- 作者：Hugo Villeneuve ; M.D.&lowast ; ; hugo.villeneuve@umontreal.ca ; Philippe Despré ; s ; Ph.D.&lowast ; ; Bernard Fortin ; M.D. ; M.Sc.&lowast ; ; Edith Filion ; M.D.&lowast ; ; David Donath ; M.D.&lowast ; ; Denis Souliè ; res ; M.D.&dagger ; ; Louis Guertin ; M.D.&Dagger ; ; Tarek Ayad ; M.D.&Dagger ; ; Apostolos Christopoulos ; M.D.&Dagger ; ; Phuc Felix Nguyen-Tan ; M.D.&lowast ;
- 关键词：Head and neck ; Cancer ; Lymph node metastases ; Unknown primary ; Intensity-modulated radiotherapy
- 刊名：International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：1 April, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：82
- 期：5
- 页码：1866-1871
- 全文大小：137 K
Purpose
To determine the effectiveness and rate of complications of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the treatment of cervical lymph node metastases from unknown primary cancer.Methods and Materials
Between February 2005 and November 2008, 25 patients with an unknown primary cancer underwent IMRT, with a median radiation dose of 70 Gy. The bilateral neck and ipsilateral putative pharyngeal mucosa were included in the target volume. All patients had squamous cell carcinoma, except for 1 patient who had adenosquamous differentiation. They were all treated with curative intent. Of the 25 included patients, 20 were men and 5 were women, with a median age of 54 years. Of these patients, 3 had Stage III, 18 had Stage IVa, and 4 had Stage IVb. Of the 25 patients, 18 (72 % ) received platinum-based chemotherapy in a combined-modality setting. Neck dissection was reserved for residual disease after definitive IMRT. Overall survival, disease-free survival, and locoregional control were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method.
Results
With a median follow-up of 38 months, the overall survival, disease-free survival, and locoregional control rates were all 100 % at 3 years. No occurrence of primary cancer was observed during the follow-up period. The reported rates of xerostomia reduced with the interval from the completion of treatment. Nine patients (36 % ) reported Grade 2 or greater xerostomia at 6 months, and only 2 (8 % ) of them reported the same grade of salivary function toxicity after 24 months of follow-up.
Conclusion
In our institution, IMRT for unknown primary cancer has provided good overall and disease-free survival in all the patients with an acceptable rate of complications. IMRT allowed us to address the bilateral neck and ipsilateral putative pharyngeal mucosa with minimal late salivary function toxicity. The use of concurrent chemotherapy and IMRT for more advanced disease led to good clinical results with reasonable toxicities.