The impact of delivery daytime and seasonality of radiotherapy for head and neck cancer on toxicity burden.

Koller Brolese, Eliane; Cihoric, Nikola; Bojaxhiu, Beat; Sermaxhaj, Burim; Schanne, Daniel Hendrik; Mathier, Etienne; Lippmann, Jana; Shelan, Mohamed; Eller, Yannick; Aebersold, Daniel M.; Giger, Roland; Eliçin, Olgun (2021). The impact of delivery daytime and seasonality of radiotherapy for head and neck cancer on toxicity burden. Radiotherapy and oncology, 158, pp. 162-166. Elsevier 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.02.039

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AIM

The potential impact of the daytime and season of radiotherapy application on acute and late toxicity burden was analyzed on a cohort of curatively treated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients.

METHODS

Through a retrospective chart review, patient and tumor characteristics, treatment parameters and outcome were obtained. Patients treated with definitive or adjuvant radiotherapy with and without chemotherapy receiving ≥60 Gy between 2002 and 2015 were included (n = 617). Daily fraction times and dates were extracted. Median radiotherapy delivery time of each patient was categorized as morning (AM) and afternoon (PM). Treatment season was defined by the median day of the treatment course. Each year was divided into DARK and LIGHT by the March and September equinoxes. Acute (T) and late (A) toxicity were defined by TAME methodology.

RESULTS

Median follow-up was 51 months. Mean T and A scores during and after radiotherapy in DARK vs. LIGHT were 1.98 vs. 1.61 (p = 0.0127) and 0.41 vs. 0.30 (p = 0.1699), respectively. Mean T and A scores during and after AM vs. PM radiotherapy were 1.71 vs. 1.88 (p = 0.0387) and 0.31 vs. 0.41 (p = 0.2638), respectively. Multivariate analyses indicated DARK vs. LIGHT as the only independent treatment time-related factor among other factors such as tumor subsite, UICC stage, radiotherapy technique, and chemotherapy for T.

CONCLUSION

This is the first study investigating the impact of seasonality on toxicity burden, showing higher acute toxicity with radiotherapy in DARK. The daytime did not predict the toxicity. The hypothesis-generating findings of this retrospective study should be further investigated.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Radiation Oncology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders (ENT)

UniBE Contributor:

Cihoric, Nikola, Bojaxhiu, Beat, Sermaxhaj, Burim, Schanne, Daniel Hendrik, Mathier, Etienne, Lippmann, Jana, Shelan, Mohamed, Aebersold, Daniel Matthias, Giger, Roland, Eliçin, Olgun

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0167-8140

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Beatrice Scheidegger

Date Deposited:

11 May 2021 15:46

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:34

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.radonc.2021.02.039

PubMed ID:

33667582

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Chronotherapy Circadian rhythm Head and neck cancer Radiotherapy Time Toxicity

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/155951

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/155951

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