Recurrence of Ewing sarcoma: Is detection by imaging follow-up protocol associated with survival advantage?

Autor: Justus Kreyer, Stefan S. Bielack, Hans Gelderblom, Sebastian Bauer, Michael Schäfers, Matthias Weckesser, Thorsten Simon, Lars Stegger, Volker Vieth, Henk van den Berg, Melina Heinemann, Thomas Kühne, Wolf A Hassenpflug, Uta Dirksen, Herbert Jürgens, Andreas Ranft, Regina Mayer-Steinacker, Thorsten Langer, Selim Corbacioglu
Přispěvatelé: Paediatric Oncology, CCA - Imaging and biomarkers
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 65(7)
Pediatric blood & cancer, 65(7). Wiley-Liss Inc.
ISSN: 1545-5009
Popis: The Cooperative Ewing Sarcoma Study and the Late Effects Surveillance System of the Society for Paediatric Oncology and Haematology recommend a structured follow-up imaging protocol (FUIP) for patients with Ewing sarcoma (EwS) with decreasing frequency of imaging over the first 5 years. The present study aims to assess the effectiveness of the FUIP for EwS patients regarding survival after relapse. A retrospective multicenter analysis on 160 eligible patients with EwS recurrence was performed. Potential survival differences following recurrence diagnosis between patients with protocol-detected and symptomatic relapse were investigated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Additional subgroup analyses were performed on the relapse type. Overall survival (OS) was calculated from diagnosis of relapse to last follow-up or death. In the multicenter analysis, recurrence was detected by FUIP in 77 of 160 patients (48%) and due to symptoms in 83 patients (52%). Regarding the entire study population, OS was significantly superior in patients with protocol-detected relapse compared to patients with symptomatic relapse (median, 2.4 vs. 1.2 years; P < 0.001). In the subgroup analyses, patients whose lung recurrences were detected by the FUIP experienced longer survival after recurrence than those whose recurrences were detected symptomatically (P = 0.023). In the 83 symptomatic patients, pain was the most prevalent symptom of relapse (72%). FUIP may benefit survival in EwS relapse, especially in lung recurrence. Pain was the leading symptom of relapse
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