The management of recurrent head and neck adenoid cystic carcinoma (HNACC) remains a problematic challenge. This study aims to evaluate the long-term outcomes of personalized stereotactic ablative brachytherapy (SABT) as a salvage treatment for recurrent HNACC after surgery or external beam radiotherapy (EBRT). 21 patients with recurrent HNACC after surgery or EBRT successfully underwent iodine-125 (I-125) seed SABT from May 2011 to November 2019. The objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), local control time (LCT), overall survival (OS), symptomatic relief and adverse events (AEs) were analyzed. Following SABT, the ORR and DCR were 85.7% and 100%, respectively. The 3-, and 5-year LCT rates were 68.8% and 55.1%, respectively, and the 3- and 5-year OS rates were 85.9% and 66.2%, respectively. Furthermore, univariate analyses showed that higher D90 (>137.1 Gy) was a strong positive prognostic factor of LCT (p < 0.05). The pain disappeared in one patient 3 months after SABT and partial pain improvement was observed in nine patients 1 to 6 months after SABT. Additionally, dyspnea was relieved in one patient with the tumor involving the trachea. The major AEs were mild intraoperative hemorrhage and skin/mucosal toxicities which were generally graded ≤2 and well-tolerated. Personalized SABT was an effective and safe alternative option for recurrent HNACC after the previous failure of surgery or EBRT. The parameter of D90 may influence the local control.
Background In the management of head and neck cancer (HNC) patients, local recurrence is a common cause of treatment failure. Only a few patients with recurrent HNC (rHNC) are eligible for salvage surgery and the majority of patients receive systemic therapy and radiotherapy. In recent years, with the development of irradiation technology, radiotherapy for rHNC patients has markedly attracted clinicians’ attention and its therapeutic effects on patients with end-stage cancer are worthy of investigation as well. Methods Several studies have investigated the role of radiotherapy in the treatment of rHNC patients. We reviewed retrospective reports and prospective trials published in recent decades that concentrated on the management of rHNC. Results A growing body of evidence supported the application of irradiation to rHNC patients. According to the results of this review, current radiotherapy could achieve a better efficacy with a lower incidence of toxicity. Conclusion Radiotherapy is a promising treatment for rHNC patients.
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common malignancy which requires radiotherapy (RT) as an important part of its multimodality treatment. With the advent of the novel irradiation technique, the clinical outcome of NSCLC patients who receive RT has been dramatically improved. The emergence of proton therapy, which allows for a sharper dose of build-up and drop-off compared to photon therapy, has potentially improved clinical outcomes of NSCLC. Dosimetry studies have indicated that proton therapy can significantly reduce the doses for normal organs, especially the lung, heart, and esophagus while maintaining similar robust target volume coverage in both early and advanced NSCLC compared with photon therapy. However, to date, most studies have been single-arm and concluded no significant changes in the efficacy for early-stage NSCLC by proton therapy over stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). The results of proton therapy for advanced NSCLC in these studies were promising, with improved clinical outcomes and reduced toxicities compared with historical photon therapy data. However, these studies were also mainly single-arm and lacked a direct comparison between the two therapies. Currently, there is much emerging evidence focusing on dosimetry, efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness of proton therapy for NSCLC that has been published, however, a comprehensive review comparing these therapies is, to date, lacking. Thus, this review focuses on these aspects of proton therapy for NSCLC.
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