicity

 

Mucositis

33 (24.8%)

Neutropenia

7 (5.26%)

 


Conclusion

In our study, adjuvant radiochemotherapy based on intravenous weekly cisplatin at 40mg/m2 in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer achieves a good toxicity profile and adequate compliance. Besides, cancer-specific survival and overall survival results were similar to those of cisplatin 100 mg/m2 every 3 weeks scheme published in the literature.