Ghadjar, Pirus; Hayoz, Stefanie; Zimmermann, Frank; Bodis, Stephan; Kaul, David; Badakhshi, Harun; Bernier, Jacques; Studer, Gabriela; Plasswilm, Ludwig; Budach, Volker; Aebersold, Daniel (2015). Impact of weight loss on survival after chemoradiation for locally advanced head and neck cancer: secondary results of a randomized phase III trial (SAKK 10/94). Radiation oncology, 10, p. 21. BioMed Central 10.1186/s13014-014-0319-y
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BACKGROUND
To analyze the impact of weight loss before and during chemoradiation on survival outcomes in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer.
METHODS
From 07/1994-07/2000 a total of 224 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck were randomized to either hyperfractionated radiation therapy alone or the same radiation therapy combined with two cycles of concomitant cisplatin. The primary endpoint was time to any treatment failure (TTF); secondary endpoints were locoregional recurrence-free survival (LRRFS), distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) and overall survival (OS). Patient weight was measured 6 months before treatment, at treatment start and treatment end.
RESULTS
The proportion of patients with >5% weight loss was 32% before, and 51% during treatment, and the proportion of patients with >10% weight loss was 12% before, and 17% during treatment. After a median follow-up of 9.5 years (range, 0.1 - 15.4 years) weight loss before treatment was associated with decreased TTF, LRRFS, DMFS, cancer specific survival and OS in a multivariable analysis. However, weight loss during treatment was not associated with survival outcomes.
CONCLUSIONS
Weight loss before and during chemoradiation was commonly observed. Weight loss before but not during treatment was associated with worse survival.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Radiation Oncology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Ghadjar, Pirus, Plasswilm, Ludwig, Aebersold, Daniel Matthias |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1748-717X |
Publisher: |
BioMed Central |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Beatrice Scheidegger |
Date Deposited: |
06 Apr 2016 11:35 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:27 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1186/s13014-014-0319-y |
PubMed ID: |
25679310 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.75213 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/75213 |
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