Abstract
Limited data exist detailing the role of salvage reirradiation following local-regional recurrence (LR) in previously irradiated pediatric patients with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). We evaluated outcomes and prognostic factors in a multi-institutional cohort of 23 patients with LR-only (N = 19) or LR with distant failure (N = 4) RMS managed with (N = 12) or without (N = 11) re-irradiation who were treated from 1996 to 2012. At a median follow-up of 4.6 years from LR, 7 (30%) patients were alive and 5 (22%) had no evidence of disease. Median OS and PFS from LR were 19.3 and 16.9 months, respectively. LFFS and DFFS at 3 years from relapse were 54% and 56%, respectively. Salvage re-irradiation occurred in 12 (52%) patients, with 9 (75%) receiving resection before re-irradiation. Patients classified as low-risk at diagnosis with favorable primary tumor location had improved 3-year PFS 80% (95% CI 51.6-100%) vs. 47.1% (95% CI 27.3-81.2%), p = 0.066], and OS 80% [(95% CI 22.4-100%) vs. 47.1% (95% CI 27.3-81.3%), p = 0.051] following LR. Median LFFS and OS in unirradiated vs. re-irradiated patients was 12.4 vs. 19.6 (p = 0.1) and 18.8 vs. 26.1 months (p = 0.46). No patients experienced ≥grade 4 acute toxicity from re-irradiation. LR failur...Continue Reading
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