Thoracic Tumor
Prognosis and it related factors in patients of stage Ⅲ non-smallcell lung cancer after three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy
Xiuming Tian, Rong Qiu, Yuxiang Wang, Hui Ge, Jing Li, Shuhai Zhu, Xueying Qiao
Published 2016-07-15
Cite as Chin J Radiat Oncol, 2016, 25(7): 681-685. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1004-4221.2016.07.004
Abstract
ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and prognostic factors for stage Ⅲ non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
MethodsFrom 2000 to 2010, 474 patients with stage Ⅲ NSCLC undergoing 3DCRT were enrolled as subjects. Those patients, consisting of 382 males and 92 females, had a median age of 63 years. In those patients, 211 had stage ⅢA NSCLC and 263 had stage ⅢB NSCLC; 165 were treated with radiotherapy alone and 309 with chemoradiotherapy; 55 were treated with conventional radiotherapy plus 3DCRT, 340 with 3DCRT, and 79 with intensity-modulated radiotherapy; the median equivalent dose was 60 Gy (44-77 Gy). The Kaplan-Meier method, log-rank test, and Cox model were used for survival rate calculation, univariate analysis, and multivariate analysis, respectively.
ResultsThe follow-up rate was 96.6%.In all patients, the 1-, 3-, and 5-year overall survival rates were 63.0%, 24.9%, and 17.8%, respectively; the median survival time was 18 months. The univariate analysis showed that sex, age, immediate response, radiotherapy method, fractionation scheme, chemotherapy, and radiation pneumonitis (RP) were prognostic factors (P=0.004, 0.001, 0.000, 0.007, 0.004, 0.009, 0.049). The multivariate analysis showed that sex, age, immediate response, radiotherapy method, and RP were independent prognostic factors (P=0.006, 0.000, 0.000, 0.003, 0.048). Patients with radiation doses of 60-66 Gy had the best prognosis of all.
ConclusionsIn patients with stage Ⅲ NSCLC undergoing 3DCRT, female patients, patients at a young age, patients with satisfactory immediate response, patients treated with full-course 3DCRT, and patients with grade 0-1 RP have better prognosis than others.3DCRT combined with chemotherapy improves survival in patients. A radiation dose of 60-66 Gy is recommended.
Key words:
Lung neoplasms/radiotherapy; Radiotherapy, two-dimensional; Radiotherapy, three-dimensional; Prognosis
Contributor Information
Xiuming Tian
Department of Radiatio Oncology, Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011, China
Department of Internal Medicine, Hebei Chest Cancer Hospital, Shijiazhuang 050011, China
Rong Qiu
Department of Radiatio Oncology, Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011, China
Yuxiang Wang
Department of Radiatio Oncology, Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011, China
Hui Ge
Department of Respiratory, Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011, China
Jing Li
Department of Radiatio Oncology, Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011, China
Shuhai Zhu
Department of Radiatio Oncology, Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011, China
Xueying Qiao
Department of Radiatio Oncology, Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011, China