A pilot study of chronomodulated infusional 5-fluorouracil chemoradiation for pancreatic cancer.

Autor:	Penberthy DR; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22901, USA., Rich TA, Shelton CH 3rd, Adams R, Minasi JS, Jones RS
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology [Ann Oncol] 2001 May; Vol. 12 (5), pp. 681-4.
DOI:	10.1023/a:1011177118982
Abstrakt:	Background: Dose limiting acute toxicity from chemoradiation for pancreatic cancer occurs in 15% -20% of patients treated with post-operative adjuvant therapy. Reported here is a pilot study using chronomodulated infusional 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) chemoradiation (CIC) for pancreatic cancer, a treatment designed to reduce normal tissue toxicity and maintain efficacy, with specific evaluation of acute and late morbidity, patterns of disease progression, and survival. Patients and Methods: Twenty-three patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas were treated with 5-FU CIC between January 1997 and September 1999. The median age was 64, and there were 9 males and 14 females. Six patients were considered unresectable and seventeen others were treated post-operatively. The median external beam irradiation dose was 50.4 Gy. 5-FU infusion was given five days per week (300 mg/m2/d) and the median total dose was 8.4 g/m2. The chronomodulated 5-FU infusion consists of a low basal infusion rate for 16 hours followed by an eight-hour escalating-deescalating infusion peaking at 10 p.m. All patients were followed from the time of initial diagnosis until last follow-up or death; the median follow-up was 16 months. Results: No RTOG grade 3 or 4 hematologic toxicity occurred. Twelve of seventeen patients treated postoperatively have been controlled locally, and seven patients have no evidence of disease. The median survival is 28 months and one-year actuarial survival is 88% in the group of resected patients. The 6 patients treated for unresectable disease have a median survival of 13 months. Conclusions: Acute toxicity of 5-FU CIC appears to be less frequent and less severe than that reported with flat infusional or bolus 5-FU based chemoradiation used for adjuvant post-operative therapy for pancreatic cancer. This method may warrant further examination, as it may be attractive for the elderly or those who cannot tolerate the toxicity associated with standard post-operative treatment protocols.
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