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ArticleJournal of radiation research2019

Appropriate radiation dose for symptomatic relief and local control in patients with adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma.

Hitoshi Maemoto, Takuro Ariga, Sawako Nakachi, Takafumi Toita, Seiji Hashimoto, Joichi Heianna, Hideki Shiina, Takeaki Kusada, Wataru Makino, Yasumasa Kakinohana and 5 more

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Article in Journal of radiation research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hitoshi MaemotoDepartment of Radiology, Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children's Medical Center, 118-1 Arakawa, Haebarucho, Okinawa, Japan.
Takuro ArigaDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Sawako NakachiDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Hematology, Rheumatology (Second Department of Internal Medicine), Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Takafumi ToitaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, 281 Miyazato, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan.
Seiji HashimotoDepartment of Radiology, Naha City Hospital, 2-31-1 Furujima, Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
Joichi HeiannaDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Hideki ShiinaDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Takeaki KusadaDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Wataru MakinoDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Yasumasa KakinohanaDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Takuya MiyagiDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Yuichi YamamotoDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Satoko MorishimaDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Hematology, Rheumatology (Second Department of Internal Medicine), Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Hiroaki MasuzakiDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Hematology, Rheumatology (Second Department of Internal Medicine), Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
Sadayuki MurayamaDepartment of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
University of the Ryukyus · JPNaha City Hospital · JPOkinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is an aggressive peripheral T-cell neoplasm that occurs only in patients with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1. No large study or randomized trial investigating radiotherapy (RT) for ATL has been performed. We retrospectively reviewed 55 courses of RT for 41 consecutive patients with ATL who underwent RT between 2000 and 2016 at our institutions. The results showed that RT for local ATL lesions can achieve symptomatic improvement in 92% of cases. Local remission, either complete remission (CR) or partial response (PR), was achieved in 100% of the patients (CR: 89%, PR: 11%) with ≥40 Gy irradiation. CR or PR was achieved in 71% (CR: 29%, PR: 43%) with 30-39 Gy and in 73% (CR: 6.7%, PR: 67%) with ≤29 Gy irradiation. The mean total radiation dose in the CR and PR groups differed significantly (38 vs 25 Gy, P = 0.0002). The maximum acute toxicity was Grade 0-2 in all patients, except for one patient experienced Grade 3 radiation dermatitis. In-field relapses occurred in 36% of patients, and the frequency of in-field relapses was 11%, 30% and 71% among those who achieved CR, PR and SD, respectively. All 9 patients who received total skin irradiation experienced cutaneous relapses, with a median of 63 days (range, 7-210 days). Almost all (39 of 41) patients with ATL experienced out-of-field progression after RT. In conclusion, RT was confirmed to be effective and safe for palliative treatment of local ATL lesions.

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Radiotherapy DosageAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDose-Response Relationship, RadiationFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLeukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-CellMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalProgression-Free SurvivalTreatment Outcome

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PMID30124892
PMCPMC6373688
OpenAlexW2886251715

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