Acute and late morbidity in the treatment of advanced bladder carcinoma with accelerated radiotherapy, carbogen, and nicotinamide
Acute and late morbidity in the treatment of advanced bladder carcinoma with accelerated radiotherapy, carbogen, and nicotinamide
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DOI:
10.1002/cncr.21048
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发表时间:
2005-06-01
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影响因子:
6.2
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Saunders, MI
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作者:
Hoskin, PJ;Rojas, AM;Saunders, MI
BACKGROUND. Accelerated radiotherapy combined with carbogen and nicotinamide (ARCON) to overcome tumor hypoxia and cell proliferation achieved high tumor control and survival in Phase II studies of patients with advanced head and neck and bladder carcinomas. Thus, morbidity and treatment outcomes from the latter study were analyzed to evaluate the therapeutic potential of ARCON.METHODS. Acute and late morbidity was assessed in 105 patients with high-grade superficial or muscle-invasive bladder carcinoma who were given accelerated radiotherapy (50-55 grays in 4 weeks) with carbogen alone or with ARCON. Urinary dysfunction was scored based on daytime frequency, nocturia, incontinence, dysuria, hematuria, and urgency. Bowel morbidity was based on stool frequency and consistency, rectal discharge, blood loss, and medication. Endpoints for treatment outcome were overall survival, disease-free survival, and locoregional control.RESULTS. Nearly all patients experienced reduced ability to retain urine beyond 2 hours, although 20-30% had almost normal function at night. Incidence of acute moderate or worse dysuria was 41% with ARCON and 56% with carbogen; 96% and 76% of patients, respectively, had bowel frequencies >= 3 times per day. By 10-12 weeks from the start of radiotherapy, acute reactions returned to baseline levels. At 3 years, the daytime frequency ! 2 times per hour was approximate to 75% in both arms. Incidence of severe hematuria (