All patients were evaluable for toxicity and 34 for response. The overall response rate was 67 % (CR: 26 % ; PR: 41 % ; intention-to-treat analysis) (95 % CI: 53.0–84.2 % ). After a median follow-up period of 15 months, the median survival time was 15 months, the median time to tumor progression 8.3 months and the 1-year survival rate 53.8 % . Grade 3/4 neutropenia occurred in 39 % and 36 % of patients receiving EP and PP regimens, respectively. The incidence of febrile neutropenia was 5 % and 3 % for EP and PP regimens, respectively. Other hematologic and non-hematologic toxicities were mild, with the exception of esophagitis occuring in 36 % of patients during and/or immediately after radiotherapy.
Consolidation therapy with PP after sequential EP and thoracic radiotherapy is feasible and well-tolerated; however, the efficacy results are comparable with those previously obtained in the same patients’ population using a combination of EP and TRT.
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