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Villafuerte CVL, Ylananb AMD, Wong HVT, Cañal JPA, Fragante EJV. Systematic review of intraoperative radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. Ecancermedicalscience 2022; 16:1488. [PMID: 36819819 PMCID: PMC9934972 DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2022.1488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Multidisciplinary treatments with surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy are the cornerstones in the management of locally advanced head and neck malignancies. In most cases, radiation is delivered via external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT), on the other hand, is the delivery of precise doses of radiation to selected target volumes within the exposed surgical field while at the operating room. Most studies on its use on head and neck cancers are limited to single-institutional retrospective case series. We performed a systematic review to consolidate the existing literature on IORT for head and neck malignancies. Fifty-two studies representing a mixed population of 2,389 patients were included in this review. IORT via electrons (intraoperative electron radiation therapy), brachytherapy (intraoperative high dose-rate brachytherapy) or photons was administered in numerous settings, but most commonly as part of a reirradiation regimen following salvage surgery for recurrent tumours. Often, additional EBRT was also planned postoperatively. This review illustrates that IORT is a promising treatment modality in head and neck cancer. Multiple single-institutional studies spanning several decades have demonstrated benefit in terms of local control with reasonable toxicity. However, randomised trials comparing it with current standards of care are still needed.
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Feasibility and Safety of Intraoperative Radiotherapy with Low Energy X-ray Photon Therapy for Recurrent Gynecological Cancer: A Case Series. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12050685. [PMID: 35629353 PMCID: PMC9143111 DOI: 10.3390/life12050685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility and safety of low energy X-ray photon intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) as an adjuvant therapy for recurrent gynecological cancer.Methods: Medical records of all recurrence gynecological cancer patients who underwent IORT were reviewed. Results: Between January 2018 and December 2021, five women (including cervical cancer (n = 2), endometrial cancer (n = 2), and uterine leiomyosarcoma (n = 1)), who underwent IORT and surgical resection for recurrent gynecologic cancer were reviewed. A median dose of 15.62 Gy (range, 12 to 20 Gy) was used for IORT. Repeated IORT and surgical resection was performed in two women. Three women experienced local recurrence, and three women died during follow-up. The 1-year local control rate was 60%. The 2-year overall survival rate was 30%. There was no Clavien–Dindo classification grade III–V complication. Conclusion: IORT using low energy X-ray photon therapy seems to be feasible and safe as an adjuvant therapy in women who underwent salvage surgery for recurrent gynecologic cancer. However, large-scale prospective studies are needed to confirm our findings and evaluate its efficacy.
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Hilal L, Al Feghali KA, Ramia P, Abu Gheida I, Obeid JP, Jalbout W, Youssef B, Geara F, Zeidan YH. Intraoperative Radiation Therapy: A Promising Treatment Modality in Head and Neck Cancer. Front Oncol 2017; 7:148. [PMID: 28736725 PMCID: PMC5500621 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Every year, almost 62,000 are diagnosed with a head and neck cancer (HNC) and 13,000 will succumb to their disease. In the primary setting, intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) can be used as a boost in select patients in order to optimize local control. Addition of external beam radiation to limited volumes results in improved disease control over surgery and IORT alone. In the recurrent setting, IORT can improve outcomes from salvage surgery especially in patients previously treated with external beam radiation. The use of IORT remains limited to select institutions with various modalities being currently employed including orthovoltage, electrons, and high-dose rate brachytherapy. Practically, execution of IORT requires a coordinated effort and careful planning by a multidisciplinary team involving the head and neck surgeon, radiation oncologist, and physicist. The current review summarizes common uses, outcomes, toxicities, and technical aspects of IORT in HNC patients.
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- Lara Hilal
- Department of Radiation Oncology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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Pilar A, Gupta M, Ghosh Laskar S, Laskar S. Intraoperative radiotherapy: review of techniques and results. Ecancermedicalscience 2017; 11:750. [PMID: 28717396 PMCID: PMC5493441 DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2017.750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) is a technique that involves precise delivery of a large dose of ionising radiation to the tumour or tumour bed during surgery. Direct visualisation of the tumour bed and ability to space out the normal tissues from the tumour bed allows maximisation of the dose to the tumour while minimising the dose to normal tissues. This results in an improved therapeutic ratio with IORT. Although it was introduced in the 1960s, it has seen a resurgence of popularity with the introduction of self-shielding mobile linear accelerators and low-kV IORT devices, which by eliminating the logistical issues of transport of the patient during surgery for radiotherapy or building a shielded operating room, has enabled its wider use in the community. Electrons, low-kV X-rays and HDR brachytherapy are all different methods of IORT in current clinical use. Each method has its own unique set of advantages and disadvantages, its own set of indications where one may be better suited than the other, and each requires a specific kind of expertise. IORT has demonstrated its efficacy in a wide variety of intra-abdominal tumours, recurrent colorectal cancers, recurrent gynaecological cancers, and soft-tissue tumours. Recently, it has emerged as an attractive treatment option for selected, early-stage breast cancer, owing to the ability to complete the entire course of radiotherapy during surgery. IORT has been used in a multitude of roles across these sites, for dose escalation (retroperitoneal sarcoma), EBRT dose de-escalation (paediatric tumours), as sole radiation modality (early breast cancers) and as a re-irradiation modality (recurrent rectal and gynaecological cancers). This article aims to provide a review of the rationale, techniques, and outcomes for IORT across different sites relevant to current clinical practice.
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- Avinash Pilar
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr Ernest Borges' Marg, Parel, Mumbai, MS, India 400012
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr Ernest Borges' Marg, Parel, Mumbai, MS, India 400012
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr Ernest Borges' Marg, Parel, Mumbai, MS, India 400012
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr Ernest Borges' Marg, Parel, Mumbai, MS, India 400012
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Keller G, Steinmann D, Quaas A, Grünwald V, Janssen S, Hussein K. New concepts of personalized therapy in salivary gland carcinomas. Oral Oncol 2017; 68:103-113. [PMID: 28325631 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Revised: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Salivary gland carcinomas are rare tumours and therapy strategies are less standardized than in lung, gastric or breast cancer. Therapy is based on surgery, but not all carcinomas are completely resectable, e.g. because carcinomas often show infiltration of nerves. For further therapy decision pathology is recommended, but evaluation of potential targets for personalized therapy is not part of the routine panel. Many salivary gland carcinomas can be resistant to radio- and/or chemotherapy, which limits therapeutic options. This review summarizes new concepts for personalized therapy in salivary gland carcinoma patients. Targeting growth receptors HER2, EGFR, AR and ER is possible but, in some studies, potential target molecules were not adequately tested before therapy. In addition, approximately 20-25% of carcinomas have RAS mutation (mainly H-RAS), which could explain resistance to therapy. Possible therapy options in the future could be immunomodulation (inhibition of PDL1/PD1 signalling), nanoparticles (gold nanoparticles conjugated to cetuximab can increase radiosensitivity) and drug delivery systems (trastuzumab emtansine/T-DM1).
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- Gunter Keller
- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany; Department of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Henriettenstift, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Radiation Therapy and Special Oncology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany.
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Kyrgias G, Hajiioannou J, Tolia M, Kouloulias V, Lachanas V, Skoulakis C, Skarlatos I, Rapidis A, Bizakis I. Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) in head and neck cancer: A systematic review. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95:e5035. [PMID: 27977569 PMCID: PMC5268015 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000005035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Multimodality therapy constitutes the standard treatment of advanced and recurrent head and neck cancer. Since locoregional recurrence comprises a major obstacle in attaining cure, the role of intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) as an add-on in improving survival and local control of the disease has been investigated. IORT allows delivery of a single tumoricidal dose of radiation to areas of potential residual microscopic disease while minimizing doses to normal tissues. Advantages of IORT include the conformal delivery of a large dose of radiation in an exposed and precisely defined tumor bed, minimizing the risk of a geographic miss creating the potential for subsequent dose reduction of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). This strategy allows for shortening overall treatment time and dose escalation. The aim of this review is to summarize recent published work on the use of IORT as an adjuvant modality to treat common head and neck cancer in the primary or recurrent setting. METHODS We searched the Medline, Scopus, Ovid, Cochrane, Embase, and ISI Web of Science databases for articles published from 1980 up to March 2016. RESULTS Based on relevant publications it appears that including IORT in the multimodal treatment may contribute to improved local control. However, the benefit in overall survival is not so clear. CONCLUSION IORT seems to be a safe, promising adjunct in the management of head and neck cancer and yet further well organized clinical trials are required to determine its role more precisely.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Thessaly
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- Department of Radiotherapy/Radiation Oncology
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- 2nd Department of Radiology-Radiotherapy Unit, ATTIKON University Hospital, Medical School, University of Athens
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Thessaly
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Thessaly
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- Hellenic Anticancer Institute, St-Savvas Anticancer Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Hellenic Anticancer Institute, St-Savvas Anticancer Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Thessaly
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Orlandi E, Iacovelli NA, Bonora M, Cavallo A, Fossati P. Salivary Gland. Photon beam and particle radiotherapy: Present and future. Oral Oncol 2016; 60:146-56. [PMID: 27394087 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2016.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Salivary gland cancers (SGCs) are rare diseases and their treatment depends upon histology, stage and site of origin. Radical surgery is the mainstay of treatment but radiotherapy (RT) plays a key role in both the postoperative and the inoperable setting, as well as in recurrent disease. In the absence of prospective randomized trials, a wide retrospective literature suggests postoperative RT (PORT) in patients with high risk pathological features. SGCs, and adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) in particular, are known to be radio-resistant tumors and should therefore respond well to particle beam therapy. Recently, excellent outcome has been reported with radical carbon ion RT (CIRT) in particular for ACC. Both modern photon- and hadron-based treatments are effective and are characterized by a favourable toxicity profile. But it is not clear whether one modality is superior to the other for disease control, due to the differences in patients' selection, techniques, fractionation schedules and outcome measurements among clinical experiences. In this paper, we review the role of photon and particle RT for malignant SGCs, discussing the difference between modalities in terms of biological and technical characteristics. RT dose and target volumes for different histologies (ACC versus non-ACC) have also been taken into consideration.
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- Ester Orlandi
- Radiotherapy 2 Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
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- Clinical Department, CNAO (National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy), Pavia, Italy
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- Medical Physics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical Department, CNAO (National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy), Pavia, Italy; Radiotherapy Division, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
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Green B, Rahimi S, Brennan PA. Current management of the neck in salivary gland carcinomas. J Oral Pathol Med 2016; 46:161-166. [DOI: 10.1111/jop.12458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Ben Green
- Department of Gastroenterology; Torbay Hospital; Torquay UK
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- Department of Histopathology; Queen Alexandra Hospital; Portsmouth UK
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Debenham BJ, Hu KS, Harrison LB. Present status and future directions of intraoperative radiotherapy. Lancet Oncol 2013; 14:e457-e464. [PMID: 24079873 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(13)70270-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In this Review, we summarise recent published work on the use of intraoperative radiotherapy to treat common tumour sites in the primary or recurrent setting. Techniques, radiobiology, and the physics of intraoperative radiotherapy are also explored. Disease sites discussed in this Review include head and neck cancer, breast cancer, sarcoma, gastrointestinal cancer, genitourinary cancer, gynaecological cancer, thoracic cancer, and palliative applications.
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- Brock J Debenham
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York-Beth Israel Medical Center, St Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York-Beth Israel Medical Center, St Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York-Beth Israel Medical Center, St Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals, New York, NY 10003, USA
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