Analysis of the therapeutic effects and prognostic factors of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Wu Xiaoyuan1, Yang Yuanyuan1, Xing Wenqun2, Li Xue1, He Chunyu1, Jiang Qiong1, Liu Jinsong1, Wang Jianhua1
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhengzhou University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou 450008, China; 2Department of Thorax Surgery, Zhengzhou University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou 450008, China
Abstract:Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effects and prognostic factors of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods The clinical data of a total of 148 patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma enrolled in the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University from 2007 to 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients received 5-Fu/Cisplatin or Paclitaxel/Cisplatin for chemotherapies. The total treatment dose for the radiotherapy was delivered at 36-40Gy under conventional fractionation. Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate survival rates, and Log-rank test and Cox model were performed for univariate analysis and multivariate analysis, respectively. Results The overall survival (OS) rates of 1-, 3-and 5-year were 74%, 51% and 51%, respectively, with a median survival time (MST) of 72.4 months. The carcinoma/disease-free survival (DFS) rates for 1, 3, 5 years were 60%, 51%, 45%, respectively, with a median time of 60.1 months. The 1-, 3-and 5-year OS rates of the pCR group were 86%, 70%, 70%, the ones of which in the non-pCR group were 70%, 44%, 43%, respectively (P=0.002). The 1-, 3-and 5-year DFS rates were 76%, 71%, 68% for the pCR group, and 53%, 43%, 37% for the non-pCR group, respectively (P=0.002). In pN(-) group and pN(+) group, the 1-, 3-and 5-year OS rates were 83%, 56%, 55% and 50%, 38%, 38%(P=0.004), respectively. Further, the 1-, 3-and 5-year DFS rates were 66%, 56%, 51% for the pN(-) group, and 43%, 38%, 31% for the pN(+) group (P=0.006), respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed that pCR and pN status were independent prognostic factors for OS and DFS (P=0.012, 0.011 and P=0.025, 0.033). Conclusion Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy demonstrated significant therapeutic effects in the treatment of locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, while pCR and pN status served as independent prognostic factors.
Wu Xiaoyuan,Yang Yuanyuan,Xing Wenqun et al. Analysis of the therapeutic effects and prognostic factors of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2020, 29(5): 337-341.
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