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Cancer Med. 2019 Dec 13;:
Authors: Liu GY, Li WZ, Peng KQ, Lv X, Ke LR, Wu YS, Wang DL, Liang H, Liu KY, Lv SH, Guo X, Xiang YQ, Xia WX
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To explore the prognostic value of early radiological response (ERR) to first-line platinum-containing chemotherapy in patients with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (mNPC), as well as its correlation with the best radiological response (BRR).
PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 756 mNPC patients with measurable lesions who received first-line platinum-containing chemotherapy were enrolled in this study. ERR was defined as complete or partial response after 6 weeks of chemotherapy according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1. We performed survival analyses according to the radiological response after repeated chemotherapy. Log-rank test and Cox regression were used to analyze the survival data.
RESULTS: About 470 patients achieved ERR and 78 patients achieved subsequent response (objective response after repeated chemotherapy). ERR patients had better OS (P < .001, median OS: 34.3 vs 22.2 months) and PFS (P < .001, median PFS: 10.2 vs 7.4 months) than non-ERR ones. ERR (OS: HR = 0.591, 95% CI, 0.495-0.705, P < .001, PFS: HR = 0.586, 95% CI, 0.500-0.686, P < .001) was independently prolonged survival compared with non-ERR ones. Besides, ERR was significantly correlated with the BRR (Kappa: 0.73; Pearson: 0.74, P < .001), and had significantly longer OS and PFS than patients with subsequent response, respectively.
CONCLUSION: ERR is an independent prognostic factor in determining survival in mNPC patients received first-line platinum-containing chemotherapy, which may be a more sensitive predictor to assess overall efficacy of systemic treatment than BRR in mNPC. Prospective validation studies are needed.
PMID: 31834990 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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