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Long-term result of high dose-rate afterloading brachytherapy in squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix: relationship between facility structure and outcome.

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OBJECTIVE:To compare outcome results for squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix between patients treated in a single facility [single facility therapy: (SFT)] and others combined with external beam irradiation (EBRT) in a small facility and intracavitary brachytherapy in a central facility (combined facilities therapy: CFT). METHODS:This is a retrospective analysis of 155 patients with histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix radically treated by EBRT and high dose-rate (HDR) intracavitary brachytherapy from August 1995 to May 2000. The overall survival and cause-specific survival rates were calculated by using the Kaplan-Meier method. The endpoint was defined as death due to cervical cancer for the cause-specific survival. The log-rank test and the generalized Wilcoxon test were used to compare the survival curves between the two treatment groups. RESULTS:Nine patients were lost, so 146 patients were retrospectively analyzed. There were 22 patients (15%) in stage I, 21 (14%) stage IIA, 51 (35%) stage IIB, 41 (28%) stage III, 11 (8%) stage IVA. The median age was 72 years (range, 30-89 years). The median follow-up time was 58 months. The proportion of patients treated with SFT was 23% (33/146) and CFT 77% (113/146). The overall survival rate was 62.3% and the cause-specific survival rate was 71.3%. The cause-specific survival rates for SFT and CFT were 87.9% and 66.4%, respectively; the difference between these two treatments was statistically significant (P = 0.024). The difference in the survival rate between these two treatments for stage III and IVA patients was also statistically significant (P = 0.021). However, no significant difference between these treatments was seen in the cause-specific survival rate for each stage. There was a significant difference between SFT and CFT in the incidence rate of severe late complications (grade 3-5) (P = 0.038). There was no significant difference in overall treatment times and total dose between the two groups; the applied photon beam energy showed a significant difference. CONCLUSION:Our results suggest that the survival outcome will be aggravated by CFT. If the treatment process of using a lower photon beam energy were to be improved by the installation of a high-energy linear accelerator, CFT can be applied to patients with cervical cancer.

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Jpn J Clin Oncol

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Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors

Okuda T,Itho Y,Ikeda M,Nakamura T,Horikawa Y,Yanagawa S,Ishigaki T

doi

10.1093/jjco/hyh024

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pub_date

2004-03-01 00:00:00

pages

142-8

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0368-2811

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1465-3621

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Long-term result of high dose-rate afterloading brachytherapy in squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix: relationship between facility structure and outcome.