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Ten-year follow-up of outcomes, patterns of care, and psychosocial burden in adolescent and young adult patients with bone sarcomas from a large cohort in a low-income and middle-income country.

Jyoti Bajpai, Laboni Sarkar, Sushmita Rath, Arun Chandrasekharan, Goutam Panda, Dharmpal Jakar, Akash Pawar, Jaya Ghosh, Siddhartha Laskar, Bharat Rekhi and 11 more

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Jyoti BajpaiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Laboni SarkarDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5349-7216
Sushmita RathDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Arun ChandrasekharanDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Goutam PandaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1393-8607
Dharmpal JakarDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Akash PawarDepartment of Biostatistics, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Jaya GhoshDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6670-1772
Siddhartha LaskarDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Bharat RekhiDepartment of Pathology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Nehal KhannaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Jifmi Jose ManjaliDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Mukta RamadwarDepartment of Pathology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Nilendu PurandareDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Prabhat BhargavaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6440-2186
Nivedita ChakrabartyDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Kunal GalaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Yogesh KembhaviDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Venkatesh RangarajanDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Shripad BanavaliDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Sudeep GuptaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.

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Abstract

backgroundThe care of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with bone sarcomas involves unique challenges. The objectives of this study were to identify challenges and evaluate long-term outcomes of these patients from India who received treatment with novel protocols.

methodsThis prospective cohort study included AYA patients (aged 15-39 years) with osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma (ES), who were treated uniformly at the authors' institute using unique protocols (OGS-12 and EFT-2001) from 2011 to 2021 and from 2013 to 2018, respectively.

resultsThe cohorts included 688 of 748 (91.9%) treatment-naive AYA patients with osteosarcoma and 126 of 142 (88.7%) treatment-naive AYA patients with ES. Among 481 of 561 patients (85.7%) who had nonmetastatic osteosarcoma treated according to protocol, at a median follow-up of 59.7 months, the 5-year event-free survival (5-EFS) rate was 58.6% (95% confidence interval, 54.1%-63.5%) and for 142 patients (20.6%) who had metastatic osteosarcoma, the 5-EFS rate was 18.7%. The 5-EFS rate was 66.4% and 21.9% for 104 patients (73%) with nonmetastatic ES and 38 patients (27%) with metastatic ES, respectively. Treatment-naive patients had better outcomes, similar to compliance in the form of protocol completion (hazard ratio, 1.93 [p = .0043] and 2.66 [p < .0001], respectively. Only 230 of 377 (61.0%) male patients and 10 of 134 (7.4%) female patients reached out to fertility specialists. In addition, 17 of 161 (10.6%) eligible male survivors and 14 of 61 (22.9%) eligible female survivors got married posttreatment. Furthermore, 14 of 17 (82.4%) males and 14 of 14 (100%) females conceived. Among 311 patients who were working or attending school during diagnosis, greater than 90% had interruptions.

conclusionsHomogenous treatment with the OGS-12 and EFT-2001 protocols resulted in internationally comparable long-term outcomes in the cohorts with nonmetastatic and metastatic AYA bone sarcomas. Treatment compliance, timely referral to sarcoma reference centers (avoiding prior inadvertent treatment), and streamlining fertility-preservation practices constitute unmet needs that demand prioritization.

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Bone NeoplasmsOsteosarcomaSarcoma, EwingAdolescentAdultDeveloping CountriesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIndiaMalePovertyProspective StudiesYoung Adultadolescents and young adultschemotherapyEFT‐2001 protocolEwing sarcomalow‐income and middle‐income countries (LMICs)novel OGS‐12 protocolosteosarcoma

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