Escalated‐dose radiotherapy for unresected locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Patterns of care and survival in the United States

Autor: Christopher Shi, Brian De, Hop S. Tran Cao, Suyu Liu, Marcus A. Florez, Ramez Kouzy, Adam J. Grippin, Matthew H. G. Katz, Ching‐Wei D. Tzeng, Naruhiko Ikoma, Michael P. Kim, Sunyoung Lee, Jason Willis, Sonal S. Noticewala, Bruce D. Minsky, Grace L. Smith, Emma B. Holliday, Cullen M. Taniguchi, Albert C. Koong, Prajnan Das, Ethan B. Ludmir, Eugene J. Koay
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Cancer Medicine, Vol 13, Iss 12, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-7634
DOI: 10.1002/cam4.7434
Popis: Abstract Introduction With locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC), uncontrolled local tumor growth frequently leads to mortality. Advancements in radiotherapy (RT) techniques have enabled conformal delivery of escalated‐dose RT (EDR), which may have potential local control and overall survival (OS) benefits based on retrospective and early prospective studies. With evidence for EDR emerging, we characterized the adoption of EDR across the United States and its associated outcomes. Methods We searched the National Cancer Database for nonsurgically managed LAPC patients diagnosed between 2004 and 2019. Pancreas‐directed RT with biologically effective doses (BED10) ≥39 and ≤70 Gy was labeled conventional‐dose RT (CDR), and BED10 >70 and ≤132 Gy was labeled EDR. We identified associations of EDR and OS using logistic and Cox regressions, respectively. Results Among the definitive therapy subset (n = 54,115) of the entire study cohort (n = 91,493), the most common treatments were chemotherapy alone (69%), chemotherapy and radiation (29%), and RT alone (2%). For the radiation therapy subset (n = 16,978), use of pancreas‐directed RT remained between 13% and 17% over the study period (ptrend > 0.999). Using multivariable logistic regression, treatment at an academic/research facility (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.46, p
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