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ArticleDiscover oncology2023

Factors affecting local control of bone metastases from radioresistant tumors treated with palliative external beam radiotherapy.

Kenji Makita, Yasushi Hamamoto, Hiromitsu Kanzaki, Kei Nagasaki, Noriko Takata, Shintaro Tsuruoka, Kotaro Uwatsu, Teruhito Kido

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Article in Discover oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kenji MakitaDepartment of Radiology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, 454 Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan. makita.kenji.wy@mail.hosp.go.jp.
Yasushi HamamotoDepartments of Radiation Oncology, National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center, Kou-160, Minami-Umenomoto-Machi, Matsuyama, Ehime, 791-0280, Japan.
Hiromitsu KanzakiDepartments of Radiation Oncology, National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center, Kou-160, Minami-Umenomoto-Machi, Matsuyama, Ehime, 791-0280, Japan.
Kei NagasakiDepartments of Radiation Oncology, National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center, Kou-160, Minami-Umenomoto-Machi, Matsuyama, Ehime, 791-0280, Japan.
Noriko TakataDepartment of Radiology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, 454 Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
Shintaro TsuruokaDepartment of Radiology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, 454 Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
Kotaro UwatsuDepartment of Radiology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, 454 Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
Teruhito KidoDepartment of Radiology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, 454 Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
Ehime University · JPShikoku Cancer Center · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study aimed to evaluate the factors that affect the local control (LC) of bone metastases from radioresistant carcinomas (renal cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC], and colorectal carcinoma [CRC]) treated with palliative external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT). METHODS AND MATERIALS: Between January 2010 and December 2020, 211 bone metastases in 134 patients were treated with EBRT in two hospitals (a cancer center and university hospital). Based on follow-up CT, these cases were reviewed retrospectively to evaluate LC at the EBRT site.

resultsThe median EBRT dose (BED10) was 39.0 Gy (range, 14.4-66.3 Gy). The median follow-up time of the imaging studies was 6 months (range, 1-107 months). The 0.5-year overall survival and LC rates of the EBRT sites were 73% and 73%, respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed that the primary sites (HCC/CRC), low EBRT dose (BED10) (≤ 39.0 Gy), and non-administration of post-EBRT bone modifying agents (BMAs) and/or antineoplastic agents (ATs) were statistically significant factors that negatively affected the LC of EBRT sites. In the absence of BMAs or ATs, the EBRT dose (BED10) escalation from 39.0 Gy improved the LC of EBRT sites. Based on ATs administration, the LC of EBRT sites was significantly affected by tyrosine kinase inhibitors and/or immune checkpoint inhibitors.

conclusionsDose escalation improves LC in bone metastases from radioresistant carcinomas. Higher EBRT doses are needed to treat patients for whom few effective systemic therapies remain available.

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Bone metastasesDose escalationExternal-beam radiotherapyLocal controlRadioresistant carcinoma

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PMID37212949
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