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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In the BOOG 2013-08 trial (NCT02271828), cT1-2N0 breast cancer patients were randomized between breast conserving surgery with or without sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) followed by whole breast radiotherapy (WBRT). While awaiting primary endpoint results (axillary recurrence rate), this study aims to perform a quality assurance analysis on protocol adherence and (incidental) axillary radiation therapy (RT) dose. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients were enrolled between 2015 and 2022. Data on prescribed RT and (in 25% of included patients) planning target volumes (PTV) parameters were recorded for axillary levels I-IV and compared between treatment arms. Multivariable linear regression analysis was performed to determine prognostic variables for incidental axillary RT dose. RESULTS: 1,439/1,461 included patients (98.5%) were treated according to protocol and 87 patients (5.9%) received regional RT (SLNB 10.9%, no-SLNB 1.5 %). In 326 patients included in the subgroup analysis, the mean incidental PTV dose at axilla level I was 59.5% of the prescribed breast RT dose. In 5 patients (1.5%) the mean PTV dose at level I was ≥95% of the prescribed breast dose. No statistically or clinically significant differences regarding incidental axillary RT dose were found between treatment arms. Tumour bed boost (yes/no) was associated with a higher incidental mean dose in level I (R2 = 0.035, F(6, 263) = 1.532, p 0.168). CONCLUSION: The results indicate that RT-protocol adherence was high, and that incidental axillary RT dose was low in the BOOG 2013-08 trial. Potential differences between treatmentarms regarding the primary endpoint can thus not be attributed to different axillary radiation doses.
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Neoplasias de la Mama , Escisión del Ganglio Linfático , Humanos , Femenino , Escisión del Ganglio Linfático/métodos , Mastectomía Segmentaria , Metástasis Linfática/patología , Biopsia del Ganglio Linfático Centinela/métodos , Neoplasias de la Mama/radioterapia , Neoplasias de la Mama/cirugía , Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Axila/patología , Ganglios Linfáticos/patologíaRESUMEN
The large majority of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC) will eventually develop resistance to anti-HER2 therapy and die of this disease. Despite, relatively high levels of stromal tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs), PD1-blockade has only shown modest responses. Monalizumab targets the inhibitory immune checkpoint NKG2A, thereby unleashing NK- and CD8 T cells. We hypothesized that monalizumab synergizes with trastuzumab by promoting antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. In the phase II MIMOSA-trial, HER2-positive MBC patients were treated with trastuzumab and 750 mg monalizumab every two weeks. Following a Simon's two-stage design, 11 patients were included in stage I of the trial. Treatment was well tolerated with no dose-limiting toxicities. No objective responses were observed. Therefore, the MIMOSA-trial did not meet its primary endpoint. In summary, despite the strong preclinical rationale, the novel combination of monalizumab and trastuzumab does not induce objective responses in heavily pre-treated HER2-positive MBC patients.
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Neoplasias de la Mama , Mimosa , Femenino , Humanos , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapéutico , Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/patología , Receptor ErbB-2 , Trastuzumab/uso terapéuticoRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the amount of preoperative endometrial tissue surface is related to the degree of concordance with final low- and high-grade endometrial cancer (EC). In addition, to determine whether discordance is influenced by sampling method and impacts outcome. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study within the European Network for Individualized Treatment of Endometrial Cancer (ENITEC). Surface of preoperative endometrial tissue samples was digitally calculated using ImageJ. Tumor samples were classified into low-grade (grade 1-2 endometrioid EC (EEC)) and high-grade (grade 3 EECâ¯+â¯non-endometroid EC). RESULTS: The study cohort included 573 tumor samples. Overall concordance between pre- and postoperative diagnosis was 60.0%, and 88.8% when classified into low- and high-grade EC. Upgrading (preoperative low-grade, postoperative high-grade EC) was found in 7.8% and downgrading (preoperative high-grade, postoperative low-grade EC) in 26.7%. The median endometrial tissue surface was significantly lower in concordant diagnoses when compared to discordant diagnoses, respectively 18.7â¯mm2 and 23.5â¯mm2 (Pâ¯=â¯0.022). Sampling method did not influence the concordance in tumor classification. Patients with preoperative high-grade and postoperative low-grade showed significant lower DSS compared to patients with concordant low-grade EC (Pâ¯=â¯0.039). CONCLUSION: The amount of preoperative endometrial tissue surface was inversely related to the degree of concordance with final tumor low- and high-grade. Obtaining higher amount of preoperative endometrial tissue surface does not increase the concordance between pre- and postoperative low- and high-grade diagnosis in EC. Awareness of clinically relevant down- and upgrading is crucial to reduce subsequent over- or undertreatment with impact on outcome.
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Carcinoma Endometrioide , Neoplasias Endometriales , Femenino , Humanos , Estudios Retrospectivos , Biopsia/métodos , Neoplasias Endometriales/patología , Endometrio/patología , Carcinoma Endometrioide/cirugía , Carcinoma Endometrioide/patologíaRESUMEN
Ovarian cancer (OC) has a poor prognosis as most patients present with non-specific symptoms and the disease is mostly diagnosed at advanced stages. Approximately 90% of cases are classified as epithelial OC (EOC), a category comprising histologically and molecularly distinct tumours. Identifying reliable biomarkers and employing personalised therapies in OC subgroups is crucial for battling the disease. EOCs are often characterised by homologous recombination repair deficiency (HRD), frequently caused by inactivation of the breast cancer susceptibility (BRCA) genes. These findings have led to the development of poly- (adenosine diphosphate [ADP])- ribose polymerase inhibitors (PARPi), which are synthetically lethal to HRD tumour cells. Both patients with HRD and non-HRD tumours can benefit from PARPi therapy in the recurrent setting. Moreover, recent phase III trials in patients with newly diagnosed advanced-stage OC have demonstrated greater clinical benefit from PARPi in treating HRD than non-HRD tumours. These findings offer new opportunities for the use of PARPi as maintenance therapy after first-line chemotherapy based on the presence of HRD. In the current article, we provide recommendations for HRD testing and treatment of patients with newly diagnosed advanced-stage EOC.
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OBJECTIVE: Pre-operative immunohistochemical (IHC) biomarkers are not incorporated in endometrial cancer (EC) risk classification. We aim to investigate the added prognostic relevance of IHC biomarkers to the ESMO-ESGO-ESTRO risk classification and lymph node (LN) status in EC. METHODS: Retrospective multicenter study within the European Network for Individualized Treatment of Endometrial Cancer (ENITEC), analyzing pre-operative IHC expression of p53, L1 cell-adhesion molecule (L1CAM), estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR), and relate to ESMO-ESGO-ESTRO risk groups, LN status and outcome. RESULTS: A total of 763 EC patients were included with a median follow-up of 5.5-years. Abnormal IHC expression was present for p53 in 112 (14.7%), L1CAM in 79 (10.4%), ER- in 76 (10.0%), and PR- in 138 (18.1%) patients. Abnormal expression of p53/L1CAM/ER/PR was significantly related with higher risk classification groups, and combined associated with the worst outcome within the 'high and advanced/metastatic' risk group. In multivariate analysis p53-abn, ER/PR- and ESMO-ESGO-ESTRO 'high and advanced/metastatic' were independently associated with reduced disease-specific survival (DSS). Patients with abnormal IHC expression and lymph node metastasis (LNM) had the worst outcome. Patients with LNM and normal IHC expression had comparable outcome with patients without LNM and abnormal IHC expression. CONCLUSION: The use of pre-operative IHC biomarkers has important prognostic relevance in addition to the ESMO-ESGO-ESTRO risk classification and in addition to LN status. For daily clinical practice, p53/L1CAM/ER/PR expression could serve as indicator for surgical staging and refine selective adjuvant treatment by incorporation into the ESMO-ESGO-ESTRO risk classification.
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Neoplasias Endometriales/diagnóstico , Molécula L1 de Adhesión de Célula Nerviosa/metabolismo , Anciano , Biomarcadores de Tumor/metabolismo , Estudios de Cohortes , Neoplasias Endometriales/mortalidad , Neoplasias Endometriales/patología , Europa (Continente) , Femenino , Humanos , Metástasis Linfática , Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas , Pronóstico , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores de Riesgo , Análisis de SupervivenciaRESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: The addition of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) to interval cytoreductive surgery (CRS) improves recurrence-free (RFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with FIGO stage III ovarian cancer. We evaluated the effect of HIPEC on patient's health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the OVHIPEC trial. MATERIALS AND METHODS: OVHIPEC was a multicentre, open-label, randomized phase III trial for patients with stage III ovarian cancer. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive interval CRS with or without HIPEC with cisplatin. HRQoL was assessed using the EORTC QLQ-C30, and the ovarian (QLQ-OV28) and colorectal cancer (QLQ-CR38) modules. HRQoL questionnaires were administered at baseline, after surgery, after end of treatment, and every three months thereafter. HRQoL was a secondary endpoint, with the prespecified focus on the QLQ-C30 summary score and symptom scores on fatigue, neuropathy and gastro-intestinal symptoms. HRQoL was analysed using linear and non-linear mixed effect models. RESULTS: In total, 245 patients were randomized. One-hundred-ninety-seven patients (80%) completed at least one questionnaire. No significant difference over time in the QLQ-C30 summary scores was observed between the study arms (p-values for linear and non-linear growth: pâ¯>â¯0.133). The pattern over time for fatigue, neuropathy and gastro-intestinal symptoms did not significantly differ between treatment arms. CONCLUSION: The addition of HIPEC to interval CRS does not negatively impact HRQoL in patients with stage III ovarian cancer who are treated with interval CRS due to the extent of disease. These HRQoL results, together with the improvement in RFS and OS, support the viability of HIPEC as an important treatment option in this patient population. CLINICALTRIALS. GOV NUMBER: NCT00426257. EUDRACT NUMBER: 2006-003466-34.
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Procedimientos Quirúrgicos de Citorreducción , Quimioterapia Intraperitoneal Hipertérmica , Neoplasias Ováricas/terapia , Calidad de Vida , Anciano , Bélgica , Carboplatino/administración & dosificación , Terapia Combinada , Femenino , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Países Bajos , Neoplasias Ováricas/patología , Paclitaxel/administración & dosificación , Encuestas y CuestionariosRESUMEN
Most ovarian cancer patients are diagnosed only at advanced stages when survival outcomes are worse, andwhen therapeutic decisions might prove challenging. The fundamental treatment for women with ovarian cancerincludes debulking surgery whenever possible and appropriate systemic therapy (chemotherapy, targeted andantiangiogenic agents). In the last few years, knowledge about histological and molecular characteristics of ovariancancer subtypes and stages has increased considerably. This has enabled the development and improvement ofseveral options for the diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer in a patient-tailored approach. Accordingly,therapeutic decisions are guided by the characteristics of the patient and the tumour, especially the molecularfeatures of the cancer subtype and disease stage. Particularly relevant are the advances in early genetic testing ofgermline and somatic mutations involved in DNA repair, and the clinical development of targeted agents. In orderto implement the best individual medical strategies, in this article, we present an algorithm of treatment options,including recently developed targeted agents, for primary and recurrent ovarian cancer patients in Belgium.
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Peritoneal metastases of high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) are small-sized deposits with superficial growth toward the peritoneal cavity. It is unknown whether integrity of the peritoneal elastic lamina (PEL) correlates with the peritoneal tumor microenvironment (pTME) and whether neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) affects the pTME. We explored integrity of PEL, composition of pTME, effects of NACT, and the prognostic implications in patients with extensive peritoneal metastases of HGSOC. Peritoneal samples (n = 69) were collected during cytoreductive surgery between 2003 and 2016. Clinical data were collected from medical charts. Integrity of PEL was evaluated with elastic stains. T cell (CD3, CD8) and M2-macrophage markers (CD163) were scored using algorithms created in definiens tissue studio. Patients with a disrupted PEL (n = 39; 57%), more often had residual disease after surgery (p = 0.050), compared to intact PEL. An intact PEL was associated with increased intraepithelial (ie) CD8+ cells (p = 0.032), but was not correlated with improved survival. After NACT, increased ieCD3+ cells were shown, compared to no-NACT (p = 0.044). Abundance of total CD3+ and CD8+ cells were associated with PFS (multivariate HR 0.40; 95%CI 0.23-0.69 and HR 0.49; 95%CI 0.29-0.83) and OS (HR 0.33; 95%CI 0.18-0.62 and HR 0.36; 95%CI 0.20-0.64). M2-macrophage infiltration was not correlated with survival. NACT increases abundance of ieCD3+ cells in peritoneal metastases of HGSOC. Increase of CD3+ and CD8+ cells is associated with improved PFS and OS. This suggests that CD3+ and CD8+ cells may function as prognostic biomarkers. Their role as predictive biomarker for chemotherapy or immunotherapy response in HGSOC warrants further research.
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Terapia Neoadyuvante , Neoplasias Quísticas, Mucinosas y Serosas/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Quísticas, Mucinosas y Serosas/secundario , Neoplasias Ováricas/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Ováricas/patología , Neoplasias Peritoneales/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Peritoneales/secundario , Microambiente Tumoral , Anciano , Antígenos CD/análisis , Antígenos de Diferenciación Mielomonocítica/análisis , Complejo CD3/análisis , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/inmunología , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos de Citorreducción , Femenino , Humanos , Linfocitos Infiltrantes de Tumor/inmunología , Macrófagos/inmunología , Persona de Mediana Edad , Terapia Neoadyuvante/efectos adversos , Clasificación del Tumor , Invasividad Neoplásica , Neoplasias Quísticas, Mucinosas y Serosas/inmunología , Neoplasias Quísticas, Mucinosas y Serosas/mortalidad , Neoplasias Ováricas/inmunología , Neoplasias Ováricas/mortalidad , Neoplasias Peritoneales/inmunología , Neoplasias Peritoneales/mortalidad , Estudios Prospectivos , Receptores de Superficie Celular/análisis , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores de Tiempo , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: Despite being the most important prognostic factor for prolonged overall survival in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), the measurement of residual disease is hampered by its subjective character. Additional assessment tools are needed to establish the success of cytoreductive surgery in order to predict patients' prognosis more accurately. The aim of this study is to evaluate the independent prognostic value of perioperative CA125 change in advanced stage EOC patients. STUDY DESIGN: We identified all patients who underwent primary cytoreductive surgery for advanced stage (FIGO IIB-IV) EOC between 2008 and 2015, from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. The relative perioperative change in CA125 was categorized into four groups; increase, <50% decline, 50-79% decline and ≥80% decline. Overall survival (OS) was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier survival curves and multivariable cox regression models. RESULTS: We included 1232 eligible patients with known pre- and postoperative CA125 serum levels. Patients with a decline of ≥80% in CA125 levels experienced improved OS compared to those with a decline of <50% (univariable Hazard Ratio (HR) 0.45, 95%CI 0.36-0.57). The prognostic effect of perioperative CA125 change was independent of patient- and treatment characteristics, such as the extent of residual disease after cytoreductive surgery (multivariable HR≥80% 0.52(0.41-0.66)). CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that the perioperative change in CA125 is an independent prognostic factor for overall survival after primary surgery for EOC patients. This pleads for the use of a combined model, consisting of perioperative CA125 change and the outcome of residual disease, in order to predict the prognosis of EOC patients more accurately.
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Antígeno Ca-125/sangre , Carcinoma Epitelial de Ovario/cirugía , Proteínas de la Membrana/sangre , Neoplasias Ováricas/cirugía , Biomarcadores de Tumor/sangre , Carcinoma Epitelial de Ovario/sangre , Carcinoma Epitelial de Ovario/mortalidad , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos de Citorreducción , Femenino , Humanos , Neoplasias Ováricas/sangre , Neoplasias Ováricas/mortalidad , Pronóstico , Tasa de SupervivenciaRESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: About 5% of ovarian tumours have a non-epithelial histology, including germ cell tumours (GCTs), sex cord-stromal tumours (SCSTs) and sarcomas. Because these non-epithelial ovarian tumours are rare and population-based studies are scarce, the aim of this population-based study is to describe trends in the incidence, treatment and survival of women with these tumours in the Netherlands. METHODS: All women diagnosed with non-epithelial ovarian malignant tumours in the Netherlands between 1989 and 2015 were identified from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. Data on demographics, tumour characteristics and initial treatment were collected, and overall survival was analysed. RESULTS: A total of 1258 non-epithelial ovarian tumours were identified comprising 752 GCTs (60%), 341 SCSTs (27%) and 165 sarcomas (13%). The European age-standardised incidence rate (ESR) was 0.4 per 100,000 persons per year for GCTs, 0.2 for SCSTs and 0.1 for sarcomas. Approximately 97% of patients underwent surgical resection for the primary tumour, 31% received systemic treatment and 3% radiotherapy. Between the late 1980s and 2015, five-year overall survival improved for all histologic subtypes: GCTs rose from 73% to 88% (p = 0.03), SCSTs from 64% to 81% (p = 0.57) and sarcomas from 20% to 29% (p = 0.14). CONCLUSION: Malignant GCTs and SCSTs are rare, and their incidence has not significantly changed over recent decades. They have a good prognosis, which also improved slightly during this period. Primary sarcomas of the ovary are extremely rare and still have a poor prognosis.
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Neoplasias de Células Germinales y Embrionarias/epidemiología , Neoplasias Ováricas/epidemiología , Sarcoma/epidemiología , Tumores de los Cordones Sexuales y Estroma de las Gónadas/epidemiología , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Femenino , Humanos , Incidencia , Persona de Mediana Edad , Neoplasias de Células Germinales y Embrionarias/diagnóstico , Neoplasias de Células Germinales y Embrionarias/mortalidad , Neoplasias de Células Germinales y Embrionarias/terapia , Países Bajos/epidemiología , Neoplasias Ováricas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Ováricas/mortalidad , Neoplasias Ováricas/terapia , Pronóstico , Sistema de Registros , Sarcoma/diagnóstico , Sarcoma/mortalidad , Sarcoma/terapia , Tumores de los Cordones Sexuales y Estroma de las Gónadas/diagnóstico , Tumores de los Cordones Sexuales y Estroma de las Gónadas/mortalidad , Tumores de los Cordones Sexuales y Estroma de las Gónadas/terapia , Factores de Tiempo , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: The benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy for FIGO stage I, high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) after optimal staging is a matter of debate. We investigated the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) in a population-based cohort study. METHODS: All patients diagnosed in the Netherlands between 2002 and 2014 with FIGO stage I HGSOC who underwent surgical staging were included. Data on clinical characteristics, histopathology, completeness of staging and survival were collected from the Netherlands Cancer Registry and Dutch Pathology Registry. Recurrence data was collected from hospital files. We used Kaplan-Meier methods to estimate RFS and OS and Cox-proportional hazard analyses to control for differences in baseline characteristics between patients who did or did not receive chemotherapy. RESULTS: We identified 223 patients who underwent optimal staging procedures including lymph node sampling. Events of disease recurrence occurred in 21 of the 101 patients (21%) who received adjuvant chemotherapy and in 46 of the 122 patients (38%) who did not (multivariable hazard ratio (HR), 0.37; 95%CI 0.22-0.64; pâ¯<â¯0.01). Five-year RFS was 81% after staging plus chemotherapy and 59% after staging only. At a median follow-up of 105â¯months, 21 patients (21%) in the chemotherapy group and 38 patients (31%) in the no-chemotherapy group had died (multivariable HR 0.50; 95%CI 0.28-0.89; pâ¯=â¯0.02). Ten-year OS was 78% with chemotherapy and 62% without chemotherapy. CONCLUSIONS: Adjuvant chemotherapy improves long-term RFS and OS in patients with FIGO stage I HGSOC after optimal staging.
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Antineoplásicos/uso terapéutico , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/patología , Neoplasias Quísticas, Mucinosas y Serosas/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Quísticas, Mucinosas y Serosas/patología , Neoplasias Ováricas/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Ováricas/patología , Anciano , Quimioterapia Adyuvante , Supervivencia sin Enfermedad , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Estimación de Kaplan-Meier , Persona de Mediana Edad , Clasificación del Tumor , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Neoplasias Quísticas, Mucinosas y Serosas/cirugía , Neoplasias Ováricas/cirugía , Modelos de Riesgos Proporcionales , Sistema de Registros , Estudios Retrospectivos , Tasa de SupervivenciaRESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: The care for patients with epithelial ovarian cancer(EOC) is organised in eight different geographical regions in the Netherlands. This situation allows us to study differences in practice patterns and outcomes between geographical regions for patients with FIGO stage IIIC and IV. METHODS: We identified all EOC patients who were diagnosed with FIGO stage IIIC or IV between 01.01.2008 and 31.12.2015 from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize treatment and treatment sequence(primary cytoreductive surgery(PCS) or neoadjuvant chemotherapy and interval cytoreductive surgery(NACT-ICS)). Moreover, outcome of surgery was compared between geographical regions. Multilevel logistic regression was used to assess whether existing variation is explained by geographical region and case-mix factors. RESULTS: Overall, 6,741 patients were diagnosed with FIGO IIIC or IV disease. There were no differences in the percentage of patients that received any form of treatment between the geographical regions(range 80-86%, Pâ¯=â¯0.162). In patients that received cytoreductive surgery and chemotherapy, a significant variation between the geographical regions was observed in the use of PCS and NACT-ICS(PCS: 24-48%, Pâ¯<â¯0.001). The percentage of complete cytoreductive surgeries after PCS ranged from 10 to 59%(Pâ¯<â¯0.001) and after NACT-ICS from 37 to 70%(Pâ¯<â¯0.001). Moreover, geographical region was independently associated with the outcome of surgery, also when adjusted for treatment sequence(Pâ¯<â¯0.001). CONCLUSION: We observed a significant variation in treatment approach for advanced EOC between geographical regions in the Netherlands. Furthermore, the probability to achieve no residual disease differed significantly between regions, regardless of treatment sequence. This may suggest that surgical outcomes can be improved across geographical regions.
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Carcinoma Epitelial de Ovario/mortalidad , Carcinoma Epitelial de Ovario/cirugía , Neoplasias Ováricas/mortalidad , Neoplasias Ováricas/cirugía , Ovariectomía/métodos , Sistema de Registros , Anciano , Carcinoma Epitelial de Ovario/patología , Quimioterapia Adyuvante , Estudios de Cohortes , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos de Citorreducción/métodos , Supervivencia sin Enfermedad , Femenino , Geografía , Humanos , Modelos Logísticos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Análisis Multivariante , Evaluación de Necesidades , Terapia Neoadyuvante , Invasividad Neoplásica/patología , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Países Bajos , Neoplasias Ováricas/patología , Ovariectomía/mortalidad , Pronóstico , Estudios Retrospectivos , Medición de Riesgo , Análisis de Supervivencia , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: The ability to minimize residual disease during primary cytoreductive surgery is the strongest predictor for improved overall survival in advanced ovarian cancer. But while the probability to achieve a macroscopic complete resection increases if surgery is preceded by neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT), survival rates after NACT are similar to those observed after primary surgery. This may suggest that the prognostic effect of residual disease is altered after NACT. More specifically, randomized data suggest that there is no difference between optimal (0.1-1â¯cm) and suboptimal (>1â¯cm) cytoreductive surgery after NACT. Therefore, the aim of the current review is to establish the prognostic effect of the amount of residual disease after interval cytoreductive surgery (ICS) on overall survival. METHODS: Potential articles for inclusion in the current review were systematically searched through Medline, Embase and Cochrane in September 2017. Median overall survival (mOS) was summarized by the outcome of ICS per study. In addition, mOS was summarized for all studies together stratified by the outcome of ICS, based on the principle of a weighted average. RESULTS: In total, 3677 unique manuscripts were individually screened on title and abstract, which resulted in 11 individual studies that comprised a total of 2178 patients. MOS was 41â¯months for patients with no residual disease (range 33-54â¯months), 27â¯months for patients with 0.1-1â¯cm of residual disease (range 19-38â¯months) and 21â¯months with >1â¯cm of residual disease (range 14-27â¯months). Six studies showed significant differences between optimal and suboptimal ICS, while five studies showed no differences. CONCLUSION: The summary of the currently available literature showed that after NACT, patients with optimal cytoreductive surgery experience lengthened survival compared to patients with suboptimal cytoreductive surgery. Patients with no macroscopic residual disease have, however, the most favorable survival outcomes, similar to what is seen after primary cytoreductive surgery.
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Carcinoma Epitelial de Ovario/tratamiento farmacológico , Carcinoma Epitelial de Ovario/patología , Carcinoma Epitelial de Ovario/cirugía , Quimioterapia Adyuvante , Femenino , Humanos , Terapia NeoadyuvanteRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Patients with ovarian cancer who are diagnosed with Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IV disease are a highly heterogeneous group with possible survival differences. The FIGO staging system was therefore updated in 2014. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the 2014 changes to FIGO stage IV ovarian cancer on overall survival. METHODS: We identified all patients diagnosed with FIGO stage IV disease between January 2008 and December 2015 from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. We analyzed the prognostic effect of FIGO IVa versus IVb. In addition, patients with extra-abdominal lymph node involvement as the only site of distant disease were analyzed separately. Overall survival was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier curves and multivariable Cox regression models. RESULTS: We identified 2436 FIGO IV patients, of whom 35% were diagnosed with FIGO IVa disease. Five-year overall survival of FIGO IVa and IVb patients (including those with no or limited therapy) was 8.9% and 13.0%, respectively (p=0.51). Patients with only extra-abdominal lymph node involvement had a significant better overall survival than all other FIGO IV patients (5-year overall survival 25.9%, hazard ratio 0.77 [95% CI 0.62 to 0.95]). CONCLUSION: Our study shows that the FIGO IV sub-classification into FIGO IVa and IVB does not provide additional prognostic information. Patients with extra-abdominal lymph node metastases as the only site of FIGO IV disease, however, have a better prognosis than all other FIGO IV patients. These results warrant a critical appraisal of the current FIGO IV sub-classification.
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OBJECTIVE: Treatment for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) consists of debulking surgery and (neo)adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the time from surgery to adjuvant chemotherapy (TTC) was associated with clinical outcome. METHODS: We identified all Dutch patients who received optimal or complete debulking surgery for primary EOC (FIGO IIb-IV) between 2008 and 2015 from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. TTC was divided into three groups based on the interquartile range (IQR). Early (<25%) and prolonged (>75%) TTC were compared to intermediate TTC (25-75%). Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with a prolonged TTC and multivariable Cox regression to evaluate the independent effect of treatment interval on overall survival (OS). Patients receiving primary debulking surgery (PDS) and patients receiving interval debulking surgery (IDS) were analyzed separately. RESULTS: 4097 patients were included, 1612 underwent PDS and 2485 IDS. Median TTC was 29â¯days (IQR 24-37). Ageâ¯≥â¯65, complete debulking surgery, postoperative complications, and hospitalization ≥10â¯days were independently associated with a longer TTC for both PDS and IDS. TTC in the longest quartile was associated with poor OS after both PDS (Hazard Rate (HR) 1.43, 95% CI 1.09-1.88) and NACT-IDS (HR 1.22 (1.02-1.47)) when compared to the intermediate TTC, but only in patients with no macroscopic residual disease after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides evidence that delayed initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy is an independent prognostic factor for worse overall survival after complete (interval)debulking surgery. We advise to start adjuvant chemotherapy within five to six weeks after debulking surgery.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/administración & dosificación , Carcinoma/terapia , Neoplasias de las Trompas Uterinas/terapia , Neoplasias Ováricas/terapia , Neoplasias Peritoneales/terapia , Factores de Edad , Anciano , Carboplatino/administración & dosificación , Quimioterapia Adyuvante , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos de Citorreducción/efectos adversos , Neoplasias de las Trompas Uterinas/patología , Femenino , Humanos , Tiempo de Internación , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Neoplasias Ováricas/patología , Paclitaxel/administración & dosificación , Neoplasias Peritoneales/patología , Complicaciones Posoperatorias/etiología , Tasa de Supervivencia , Factores de TiempoRESUMEN
PURPOSE: Improvements in neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) for breast cancer patients have led to increasing rates of pathologic complete response (pCR). The MICRA trial (NTR6120) aims at identifying pCR with post-NST biopsies. Here, we report the study design and feasibility. METHODS: The MICRA-trial is a multi-center prospective cohort study. Patients with a pre-NST placed marker and radiologic complete (rCR) or partial response on MRI after NST are eligible for inclusion. Ultrasound guided biopsy of the original tumor area is performed. Pathology results of the biopsies and surgery specimens are compared. The primary endpoint is false-negative rate of biopsies in identifying pCR. RESULTS: During the first year of the trial 58 patients with rCR were included. One patient was a screening failure and excluded for analysis. Twenty-one percent had hormone receptor (HR)+/HER2- tumors, 21% HR+/HER2+ tumors, 18% HR-/HER2+ tumors and 40% TN tumors. Overall pCR was 68%. In seven patients biopsies could not be obtained: in 6 patients, the marker could not be identified on ultrasound in the OR and in 1 patient there were technical difficulties. A median of eight biopsies was obtained (range 4-9). The median of histopathological representative biopsies was 4 (range 1-8). CONCLUSION: Ultrasound guided biopsy of the breast in patients with excellent response on MRI after NST is feasible. Accuracy results of the MICRA trial will be presented after inclusion of 525 patients to determine if ultrasound guided biopsy is an accurate alternative to surgical resection for assessment of pCR after NST.
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Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Mama/patología , Biopsia Guiada por Imagen/métodos , Terapia Neoadyuvante/métodos , Evaluación de Resultado en la Atención de Salud/métodos , Ultrasonografía Intervencional , Adulto , Anciano , Mama/diagnóstico por imagen , Mama/cirugía , Neoplasias de la Mama/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Mama/terapia , Protocolos Clínicos , Estudios de Factibilidad , Femenino , Humanos , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Prospectivos , Receptor ErbB-2/metabolismo , Proyectos de Investigación , Resultado del Tratamiento , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: Primary debulking surgery (PDS) followed by adjuvant chemotherapy is historically recommended as first line treatment for advanced stage ovarian cancer. Two randomized controlled trials, however, showed similar efficacy and reduced toxicity with neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval debulking surgery (NACT-IDS). Nevertheless, uptake of NACT-IDS varies widely between hospitals, which cannot be explained by difference in patient populations. In this survey, we therefore aimed to evaluate the views on NACT-IDS among all Dutch gynaecologists and medical oncologists involved in the treatment of ovarian cancer. STUDY DESIGN: An e-mail link to the online questionnaire was sent to all medical oncologists and gynaecologists in the Netherlands, regardless of their (sub)specializations. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were used to analyse differences between groups. RESULTS: Three-hundred-forty physicians were invited to fill out the questionnaire. After two reminders, 167 of them responded (49%). Among the responders, 82% of the gynaecologists versus 93% of the medical oncologists considered the available evidence sufficiently convincing to treat advanced stage ovarian cancer patients with NACT-IDS (pâ¯=â¯0.076). Moreover, 33% of gynaecologists and 62% of medical oncologists preferred NACT-IDS to PDS as first line treatment (pâ¯=â¯0.001). While most responders (86%) indicated that selecting the right patients for NACT-IDS is difficult, those with bulky disease, FIGO stage IV or metastases near the porta hepatica were most likely to undergo NACT-IDS. CONCLUSION: The majority of Dutch gynaecologists and medical oncologists adopted NACT-IDS as an alternative treatment approach for advanced stage primary ovarian cancer. About two-thirds of medical oncologists and one-third of gynaecologists prefer NACT-IDS to PDS as first line treatment in this setting. Improving patient selection is considered of paramount importance.
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Quimioterapia Adyuvante , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos de Citorreducción/métodos , Terapia Neoadyuvante , Neoplasias Ováricas/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Ováricas/cirugía , Actitud del Personal de Salud , Femenino , Ginecología , Humanos , Oncología Médica , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Países Bajos , Neoplasias Ováricas/patología , Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina , Encuestas y CuestionariosRESUMEN
AIM: This study investigates changes in therapy and long-term survival for patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) in the Netherlands. METHODS: All patients with EOC, including peritoneal and fallopian tube carcinoma, diagnosed in the Netherlands between 1989 and 2014 were selected from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. Changes in therapy were studied and related to overall survival (OS) using multivariable Cox regression models. RESULTS: A total of 32,540 patients were diagnosed with EOC of whom 22,047 (68%) had advanced stage disease. In early stage, lymph node dissection as part of surgical staging procedures increased over time from 4% in 1989-1993 to 62% in 2009-2014 (P < 0.001). In advanced stage, the number of patients receiving optimal treatment with surgery and chemotherapy increased from 55% in 1989-1993 to 67% in 2009-2014 (P < 0.001). Five-year survival rates improved in both early stage (74% versus 79%) and advanced stage (16% versus 24%) as well as in all patients combined (31% versus 34%). Ten-year survival rates, however, slightly improved in early stage (62% versus 67%) and advanced stage (10% versus 13%) but remained essentially unchanged at 24% for all patients combined. CONCLUSION: Despite intensified treatment and staging procedures, long-term survival for women with EOC has not improved in the last 25 years. The observed improvements in 5-year OS reflect a more prolonged disease control rather than better chances for cure. Furthermore, the apparent better long-term outcome, when early and advanced stage patients are analysed separately, is largely due to improved staging procedures and the ensuing stage migration. These effects disappear in a combined analysis of all patients.