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ArticleAmerican journal of surgery2025

Adjuvant radiation therapy is not associated with a survival benefit after R0 resection in non-metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma.

Benjamin C Greenspun, Yeon J Lee-Saxton, Caitlin E Egan, Teagan E Marshall, Abhinay Tumati, Bradley Pearson, Toni Beninato, Rasa Zarnegar, Thomas J Fahey, Brendan M Finnerty

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10 authors.

Benjamin C GreenspunDepartment of Surgery, 1300 York Avenue, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA. Electronic address: bcg9006@med.cornell.edu.
Yeon J Lee-SaxtonDepartment of Surgery, 1300 York Avenue, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Caitlin E EganDepartment of Surgery, 1300 York Avenue, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Teagan E MarshallDepartment of Surgery, 1300 York Avenue, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Abhinay TumatiDepartment of Surgery, 1300 York Avenue, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Bradley PearsonDepartment of Surgery, 1300 York Avenue, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Toni BeninatoDepartment of Surgery, Rutgers-Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 195 Little Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903, USA.
Rasa ZarnegarDepartment of Surgery, 1300 York Avenue, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Thomas J FaheyDepartment of Surgery, 1300 York Avenue, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Brendan M FinnertyDepartment of Surgery, 1300 York Avenue, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.

Funding

Research Training in Endocrinology and MetabolismT32DK131957 · NIDDK · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Laura C Alonso · 2023 to 2026
$1.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK131957
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The benefit of adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) in adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is not well characterized for those who undergo initial R0 surgical resection. Patients in the NCDB who underwent R0 resection were placed into two cohorts - those who underwent adjuvant RT and those who did not. 388 patients were identified with 51 receiving RT. No difference was observed between Kaplan-Meier survival estimates of the two cohorts (p ​= ​0.54). After adjusting for age, sex, co-morbidity index, race, receipt of chemotherapy, tumor size, grade, stage, and nodal stage, RT was not associated with improved OS. However, tumor size ≥6 ​cm (HR 1.54, [1.03-2.32], p ​= ​0.04), high tumor-grade (HR 3.46, [1.83-6.55], p ​< ​0.001), and N1-stage (HR 2.30, [1.06-4.94], p ​= ​0.03) were associated with worse OS, without benefit of RT on subgroup analysis of these factors. Treatment with adjuvant RT in patients with ACC who underwent R0 resection was not associated with an OS benefit.

Indexed as

Adrenal Cortex NeoplasmsAdrenalectomyAdrenocortical CarcinomaAdultAgedFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeACCAdrenalR0Radiation

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PMID39823654
PMCPMC13233111

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