PMID: 9539560Apr 16, 1998Paper

Accelerated hyperfractionated radiation therapy and concurrent 5-fluorouracil/cisplatin chemotherapy for locoregional squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus: a phase II study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
B JeremicN Nikolic

Abstract

To improve the poor prognosis of patients with locoregional esophageal squamous cell cancer, we used concurrent accelerated hyperfractionated radiation therapy (ACC HFX RT) and chemotherapy (CHT). Between January 1988 and June 1993, 28 patients were treated with ACC HFX RT with 1.5 Gy twice daily, to a total dose of 54 Gy concurrently with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) (300 mg/m2, days 1-5) and cisplatin (CDDP) (10 mg/m2, days 1-5), both given during weeks 1 and 4 of the ACC HFX RT course. Following the ACC HFX RT/CHT, two additional courses of 5-FU (500 mg/m2, days 1-5) and CDDP (20 mg/m2, days 1-5) were both given during weeks 7 and 10. The median age and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status were 62 and 1, respectively. The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage was I in 12 patients, II in 10, and III in 6. The median survival time was 26 months, and the 5-year survival rate was 29%. The rates at 5 years for freedom from relapse, locoregional recurrence, and distant metastasis were 29%, 61%, and 45%, respectively. Univariate analysis revealed that performance status, stage, weight loss, tumor length, and tumor location influenced survival, while age and sex did not. The most frequent acute high-grade (3 or 4...Continue Reading

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