Utilization and outcome of systemic chemotherapy for high-risk early-stage cervical cancer.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e17521-e17521
Author(s):  
Munetaka Takekuma ◽  
Shinya Matsuzaki ◽  
Koji Matsuo

e17521 Background: To examine trends and outcomes of systemic chemotherapy for high-risk early-stage cervical cancer. Methods: This retrospective observational study queried the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program from 2000-2016. Surgically-treated women with stage T1-2 cervical cancer who had high-risk factors (lymph node metastasis and/or parametrial invasion) and received adjuvant therapy were examined. Propensity score inverse probability of treatment weighting was used to assess the survival estimates for chemotherapy use versus external beam with chemotherapy (CCRT). Results: Among 2, 462 women with high-risk factor, 185 (7.5%) received systemic chemotherapy. Utilization of chemotherapy has significantly increased over time in multivariable analysis (adjusted-odds ratio per 1-year increment, 1.06, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02-1.09). In weighted models, adjuvant chemotherapy and CCRT had comparable survival among women aged < 40 (hazard ratio [HR] for all-cause mortality 0.73, 95%CI 0.41-1.33), adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous histologies (HR 0.90, 95%CI 0.62-1.32), and high-risk group based on nodal metastasis alone (HR 1.17, 95%CI 0.84-1.62). In contrast, chemotherapy was associated with increased all-cause mortality compared to CCRT among women aged ≥40 (HR 1.57, 95%CI 1.19-2.06), squamous histology (HR 1.63, 95%CI 1.19-2.22), and high-risk group per parametrial invasion alone (HR 1.87, 95%CI 1.09-3.20) or parametrial invasion with nodal metastasis (HR 1.64, 95%CI 1.06-2.52). Conclusions: Utilization of systemic chemotherapy for high-risk early-stage cervical cancer is increasing in the United States. Survival effects of adjuvant chemotherapy varied per patient and tumor factors, and this indication may be limited to those who are < 40 years with non-squamous histology and absence of parametrial invasion.

2021 ◽  
pp. ijgc-2021-002655
Author(s):  
Koji Matsuo ◽  
David J Nusbaum ◽  
Shinya Matsuzaki ◽  
Maximilian Klar ◽  
Muneaki Shimada ◽  
...  

ObjectiveTo examine trends and outcomes related to adjuvant systemic chemotherapy alone for high risk, early stage cervical cancer.MethodsThis retrospective observational study queried the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program from 2000 to 2016. Surgically treated women with American Joint Commission on Cancer stages T1–2 cervical cancer who had high risk factors (nodal metastasis and/or parametrial invasion) and received additional therapy were examined. Propensity score inverse probability of treatment weighting was used to assess the survival estimates for systemic chemotherapy versus external beam radiotherapy with chemotherapy.ResultsAmong 2462 patients with high risk factors, 185 (7.5%) received systemic chemotherapy without external beam radiotherapy, of which the utilization significantly increased over time in multivariable analysis (adjusted odds ratio per 1 year increment 1.06, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.02 to 1.09). In weighted models, adjuvant chemotherapy and combination therapy (external beam radiotherapy and chemotherapy) had comparable overall survival among patients aged <40 years (hazard ratio (HR) 0.73, 95% CI 0.41 to 1.33), in adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous histologies (HR 0.90, 95% CI 0.62 to 1.32), and in those with nodal metastasis alone without parametrial tumor invasion (HR 1.17, 95% CI 0.84 to 1.62). In contrast, systemic chemotherapy alone was associated with increased all cause mortality compared with combination therapy in patients aged ≥40 years (HR 1.57, 95% CI 1.19 to 2.06), with squamous histology (HR 1.63, 95% CI 1.19 to 2.22), and with parametrial invasion alone (HR 1.87, 95% CI 1.09 to 3.20) or parametrial invasion with nodal metastasis (HR 1.64, 95% CI 1.06 to 2.52).ConclusionUtilization of adjuvant systemic chemotherapy alone for high risk, early stage cervical cancer is increasing in the United States in the recent years. Our study suggests that survival effects of adjuvant systemic chemotherapy may vary based on patient and tumor factors. External beam radiotherapy with chemotherapy remains the standard for high risk, early stage cervical cancer, and use of adjuvant systemic chemotherapy without external beam radiotherapy should be considered with caution.


2002 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandro Sironi ◽  
Massimo Bellomi ◽  
Gaetano Villa ◽  
Silvia Rossi ◽  
Alessandro Del Maschio

Aims and Background The purpose of this prospective study was to assess the efficacy of different MR imaging techniques in the evaluation of parametrial tumor invasion in patients with early stage cervical cancer. Methods A total of 73 consecutive patients, clinically considered to have invasive tumor (<3 cm in diameter) confined to the cervix, underwent MR imaging studies at 1 T, according to the following protocol: fast spin-echo (FSE) T2-weighted, gadolinium-enhanced SE T1-weighted, and fat-suppressed gadolinium-enhanced SE T1-weighted sequences. Images obtained with each sequence were evaluated for parametrial invasion with the use of histopathologic findings as the standard of reference. Results In the assessment of tumor infiltration of the parametrium, with FSE T2-weighted images accuracy was 83%, with SE T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced images was 65%, and with SE T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced fat-suppressed images was 72%. The difference between the accuracy rate achieved with FSE T2-weighted images and those obtained with the other two MR sequences was statistically significant (P <0.05). The high negative predictive value (95%) for the exclusion of parametrial tumor invasion was the principal contributor to the staging accuracy obtained with FSE T2-weighted imaging. Conclusions Unenhanced FSE T2-weighted imaging is a reliable method for determining the degree of tumor invasion in patients with early stage cervical cancer. Our data suggest that contrast-enhanced sequences, even with the use of the fat suppression technique, have limited value in assessing tumor extension.


2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Matsuo ◽  
Seiji Mabuchi ◽  
Mika Okazawa ◽  
Mahiru Kawano ◽  
Hiromasa Kuroda ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 133 ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
K. Matsuo ◽  
S. Mabuchi ◽  
M. Okazawa ◽  
Y. Matsumoto ◽  
K. Yoshino ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Zheng ◽  
Benben Cao ◽  
Xia Zhang ◽  
Zheng Niu ◽  
Jinyi Tong

Cervical cancer (CC) is a common gynecological malignancy for which prognostic and therapeutic biomarkers are urgently needed. The signature based on immune-related lncRNAs (IRLs) of CC has never been reported. This study is aimed at establishing an IRL signature for patients with CC. A cohort of 326 CC and 21 normal tissue samples with corresponding clinical information was included in this study. Twenty-eight IRLs were collected according to the Pearson correlation analysis between the immune score and lncRNA expression ( p < 0.01 ). Four IRLs (BZRAP1-AS1, EMX2OS, ZNF667-AS1, and CTC-429P9.1) with the most significant prognostic values ( p < 0.05 ) were identified which demonstrated an ability to stratify patients into the low-risk and high-risk groups by developing a risk score model. It was observed that patients in the low-risk group showed longer overall survival (OS) than those in the high-risk group in the training set, valid set, and total set. The area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC curve) for the four-IRL signature in predicting the one-, two-, and three-year survival rates was larger than 0.65. In addition, the low-risk and high-risk groups displayed different immune statuses in GSEA. These IRLs were also significantly correlated with immune cell infiltration. Our results showed that the IRL signature had a prognostic value for CC. Meanwhile, the specific mechanisms of the four IRLs in the development of CC were ascertained preliminarily.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 1878-1886
Author(s):  
Mick J E van den Akker ◽  
Nanda Horeweg ◽  
Jogchum Jan Beltman ◽  
Carien L Creutzberg ◽  
Remi A Nout

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the impact of the evolving role of the addition of chemotherapy to postoperative radiotherapy on oncological outcomes and toxicity in patients with early-stage cervical cancer after radical hysterectomy.MethodsRetrospective cohort study of patients with stage IB1–IIB FIGO 2009 cervical cancer treated from November 1999 to May 2015 by primary surgery and radiotherapy (46–50.4 Gy in 1.8–2.0 Gy fractions) with or without concurrent cisplatin (40 mg/m2, 5–6 weekly cycles) with or without a brachytherapy boost. Chemotherapy was allocated depending on the risk factors for recurrence. Incidences of all outcomes were calculated using Kaplan–Meier’s methodology and compared by log-rank tests. Risk factors for recurrence and survival were identified using Cox’s proportional hazards models.ResultsA total of 154 patients were included, median follow-up was 9.6 years (IQR: 6.1–12.8). Five-year pelvic recurrence-free survival was 75.3%; 74.7% in patients with high-risk factors treated with radiotherapy; and 77.3% in those treated with chemoradiation (P=0.43). Distant metastasis-free survival at 5 years was 63.4%; 63.6% in high-risk patients after radiotherapy; and 57.1% after chemoradiation (P=0.36). Five-year overall survival was 63.9%: 66.8% and 51.6% after radiotherapy and after chemoradiation in patients with high-risk factors (P=0.37), respectively. Large tumor size was a risk factor for vaginal and pelvic recurrence, ≥2 involved lymph nodes was a significant risk factor for para-aortic recurrence and death. Mild treatment-related late toxicity was observed in 53.9% of the patients. Five-year severe (grade 3–5) late rectal, bladder, bowel, and vaginal toxicities were, respectively, 1.3%, 0%, 3.4%, and 0.9%. Any late severe toxicity was observed in 5.5% of patients treated with radiotherapy and in 15.3% of those treated with chemoradiation (P=0.07).ConclusionPostoperative (chemo)radiation for early-stage cervical cancer patients with risk factors for recurrence yields adequate pelvic tumor control, but overall survival is limited due to distant metastasis.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zihao Wang ◽  
Xuan Xiang ◽  
Xiaoshan Wei ◽  
Linlin Ye ◽  
Yiran Niu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background. Lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) is one of the subtypes of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and accounts for approximately 20 to 30% of all lung cancers.Methods. In this study, we developed an immune-related gene pair index (IRGPI) for early-stage LUSC from 3 public LUSC data sets, including The Cancer Genome Atlas LUSC cohort and Gene Expression Omnibus data sets, and explored whether IRGPI could act as a prognostic marker to identify patients with early-stage LUSC at high risk.Results. IRGPI was constructed by 68 gene pairs consisting of 123 unique immune-related genes from TCGA LUSC cohort. In the derivation cohort, the hazard of death among high-risk group was 10.51 times that of the low-risk group (HR, 10.51; 95%CI, 6.96-15.86; p<0.001). The hazard of death among the high-risk group was 2.26 times that of the low-risk group (HR, 2.26; 95%CI, 1.2-4.25; p=0.009) in the GSE37745 validation cohort and was 3.2 times that of low-risk group (HR, 3.2; 95%CI, 0.98-10.4; p=0.042) in the GSE41271 validation cohort. The infiltrations of CD8+ T cells and T follicular helper cells were lower in the high-risk group, as compared with the low-risk group in the TCGA cohort (6.94% vs 9.63%, p=0.004; 2.15% vs 3%, p=0.002, respectively). The infiltrations of neutrophils, activated mast cells and monocytes were higher in the high-risk group, as compared with the low-risk group in the TCGA cohort (1.63% vs 0.72%, p=0.001; 1.64% vs 1.02%, p=0.007; 0.57% vs 0.35%, p=0.041, respectively).Conclusions. IRGPI is a significant prognostic biomarker for predicting overall survival in early-stage LUSC patients.


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