Is concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy the new standard of care for locally advanced cervical cancer?

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-99
Author(s):  
M. Lehman ◽  
G. Thomas
2016 ◽  
Vol 142 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shitanshu Uppal ◽  
Marcela G. del Carmen ◽  
Laurel W. Rice ◽  
R. Kevin Reynolds ◽  
Shruti Jolly ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e15541-e15541
Author(s):  
George Au-Yeung ◽  
Linda R. Mileshkin ◽  
David Bernshaw ◽  
Srinivas Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan ◽  
Danny Rischin ◽  
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e15541 Background: Definitive treatment with concurrent cisplatin and radiation is the standard of care for locally advanced cervical cancer. The optimal management of patients with a contraindication to cisplatin has not been established. We conducted a retrospective audit of the impact of concurrent chemoradiation in a cohort of patients (pts) with locally advanced cervical cancer. Methods: All pts with locally advanced cervical cancer treated with definitive radiation were entered into a prospective database. Information regarding their demographics, stage, histology, recurrence and survival were recorded. Pharmacy records were reviewed to determine concurrent chemotherapy use. The primary endpoint was overall survival, and secondary endpoints were disease free survival and rates of primary, nodal or distant failure. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed, incorporating known prognostic factors of age, FIGO stage, uterine body involvement, tumour volume on MRI and nodal involvement. Results: 442 pts were treated from Jan 1996 to Feb 2011. Median age was 59 (range 22-94); 89% had squamous histology and 64% node-negative disease. 269 pts received cisplatin, 59 received carboplatin because of a contraindication to cisplatin and 114 received no concurrent chemotherapy (most prior to 1999). Overall survival adjusted for other prognostic factors was significantly improved with use of concurrent cisplatin compared to radiation alone (HR 0.53, p=0.001), as was disease free survival and the rate of distant failure. Use of concurrent carboplatin was not associated with any significant benefit compared to radiation alone in terms of overall survival or disease free survival on univariate or multivariate analyses. Conclusions: The results of this audit are consistent with the known significant survival benefit with concurrent cisplatin chemoradiation. However, there did not appear to be any significant benefit associated with concurrent carboplatin although there are potential confounding factors in this small cohort. The available evidence in the literature favors the use of non-platinum chemotherapy rather than carboplatin in pts with contraindications to cisplatin.


2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e15556-e15556
Author(s):  
Hoover Rodyl Henriquez Cooper ◽  
Linus T. Chuang ◽  
Joel Cardenas ◽  
Pedro Guillermo Zelayas

e15556 Background: Because of the lack of brachytherapy in Honduras, patients with locally advanced cervical cancer underwent extrafascial hysterectomy after upfront pelvic irradiation or pelvic irradiation with concurrent chemotherapy. Methods: We compared the effect of pelvic radiotherapy with that of pelvic radiation and concurrent chemotherapy with cisplatin in women with advanced cervical cancer. Between 2008 and 2011, 165 women with advanced cervical cancer confined to the pelvis (stages IB2 through IIIB) received either 70 Gy of radiation to the pelvis alone or with concurrent weekly cisplatin. Patients underwent subsequently extrafascial hysterectomy six weeks after completion of radiation therapy. Results: Of the 165 eligible patients, 90 (54.5%) patients received only pelvic radiation therapy, and 75 (45.5%) patients received pelvic radiation and chemotherapy. Squamous cell carcinoma was identified in 135 (82%) cases and adenocarcinoma in 30 (18%) cases. On the final hysterectomy specimen, 69 (77.8%) patients who received pelvic radiation had a complete clinical response with no residual diseases; there were 40 (53.3%) patients who received pelvic radiation and chemotherapy achieved a complete response (p<0.001). In the group of patients that were treated with pelvic radiation and chemotherapy, only 25 out of 75 (33.3%) patients received the required cisplatin on schedule. The complete clinical response rate of the 25 patients who received the complete course of pelvic radiation and chemotherapy was 80%. Conclusions: Treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer in low-resource settings is met with challenges including the lack of brachytherapy, and unpredictable availability of chemotherapy. Only 33% of patients that were treated with the intention of concurrent chemo-radiation were able to receive cisplatin on schedule. This resulted in a significantly lower response in the patients who were treated with pelvic radiation and chemotherapy. In settings where the availability of chemotherapy is not always available, primary pelvic radiation for advanced cervical cancer resulted in a better treatment response.


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