scholarly journals Esophageal-meningeal fistula after anterior cervical corpectomy, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), and bevacizumab-containing systemic therapy for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC)

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 101343
Author(s):  
Steve H. Monk ◽  
Eliane C. Biester ◽  
Kunal C. Kadakia ◽  
Andrew T. Healy ◽  
John H. Heinzerling
2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 680-687
Author(s):  
Robert J. Rothrock ◽  
Yi Li ◽  
Eric Lis ◽  
Stephanie Lobaugh ◽  
Zhigang Zhang ◽  
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OBJECTIVETo characterize the clinical outcomes when stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) alone is used to treat high-grade epidural disease without prior surgical decompression, the authors conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients treated at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center between 2014 and 2018. The authors report locoregional failure (LRF) for a cohort of 31 cases treated with hypofractionated SBRT alone for grade 2 epidural spinal cord compression (ESCC) with radioresistant primary cancer histology.METHODSHigh-grade epidural disease was defined as grade 2 ESCC, which is notable for radiographic deformation of the spinal cord by metastatic disease. Kaplan-Meier survival curves and cumulative incidence functions were generated to examine the survival and incidence experiences of the sample level with respect to overall survival, LRF, and subsequent requirement of vertebral same-level surgery (SLS) due to tumor progression or fracture. Associations with dosimetric analysis were also examined.RESULTSTwenty-nine patients undergoing 31 episodes of hypofractionated SBRT alone for grade 2 ESCC between 2014 and 2018 were identified. The 1-year and 2-year cumulative incidences of LRF were 10.4% (95% CI 0–21.9) and 22.0% (95% CI 5.5–38.4), respectively. The median survival was 9.81 months (95% CI 8.12–18.54). The 1-year cumulative incidence of SLS was 6.8% (95% CI 0–16.0) and the 2-year incidence of SLS was 14.5% (95% CI 0.6–28.4). All patients who progressed to requiring surgery had index lesions at the thoracic apex (T5–7).CONCLUSIONSIn carefully selected patients, treatment of grade 2 ESCC disease with hypofractionated SBRT alone offers a 1-year cumulative incidence of LRF similar to that in low-grade ESCC and postseparation surgery adjuvant hypofractionated SBRT. Use of SBRT alone has a favorable safety profile and a low cumulative incidence of progressive disease requiring open surgical intervention (14.5%).


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1598
Author(s):  
Tung-Hu Tsai ◽  
Yu-Jen Chen ◽  
Li-Ying Wang ◽  
Chen-Hsi Hsieh

Concurrent and sequential regimens involving radiotherapy (RT) and lenvatinib were designed with off-target or stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) doses in a freely moving rat model to evaluate the effect of RT on the pharmacokinetics (PK) of lenvatinib. Liver RT concurrent with lenvatinib decreased the area under the concentration–time curve of lenvatinib concentration (AUClenvatinib) by 51.1% with three fractions of 2 Gy (RT2Gy×3f’x, p = 0.03), and 48.9% with RT9Gy×3f’x (p = 0.03). The AUClenvatinib increased by 148.8% (p = 0.008) with RT2Gy×3f’x, and 68.9% (p = 0.009) with RT9Gy×3f’x in the sequential regimen compared to the concurrent regimen. There were no differences in the AUClenvatinib between RT2Gy×3f’x and RT9Gy×3f’x in the concurrent or sequential regimen. Both the RT2Gy×3f’x and RT9Gy×3f’x concurrent regimens markedly decreased the biodistribution of lenvatinib in the heart, liver, lung, spleen, and kidneys, which ranged from 31% to 100% for RT2Gy×3f’x, and 11% to 100% for RT9Gy×3f’x, compared to the sham regimen. The PK and biodistribution of lenvatinib can be modulated by simultaneous off-target irradiation and SBRT doses. The timing of lenvatinib administration with respect to RT, impacted the PK and biodistribution of the drug. Additionally, off-target and SBRT doses had a similar ability to modulate the effect of systemic therapy.


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