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Tibdewal A, Agrawal A, Bhogadi A, Mummudi N, Khatavkar G, Agarwal JP. Long Term Outcomes of Conventional Palliative Radiotherapy in Bone Metastases of Lung Cancer: A Prospective Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e66-e67. [PMID: 37785955 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Bone metastases (BM) are highly prevalent in metastatic lung cancer (LC) leading to consequential morbidity and a decline in quality of life. The identification of oncogenes mutation and introduction of targeted therapy has prolonged the survival and therefore evaluation of long-term pain response rates, durability and re-irradiation (Re-RT) with conventional radiotherapy (RT) is crucial, especially in LMIC where penetration of stereotactic body radiotherapy for BM is poor. MATERIALS/METHODS This prospective observational study included consecutive patients with histologically proven LC with radiologically confirmed BM. The primary objective was to evaluate the pain response rates in lung cancer patients with bone metastases treated with palliative RT. Palliative RT to BM was delivered using a conventional/conformal technique. The International Bone Metastases Consensus response criteria using Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and Oral Morphine Equivalent Dose (OMED) was used to evaluate the pain response at 12, 24, and 52 weeks. Assuming the worst-case scenario, pain progression-free survival (PPFS) was calculated from the date of baseline assessment to the date of pain progression (PP) or death using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. Known prognostic factors were evaluated using Cox regression analysis. RESULTS From June 2020 to August 2022, 250 patients of NSCLC (94%) were accrued. The majority were male (66%), smokers (35%), lytic lesions (75%) and in the axial skeleton (82%). The oncogenic mutation was seen in 123 (49%) patients. At baseline, the mean OMED was 20mg/day (SD-21), and the mean pain score was 6 (SD-2.3). The majority (66%) received an 8 Gy single fraction with only 3% treated with SBRT. In evaluable patients, the CR and PR rates at 12 (n-161) and 24 weeks (n-121) were 34%, 40%, and 44%, 35% respectively. The indeterminate response rate (IRR) at 3 and 6 months were 18% while the rate of PP was 6%. On multivariate analysis, negative oncogene mutation {HR-0.34 (CI 0.22- 0.50), p<0.0001} and soft tissue mass {HR-0.46 (CI 0.31- 0.68) p<0.0001} were significant prognostic factors for pain progression. Of 71 evaluable patients at 1 year, 56% had a complete response with an ORR of 87%. In patients with oncogene mutation, the CR rates at 12 (n-101), 24 (n-77), and 52 weeks were 40%, 47%, and 60% with an ORR of 86%. PP is observed in less than 4%. Pain response was significantly more durable than mutation negative (8 vs 3 months, p-0.003). Re-RT rate was overall 11% (n = 27) and 8.2% in oncogene mutation patients. Re-RT rate with single-fraction was 8% and 3% with fractionated RT. The median time to Re-RT was 9.7 weeks. The PPFS was 70% and 60% at 12 and 24 weeks, respectively. CONCLUSION This prospective study in an LC-specific population demonstrated excellent CR and PR rates with conventional RT. Durable pain relief with modest Re-RT rates with single fraction, particularly in oncogene mutation compels us to evaluate the role of SBRT for BM, especially in LMIC in a randomized setting.
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- A Tibdewal
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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Mahajan A, B G, Wadhwa S, Agarwal U, Baid U, Talbar S, Janu AK, Patil V, Noronha V, Mummudi N, Tibdewal A, Agarwal JP, Yadav S, Kumar Kaushal R, Puranik A, Purandare N, Prabhash K. Deep learning based automated epidermal growth factor receptor and anaplastic lymphoma kinase status prediction of brain metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer. Explor Target Antitumor Ther 2023; 4:657-668. [PMID: 37745691 PMCID: PMC10511818 DOI: 10.37349/etat.2023.00158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of developing a deep learning (DL) algorithm for classifying brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) into epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangement groups and to compare the accuracy with classification based on semantic features on imaging. Methods Data set of 117 patients was analysed from 2014 to 2018 out of which 33 patients were EGFR positive, 43 patients were ALK positive and 41 patients were negative for either mutation. Convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture efficient net was used to study the accuracy of classification using T1 weighted (T1W) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequence, T2 weighted (T2W) MRI sequence, T1W post contrast (T1post) MRI sequence, fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI sequences. The dataset was divided into 80% training and 20% testing. The associations between mutation status and semantic features, specifically sex, smoking history, EGFR mutation and ALK rearrangement status, extracranial metastasis, performance status and imaging variables of brain metastasis were analysed using descriptive analysis [chi-square test (χ2)], univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis assuming 95% confidence interval (CI). Results In this study of 117 patients, the analysis by semantic method showed 79.2% of the patients belonged to ALK positive were non-smokers as compared to double negative groups (P = 0.03). There was a 10-fold increase in ALK positivity as compared to EGFR positivity in ring enhancing lesions patients (P = 0.015) and there was also a 6.4-fold increase in ALK positivity as compared to double negative groups in meningeal involvement patients (P = 0.004). Using CNN Efficient Net DL model, the study achieved 76% accuracy in classifying ALK rearrangement and EGFR mutations without manual segmentation of metastatic lesions. Analysis of the manually segmented dataset resulted in improved accuracy of 89% through this model. Conclusions Both semantic features and DL model showed comparable accuracy in classifying EGFR mutation and ALK rearrangement. Both methods can be clinically used to predict mutation status while biopsy or genetic testing is undertaken.
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- Abhishek Mahajan
- Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust, L7 8YA Liverpool, UK
- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded 431606, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded 431606, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India
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Singh AG, Sharin F, Ramalingam N, Tuljapurkar V, Mummudi N, Prabhash K, Chaturvedi P. Determining the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on adjuvant therapy for oral cancer - A matched-pair analysis. Indian J Cancer 2023; 60:359-365. [PMID: 36861710 DOI: 10.4103/ijc.ijc_186_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Background The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has hard-pressed the health care systems beyond their capabilities, causing a lack of appropriate cancer treatment delivery. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of pandemic-related restrictions on adjuvant therapy delivery for oral cancer patients during these demanding times. Materials and Methods Oral cancer patients who were operated on between February and July 2020 and scheduled to receive prescribed adjuvant therapy during the COVID-19-related restrictions (Group I) were included in the study. The data were matched for the length of hospital stay and type of prescribed adjuvant therapy, with a set of patients who were similarly managed 6 months preceding the restrictions (Group II). Demographic and treatment-specific details, including inconveniences faced in procuring prescribed treatment, were obtained. Factors associated with delay in receiving adjuvant therapy were compared using regression models. Results A total of 116 oral cancer patients were considered for analysis, comprising 69% (n = 80) adjuvant radiotherapy alone and 31% (n = 36) concurrent chemoradiotherapy. The mean hospital stay was 13 days. In Group I, 29.3% (n = 17) of patients were not able to receive any form of their prescribed adjuvant therapy at all, which was 2.43 times higher than Group II (P = 0.038). None of the disease-related factors significantly predicted delay in receiving adjuvant therapy. Of the delay, 76.47% (n = 13) was present during the initial part of the restrictions, with the most common reason being unavailability of appointments (47.1%, n = 8), followed by inability to reach treatment centers (23.5%, n = 4) and redeem reimbursements (23.5%, n = 4). The number of patients who were delayed the start of radiotherapy beyond 8 weeks after surgery was double in Group I (n = 29) than in Group II (n = 15; P = 0.012). Conclusions This study highlights a small part of the rippling effect the COVID-19 restrictions have on oral cancer management and pragmatic actions may be needed by policymakers to deal with such challenges.
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- Arjun G Singh
- Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and HBNI, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Sood S, Sinha S, Balaji A, Mundhe SR, Mummudi N, Budrukkar A, Swain M, Prabash K, Noronha V, Joshi A, Patil V, Laskar SG. Non-surgical organ preservation in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers: an audit from the clinic. J Laryngol Otol 2023; 137:448-454. [PMID: 35678378 DOI: 10.1017/s002221512200113x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is increasing concern regarding efficacy of organ preservation protocol in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers. METHOD This study retrospectively assessed disease-related and functional outcomes of 191 patients with non-metastatic laryngeal or hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with curative intent (radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy). RESULTS Seventy-six patients (39.8 per cent) had a primary cancer in the larynx, and 115 patients (60.2 per cent) had a primary cancer in the hypopharynx. The median follow up was 39 months. The 3-year time to progression, overall survival, local control and laryngectomy free survival was 56.2 per cent, 76.3 per cent, 73.2 per cent and 67.2 per cent, respectively. At the time of analysis, 83 patients (43.5 per cent) were alive and disease free at their last follow up and did not require tube feeding or tracheostomy. The laryngo-oesophageal dysfunction-free survival was 61 per cent at 3 years. CONCLUSION Organ conservation protocols remain the standard of treatment in appropriately selected patients with laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers.
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- S Sood
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Speech and Therapy, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Krupamayi Cancer Hospital, Aurangabad, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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Ghosh-Laskar S, Mummudi N, Kumar S, Chandre M, Mishra S, Tibdewal A, Agarwal JP, Patil V, Noronha V, Prabash K, Patil P, Jiwnani S, Karimundackal G, Pramesh CS. Definitive radiation therapy with dose escalation is beneficial for patients with squamous cell cancer of the esophagus. J Cancer Res Ther 2022; 18:S285-S292. [PMID: 36510978 DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_404_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Objective We report the long term follow-up, toxicity, and outcomes of patients with localized squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus(ESCC) who underwent definitive chemo-radiotherapy(dCRT) at our institute. Materials and Methods Patients diagnosed with carcinoma post cricoid, upper cervical and thoracic oesophagus and treated with dCRT between January 2000 and March 2012 were retrospectively analyzed. Radiotherapy was delivered in two phases to a maximum dose of 63Gy in daily fractions of 1.8Gy using conventional or conformal techniques. OS and PFS were defined from date of registration and were calculated by Kaplan-Meier method with comparisons between different subgroups performed using log-rank test. All data were analysed using SPSS Version 22. Results Three hundred and fourteen patients with ESCC treated with dCRT were included in this analysis. Median age at presentation was 56 years and median KPS at presentation was 70. Two-third of patients were treated with conformal technique. Median dose of radiation delivered was 60Gy(range 30.6Gy-70Gy). Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was administered in about 35% patients and 57% patients received concurrent chemotherapy. About 10% patients required hospitalization during treatment due to complications and 7 patients did not complete treatment. Grade 1/2 dermatitis and mucositis was seen in 77% and 71% patients respectively. Complete response at first follow up was observed in 56% of patients. At a median follow up of 56 months, 77 patients were alive with controlled disease. The 1- and 3-yr OS were 80% and 62% respectively. Median PFS was 28 months; 1- and 3-yr PFS were 66% and 46% respectively. A higher RT dose was found to be a significant predictor for OS and PFS on both uni- and multivariate analysis. Conclusion Our study highlights that the delivery of higher RT doses (≥63Gy) is feasible in this patient group and that a higher RT dose was associated with significantly better PFS and OS.
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- Sarbani Ghosh-Laskar
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, NAMCO Charitable Trust Hospital, Nashik, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Gastrenterology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Krishnamurthy R, Mummudi N, Goda JS, Chopra S, Heijmen B, Swamidas J. Using Artificial Intelligence for Optimization of the Processes and Resource Utilization in Radiotherapy. JCO Glob Oncol 2022; 8:e2100393. [PMID: 36395438 PMCID: PMC10166445 DOI: 10.1200/go.21.00393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The radiotherapy (RT) process from planning to treatment delivery is a multistep, complex operation involving numerous levels of human-machine interaction and requiring high precision. These steps are labor-intensive and time-consuming and require meticulous coordination between professionals with diverse expertise. We reviewed and summarized the current status and prospects of artificial intelligence and machine learning relevant to the various steps in RT treatment planning and delivery workflow specifically in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We also searched the PubMed database using the search terms (Artificial Intelligence OR Machine Learning OR Deep Learning OR Automation OR knowledge-based planning AND Radiotherapy) AND (list of Low- and Middle-Income Countries as defined by the World Bank at the time of writing this review). The search yielded a total of 90 results, of which results with first authors from the LMICs were chosen. The reference lists of retrieved articles were also reviewed to search for more studies. No language restrictions were imposed. A total of 20 research items with unique study objectives conducted with the aim of enhancing RT processes were examined in detail. Artificial intelligence and machine learning can improve the overall efficiency of RT processes by reducing human intervention, aiding decision making, and efficiently executing lengthy, repetitive tasks. This improvement could permit the radiation oncologist to redistribute resources and focus on responsibilities such as patient counseling, education, and research, especially in resource-constrained LMICs.
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- Revathy Krishnamurthy
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Division of Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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Tibdewal A, Tahmeed T, Agarwal J, Prabhash K, Mummudi N, Noronha V, Patil V, Menon N, Chopade S, Singh A. EP08.03-002 Local Ablative Therapy in Oligoprogressive NSCLC - Results from a Tertiary Cancer Center of India. J Thorac Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.07.858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Nilsson M, Olafsdottir H, Alexandersson von Döbeln G, Villegas F, Gagliardi G, Hellström M, Wang QL, Johansson H, Gebski V, Hedberg J, Klevebro F, Markar S, Smyth E, Lagergren P, Al-Haidari G, Rekstad LC, Aahlin EK, Wallner B, Edholm D, Johansson J, Szabo E, Reynolds JV, Pramesh CS, Mummudi N, Joshi A, Ferri L, Wong RKS, O’Callaghan C, Lukovic J, Chan KKW, Leong T, Barbour A, Smithers M, Li Y, Kang X, Kong FM, Chao YK, Crosby T, Bruns C, van Laarhoven H, van Berge Henegouwen M, van Hillegersberg R, Rosati R, Piessen G, de Manzoni G, Lordick F. Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy and Surgery for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Versus Definitive Chemoradiotherapy With Salvage Surgery as Needed: The Study Protocol for the Randomized Controlled NEEDS Trial. Front Oncol 2022; 12:917961. [PMID: 35912196 PMCID: PMC9326032 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.917961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background The globally dominant treatment with curative intent for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) with subsequent esophagectomy. This multimodal treatment leads to around 60% overall 5-year survival, yet with impaired post-surgical quality of life. Observational studies indicate that curatively intended chemoradiotherapy, so-called definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT) followed by surveillance of the primary tumor site and regional lymph node stations and surgery only when needed to ensure local tumor control, may lead to similar survival as nCRT with surgery, but with considerably less impairment of quality of life. This trial aims to demonstrate that dCRT, with selectively performed salvage esophagectomy only when needed to achieve locoregional tumor control, is non-inferior regarding overall survival, and superior regarding health-related quality of life (HRQOL), compared to nCRT followed by mandatory surgery, in patients with operable, locally advanced ESCC. Methods This is a pragmatic open-label, randomized controlled phase III, multicenter trial with non-inferiority design with regard to the primary endpoint overall survival and a superiority hypothesis for the experimental intervention dCRT with regard to the main secondary endpoint global HRQOL one year after randomization. The control intervention is nCRT followed by preplanned surgery and the experimental intervention is dCRT followed by surveillance and salvage esophagectomy only when needed to secure local tumor control. A target sample size of 1200 randomized patients is planned in order to reach 462 events (deaths) during follow-up. Clinical Trial Registration www.ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT04460352.
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- Magnus Nilsson
- Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Upper Abdominal Diseases, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- *Correspondence: Magnus Nilsson,
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Thoracic Oncology Center, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Thoracic Oncology Center, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Section of Radiotherapy Physics and Engineering, Department of Medical Radiation Physics and Nuclear Medicine, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Section of Radiotherapy Physics and Engineering, Department of Medical Radiation Physics and Nuclear Medicine, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Clinical Cancer Studies, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Clinical Cancer Studies, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Upper Abdominal Diseases, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, St. Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of GI and HPB Surgery, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Surgery, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Örebro, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute, Dublin, Ireland
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Academy of Surgery, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Academy of Surgery, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Thoracic Oncology Center, HKU Shenzhen Hospital, Hong Kong University Li Ka Shing Medical School, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of thoracic surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Department of General, Visceral and Cancer Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, San Rafaele Hospital, Vita Salute University, Milan, Italy
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR9020-U1277 - CANTHER – Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University Cancer Center Leipzig, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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Sengar M, Chinnaswamy G, Ranganathan P, Ashok A, Bhosale S, Biswas S, Chaturvedi P, Dhamne C, Divatia J, D'Sa K, Jain H, Laskar S, Moulik NR, Mummudi N, Nair S, Nayak L, Nayak P, Patkar S, Pawaskar P, Ramaswamy A, Shetty O, Singh A, Sridhar E, Thorat J, Badwe R, Pramesh CS. Outcomes of COVID-19 and risk factors in patients with cancer. Nat Cancer 2022; 3:547-551. [PMID: 35379984 DOI: 10.1038/s43018-022-00363-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Patients with cancer are at higher risk for adverse coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes. Here, we studied 1,253 patients with cancer, who were diagnosed with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 at a tertiary referral cancer center in India. Most patients had mild disease; in our settings, recent cancer therapies did not impact COVID-19 outcomes. Advancing age, smoking history, concurrent comorbidities and palliative intent of treatment were independently associated with severe COVID-19 or death. Thus, our study provides useful insights into cancer management during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Manju Sengar
- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
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Mummudi N, Tibdewal A, Gupta T, Patil V, Prabhash K, Agarwal JP. Tackling brain metastases from lung cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cancer Rep (Hoboken) 2022; 5:e1276. [PMID: 32881412 PMCID: PMC9124513 DOI: 10.1002/cnr2.1276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Given the enormous strain the COVID-19 pandemic has put on healthcare worldwide, appropriate allocation of resources according to priority is of immense importance. As brain metastases are a common presentation in lung cancer, during the pandemic, it potentially can pose a major management challenge to clinicians. In this article, we outline a pragmatic approach that oncologists should consider while managing these patients. The overarching principle is to deliver best, evidence-based treatment without compromising patient care while ensuring the safety of healthcare workers.
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- Naveen Mummudi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial CentreHomi Bhabha National InstituteMumbaiIndia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial CentreHomi Bhabha National InstituteMumbaiIndia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial CentreHomi Bhabha National InstituteMumbaiIndia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial CentreHomi Bhabha National InstituteMumbaiIndia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial CentreHomi Bhabha National InstituteMumbaiIndia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial CentreHomi Bhabha National InstituteMumbaiIndia
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Mummudi N, Jiwnani S, Niyogi D, Srinivasan S, Ghosh-Laskar S, Tibdewal A, Rane P, Karimundackal G, Pramesh CS, Agarwal JP. Salvage radiotherapy for postoperative locoregional failure in esophageal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Dis Esophagus 2022; 35:6257764. [PMID: 33912933 DOI: 10.1093/dote/doab020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Locoregional recurrences following surgery for esophageal cancers represent a significant clinical problem with no standard recommendations for management. We conducted this systematic review and meta-analysis with the objective of studying safety and efficacy of salvage radiotherapy in this setting. All prospective and retrospective cohort studies, which studied patients who developed locoregional recurrence following initial radical surgery for esophageal cancer and subsequently received salvage radiation therapy (RT)/chemoradiation with all relevant information regarding survival outcome and toxicity available, were included. The quality of eligible individual studies was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale score for risk of bias. R package MetaSurv was used to obtain a summary survival curve from survival probabilities and numbers of at-risk patients collected at various time points and to test the overall heterogeneity using the I2 statistic. Thirty studies (27 retrospective, 3 prospective) published from 1995 to 2020 with 1553 patients were included. The median interval between surgery and disease recurrence was 12.5 months. The median radiation dose used was 60 Gy and 57% received concurrent chemotherapy. The overall incidence of acute grade 3/4 mucositis and dermatitis were 8 and 4%, respectively; grade 3/4 acute pneumonitis was reported in 5%. The overall median follow-up of all studies included was 27 months. The 1-, 2- and 3-year overall survival (OS) probabilities were 67.9, 35.9 and 30.6%, respectively. Factors which predicted better survival on multivariate analysis were good PS, lower group stage, node negativity at index surgery, longer disease-free interval, nodal recurrence (as compared to anastomotic site recurrence), smaller disease volume, single site of recurrence, RT dose >50 Gy, conformal RT, use of concomitant chemotherapy and good radiological response after radiotherapy. Salvage radiotherapy with or without concomitant chemotherapy for locoregional recurrences after surgery for esophageal cancer is safe and effective. Modern radiotherapy techniques may improve outcomes and reduce treatment-related morbidity.
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- N Mummudi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Bio-statistics, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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Khanna NR, Kumar A, Kataki K, Sehra N, Laskar SG, Mummudi N, Gupta T, Tibdewal A, Pathak R, Wadasadawala T, Krishnatry R, Chopra S, Goda JS, Chatterjee A, Budrukkar A, Gurram L, Engineer R, Murthy V, Swain M, Laskar S, Sarin R, Agarwal JP. Compliance of Radiotherapy Treatment at a Tertiary Cancer Center in India—A Clinical Audit. Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1742666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction Noncompliance to planned radiotherapy (RT) treatment is associated with inferior outcomes and also serves as an indicator of quality of care offered to the patients. Identification of the rate of noncompliance and its causative factors can help us develop an insight toward implementing mitigation measures thereby improving the quality of treatment.
Objective To ascertain the incidence of noncompliance and the factors affecting the same in patients offered RT appointments.
Materials and Methods We retrospectively reviewed the records of patients from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019, who were noncompliant (defaulted RT simulation or defaulted initiation of RT or defaulted planned RT during the course of RT but excluding planned/unplanned treatment breaks or early conclusions prescribed by the treating radiation oncologist) for the planned RT treatment.
Results Of the 8,607 appointments (7,699 external beam RT and 908 brachytherapy) given to the patients attending the radiation oncology outpatient department in the year 2019, a total of 197 (2.28%) patients were found to be noncomplaint. Ninety-seven patients defaulted RT simulation (49.2%), 53 defaulted RT starting (26.9%), and 47 defaulted while on RT (23.9%). Half of these had either head–neck (29.9%) or gynecological (20.8%) malignancies. Patients with breast cancers had the least noncompliance rates (0.02%). The cause for noncompliance was ascertained in 135 patients (68.5%). The common causes of noncompliance were the desire to continue treatment closer to home (21.5%) followed by logistic (17%), lack of confidence in the curative potential of the planned therapy (17%), and financial reasons (11.8%). Patients with head–neck and gynecological malignancies were more often with advanced staged disease and were planned multimodal treatment protocols. The majority of the 23 patients who defaulted palliative RT were planned for fractionated treatments (73.9%).
Conclusion The incidence of noncompliance in patients planned for RT in our institute can be considered optimum. Appropriate counseling of patients at the time of scheduling appointment, upfront identification of patients at high risk of noncompliance, and assisting patients with financial and logistic challenges are imperative to ensure adherence to planned treatment schedule.
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- Nehal R. Khanna
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Goda J, Nayak P, Sinha S, Sahu A, Joshi K, Choudhary O, Mhatre R, Mummudi N, Agarwal J. Computerized tomography-based first order tumor texture features in non-small cell lung carcinoma treated with concurrent chemoradiation: A simplistic and potential surrogate imaging marker for survival. J Cancer Res Ther 2022. [DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_2317_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Laskar SG, Sinha S, Singh M, Mummudi N, Mittal R, Gavarraju A, Budrukkar A, Swain M, Agarwal JP, Gupta T, Murthy V, Mokal S, Patil V, Noronha V, Joshi A, Menon N, Prabhash K. Post-cricoid and Upper Oesophagus Cancers Treated with Organ Preservation Using Intensity-modulated Image-guided Radiotherapy: a Phase II Prospective Study of Outcomes, Toxicity and Quality of Life. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2021; 34:220-229. [PMID: 34872822 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2021.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS To prospectively examine the outcomes, toxicity and quality of life (QoL) of patients with post-cricoid and upper oesophagus (PCUE) cancers treated with an organ-preservation approach of (chemo)-radiotherapy using intensity-modulated image-guided radiotherapy (IM-IGRT). MATERIALS AND METHODS This phase II prospective study was conducted at a tertiary cancer centre from February 2017 to January 2020. Forty patients with squamous cell carcinoma of PCUE of stage T1-3, N0-2, M0 were accrued. Gross exolaryngeal extension/dysfunctional larynx were major exclusion criteria. Patients received 63-66 Gy in once-daily fractions using volumetric modulated arc therapy with daily IGRT. Outcome measures included disease-related outcomes, patterns of failure, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group toxicities, feeding tube dependency and QoL. RESULTS The median follow-up was 22 months. Twenty-six (87.5%) patients had locoregionally advanced disease and 34 (85%) patients received (chemo)-radiotherapy. A complete response was observed in 26 (65%) patients. The 2-year locoregional control, event-free survival and cause-specific survival were 59.6%, 40.2% and 44.8%, respectively. The volume of primary tumour (GTVPvol) exceeding 28 cm3 had inferior overall survival (P = 0.005) on univariate analysis. Multivariable analysis showed GTVPvol and positron emission tomography-computed tomography maximum standardised uptake value to be independently predictive for event-free and overall survival. A feeding tube requirement at presentation was seen in 11 (27.5%) patients, whereas long-term feeding tube dependency at 6 months was seen in 10 (37%) patients. For QoL, a statistical improvement in pain, appetite loss and swallowing was observed over time. CONCLUSION Although the outcomes of PCUE cancers remain dismal, the use of state of the art diagnostic modalities, careful case selection and modern radiotherapy techniques improved outcomes as compared with before in this exclusive analysis of PCUE cancers.
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- S G Laskar
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Clinical Research Secretariat, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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Joshi P, Joshi KD, Nair S, Bhati M, Nair D, Bal M, Joshi A, Mummudi N, Tuljapurkar V, Chaukar DA, Chaturvedi P. Surgical Management of Parapharyngeal Tumors: Our Experience. South Asian J Cancer 2021; 10:167-171. [PMID: 34938679 PMCID: PMC8687863 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1731580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Context
Tumors of parapharyngeal space (PPS) are rare and histologically diverse. The management of these tumors requires diligent assessment and planning with due consideration of various anatomical and pathological aspects of the lesion.
Aims
This retrospective study aims to present our experiences in the clinical and pathological aspects of PPS tumors with a critical evaluation of management.
Settings and Design
Retrospective analytical study.
Methods and Material
The electronic medical records of 60 cases of PPS tumors, managed surgically from 2007 to 2017, were reviewed and analyzed using SPSS 22 software. The mean follow-up duration was 44 months.
Results
The mean age was 45 years with a male-to-female ratio of 1.7 (38:22). The majority of the tumors were benign (71.7%) and the most common presentation being upper neck mass or oropharyngeal mass. Histologically, neurogenic tumors were most common (43.3%) PPS tumors, followed by tumors of salivary gland origin. Magnetic resonance imaging was used as a diagnostic modality in 70% of cases, and computed tomography scan and positron emission tomography/CT were used in 26.7 and 3.3% of cases, respectively. In our study, the diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology was 71% for benign and 47% for malignant lesions. The most common approach for surgery used was transcervical (72%).
Conclusion
The study reveals that cranial nerve palsy is the most common complication associated with PPS tumors. Completely resected, malignant tumors originating within PPS have a good prognosis, as compared with tumors extending or metastasized to PPS.
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- Poonam Joshi
- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Sawant P, Mittal P, Tibdewal A, Mummudi N, Tandon S, Agarwal J. P05.05 Impact of Lung Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy on Pulmonary Function Test – Experience from Tertiary Cancer Centre in India. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.08.277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tibdewal A, Sharma A, Gurram L, Mummudi N, Agarwal J. Outcomes of Palliative Radiotherapy in Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression in Lung Cancer-A Prospective Observational Study from Tata Memorial Hospital. South Asian J Cancer 2021; 10:120-126. [PMID: 34568226 PMCID: PMC8460344 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1731903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Background
Metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC) secondary to lung cancer (LC) is a debilitating complication associated with poor prognosis and is commonly treated with radiotherapy (RT). There is no consensus for RT dose fractionation in spinal cord compression.
Methods
Forty consecutive patients of LC with radiological evidence of MESCC treated with palliative RT were evaluated for functional outcomes (pain, ambulation, and sphincter function) at 2-, 4-, and 24-week post RT completion. Pain assessment was done using visual analogue scale (VAS) and response was categorized according to international consensus criteria, ambulation status (AS) using Tomita’s scale, and sphincter function by the presence or absence of a catheter. Overall survival (OS) was assessed using Kaplan-Meier method and compared using log-rank test. Impact of potential prognostic factors on survival was also analyzed and
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Results
Sixteen, 22, and two patients received 8 Gy single fraction (SF), 20 Gy in five fractions (20/5), and 30 Gy in 10 fractions (30/10), respectively. At 2 weeks, overall response (OR) rates of pain, ambulation, and sphincter control were 73, 81, and 81%, respectively. At 4 and 24 weeks, 93.7, 84.3, 87.5% and 88, 94, 76.5% had OR, respectively. Median OS was 4 months. Six- and 12-months OS was 50 and 37.5%. Nonsignificant difference in OS was seen between SF and 20/5 fractions (median 2.2 vs. 7.1 months,
p
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p
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Radiotherapy provided equivalent pain control, ambulation, and sphincter function compared with reported literature in MESCC. Nonsignificant difference in OS exists between SF and multifraction RT regimens.
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- Anil Tibdewal
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Tibdewal A, Bushra S, Mummudi N, Kinhikar R, Ghadi Y, Agrawal JP. Is Maximum Intensity Projection an Optimal Approach for Internal Target Volume Delineation in Lung Cancer? J Med Phys 2021; 46:59-65. [PMID: 34566284 PMCID: PMC8415243 DOI: 10.4103/jmp.jmp_65_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Purpose: Respiratory-induced tumor motion is a major challenge in lung cancer (LC) radiotherapy. Four-dimensional computed tomography (4D-CT) using a maximum intensity projection (MIP) dataset is a commonly used and time-efficient method to generate internal target volume (ITV). This study compared ITV delineation using MIP or tumor delineation on all phases of the respiratory cycle. Materials and Methods: Thirty consecutive patients of LC who underwent 4D-CT from January 2014 to March 2017 were included. ITV delineation was done using MIP (ITVMIP) and all ten phases of the respiratory cycle (ITV10Phases). Both volumes were analyzed using matching index (MI). It is the ratio of the intersection of two volumes to the union of two volumes. A paired sample t-test was used for statistical analysis, and P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The mean ± standard deviation volume of ITV10Phases was significantly larger compared to ITVMIP (134 cc ± 39.1 vs. 113 cc ± 124.2, P = 0.000). The mean MI was 0.75 (range 0.57–0.88). The mean volume of ITV10Phases not covered by ITVMIP was 26.33 cc (23.5%) and vice versa was 5.51 cc (6.1%). The mean MI was 0.73 for tumors close to the mediastinum, chest wall, and diaphragm. MI was not different between tumors ≤5 cm and >5 cm. The average time required for delineation was 9 and 96 min, respectively. The center of mass of two ITVs differed by 0.01 cm. Conclusion: ITV using MIP is significantly smaller and may miss a tumor compared to ITV delineation in 10 phases of 4D-CT. However, the time required is significantly less with MIP. Caution should be exercised in tumors proximity to the mediastinum, chest wall, and diaphragm.
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- Anil Tibdewal
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Agarwal JP, Tibdewal A, Mohanty S, Mummudi N. Radiotherapy of brain metastasis from lung cancer in limited resource settings. J Thorac Dis 2021; 13:3308-3314. [PMID: 34164223 PMCID: PMC8182549 DOI: 10.21037/jtd-2019-rbmlc-02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Radiotherapy is one of the most commonly used treatment modality for brain metastases from lung cancer. Its use has evolved from conventional whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) to more sophisticated stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and hippocampal sparing radiotherapy. Indications of cranial radiotherapy are also evolving with the advent of targeted therapies directed against molecular markers like epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK). Prognostic criteria such as recursive partitioning analyses and graded prognostic score helps in prognostication of brain metastases patients. Majority of the prospective and randomized studies of brain metastases from lung cancer have come from the developed countries with adequate resources. Efforts have been made to replicate or validate the data in developing countries. In this overview, we intend to discuss the role of radiotherapy for brain metastases in limited resource settings of developing countries. The aim should be to generate a good quality data which is applicable for routine clinical practice in a resource friendly manner. SRS is indicated in guidelines for limited brain metastases, however, it requires a more sophisticated treatment delivery and quality assurance machines which are not available at many centres in majority of the developing countries. Similarly, clinical research should be undertaken considering the demographic, clinical and genetic differences among different populations. Currently, tyrosine kinase inhibitors have dramatically changed the outcomes of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer including brain metastases. The role of WBRT is being questioned in driver mutated patients in developed countries. However, the applicability of this approach should be examined in resource constrained settings as availability of these drugs is limited, its higher cost and frequent use of surveillance brain imaging are the practical challenges.
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- Jai Prakash Agarwal
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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Mummudi N, Ghosh-Laskar S, Tibdewal A, Agarwal JP. Radiotherapy practice during the COVID-19 pandemic and nation-wide lockdown: The Indian scenario. Indian J Cancer 2021; 58:140-142. [PMID: 33762489 DOI: 10.4103/ijc.ijc_603_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Naveen Mummudi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Tibdewal A, Agarwal JP, Srinivasan S, Mummudi N, Noronha V, Prabhash K, Patil V, Purandare N, Janu A, Kannan S. Standard maintenance therapy versus local consolidative radiation therapy and standard maintenance therapy in 1-5 sites of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer: a study protocol of phase III randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e043628. [PMID: 33727268 PMCID: PMC7970230 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Two-phase II randomised studies have shown a significant benefit of local consolidation therapy in oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This phase III randomised controlled trial (RCT) will evaluate the efficacy of local consolidation radiation therapy (RT) in oligometastases (OM) NSCLC after completion of initial systemic therapy. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This is a single-centre phase III RCT of OM NSCLC patients. One hundred and ninety patients will undergo 1:1 randomisation to either standard maintenance therapy (control arm) or local consolidation RT and standard maintenance therapy (experimental arm). Patients will be stratified into the number of OM sites (1-2 vs 3-5), nodal metastases (N0-N1 vs N2-N3) and presence or absence of brain metastases. Stereotactic body radiation therapy to all the oligometastatic sites and definitive RT to primary disease will be given in the experimental arm. The primary endpoint is overall survival and secondary endpoints include progression-free survival, local control of OM sites, new distant metastases free survival, objective response rate, toxicity and quality of life. Translation endpoint include circulating tumour cells and radiomics using texture analysis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION All patients will be provided with a written informed consent form which needs to be signed before randomisation. The study is approved by the institutional ethics committee-II (project number 3445) and registered with Clinical Trials Registry-India, dated 21 April 2020. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER CTRI/2020/04/024761; Pre-Results.
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- Anil Tibdewal
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Clinical Research Secretariat, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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Laskar SG, Pai P, Sinha S, Budrukkar A, Nair D, Swain M, Mummudi N, Gupta T, Murthy V, Agarwal JP, Tiwari N, Thiagrajan S, Chaukar D, Chaturvedi P, Pantvaidya G, Deshmukh A, Nair S, Prabhash K, Joshi A, Noronha V, Patil V, Menon N, Patil A, Bal M, Mittal N, Rane S. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy for nasal cavity and paranasal sinus tumors: Experience from a single institute. Head Neck 2021; 43:2045-2057. [PMID: 33687114 DOI: 10.1002/hed.26669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To assess the efficacy of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for tumors of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinus (PNS) region. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two hundred fourteen patients with tumors of the nasal cavity and PNS region treated with curative intent IMRT between 2007 and 2019 were included in this retrospective analysis. RESULTS Fifty-one (24.1%) received definitive RT/CTRT and 163 (75.9%) received adjuvant RT. Most common histology was squamous cell carcinoma (26.1%) followed by adenoid cystic carcinoma (21.5%). The median follow-up was 43.5 months. The 5-year local control (LC), event-free survival (EFS), and overall survival (OS) for the entire cohort was 66.9%, 59%, and 73.9%, respectively. On univariate analysis treatment with nonsurgical modality, T classification and undifferentiated/poorly differentiated histology were associated with inferior 5-year LC, EFS, and OS. Four patients had late Grade 3/Grade 4 ocular toxicity. CONCLUSIONS IMRT should be the standard of care for tumors of PNS region across all histologies and treatment setting.
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- Sarbani Ghosh Laskar
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Tibdewal A, Patil M, Misra S, Purandare N, Rangarajan V, Mummudi N, Karimundackal G, Jiwnani S, Agarwal J. Optimal Standardized Uptake Value Threshold for Auto contouring of Gross Tumor Volume using Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Patients with Operable Nonsmall-Cell Lung Cancer: Comparison with Pathological Tumor Size. Indian J Nucl Med 2021; 36:7-13. [PMID: 34040289 PMCID: PMC8130683 DOI: 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_134_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Purpose: Incorporating 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) for gross tumor volume (GTV) delineation is challenging due to varying tumor edge based on the set threshold of the standardized uptake value (SUV). This study aims to determine an optimal SUV threshold that correlates best with the pathological tumor size. Materials and Methods: From January 2013 to July 2014, 25 consecutive patients of operable nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who underwent staging18F-FDG-PET/CT before surgical resection were included in the test cohort and 12 patients in the validation cohort. GTVs were delineated on the staging PET/CT by automatic delineation using various percentage threshold of maximum SUV (SUVmax) and absolute SUV. The maximum pathological tumor diameter was then matched with the maximum auto-delineated tumor diameter with varying SUV thresholds. First-order linear regression and Bland–Altman plots were used to obtain an optimal SUV threshold for each patient. Three radiation oncologists with varying degrees of experiences also delineated GTVs with the visual aid of PET/CT to assess interobserver variation in delineation. Results: In the test set, the mean optimal percentage threshold for GTV was SUVmax of 35.6%±18.6% and absolute SUV of 4.35 ± 1.7. In the validation set, the mean optimal percentage threshold SUV and absolute SUV were 36.9 ± 16.9 and 4.1 ± 1.6, respectively. After a combined analysis of all 37 patients, the mean optimal threshold was 36% ± 17.9% and 4.27 ± 1.7, respectively. Using Bland–Altman plots, auto-contouring with 40% SUVmax and SUV 4 was in greater agreement with the pathological tumor diameter. Conclusion: Automatic GTV delineation on PETCT in NSCLC with percentage threshold SUV of 40% and absolute SUV of 4 correlated best with pathological tumor size. Auto-contouring using these thresholds will increase the precision of radiotherapy contouring of GTV and will save time.
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- Anil Tibdewal
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Tibdewal A, Agarwal J, Mummudi N, Noronha V, Prabhash K, Patil V, Purandare N, Janu A, Kaushal R, Kannan S. Protocol for a phase II randomised controlled trial of TKI alone versus TKI and local consolidative radiation therapy in patients with oncogene driver-mutated oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e041345. [PMID: 33589450 PMCID: PMC7887350 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have significantly improved the progression-free survival (PFS) of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with oncogene mutations of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) compared with systemic therapy alone. However, the majority eventually develop resistance with a median PFS of 8-12 months. The pattern of failure studies showed disease relapse at the original sites of the disease-harbouring resistant tumour cells. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This study is designed as a phase II randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of local consolidative radiation therapy (LCRT) in addition to TKI in upfront oligometastatic NSCLC. Patients will be screened at presentation for oligometastases (≤5 sites) and will start on TKI after confirmation of EGFR or ALK mutation status. After initial TKI for 2-4 months, eligible patients will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio with stratification of oligometastatic sites (1-3 vs 4-5), performance status of 0-1 versus 2 and brain metastases. The standard arm will continue to receive TKI, and the intervention arm will receive TKI plus LCRT. Stereotactic body radiation therapy will be delivered to all the oligometastatic sites.The primary end point is PFS, and secondary end points are overall survival, local control of oligometastatic sites, toxicity and patient-reported outcomes. The sample size calculation took a median PFS of 10 months in the standard arm. To detect an absolute improvement of 7 months in the interventional arm, with a one-sided alpha of 5% and 80% power, a total of 106 patients will be accrued over a period of 48 months. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study is approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee II of Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, and registered with Clinical Trials Registry-India, CTRI/2019/11/021872, dated 5 November 2019. All eligible participants will be provided with a participant information sheet and will be required to provide written informed consent for participation in the study. The study results will be presented at a national/international conference and will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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- Anil Tibdewal
- Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Pathology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Clinical Research Secreariat, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Swain M, Ghosh-Laskar S, Budrukkar A, Patil R, Murthy V, Gupta T, Mummudi N, Prabhash K, Joshi A, Patil VM, Naronha V, Agarwal JP. Concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced unresectable adenoid cystic carcinoma of head and neck: experience from a single institute. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2021; 278:4423-4431. [PMID: 33564909 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-021-06654-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE To analyze the outcome of locally advanced unresectable adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of head and neck treated with radical concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) at a single tertiary care centre. METHODS Between 2011 and 2018, 23 patients with locally advanced unresectable ACC of head and neck treated with non-surgical radical treatment with concurrent chemoradiotherapy were evaluated for outcome and toxicity. All but one patient received cisplatin-based concurrent chemotherapy and 74% of patients were treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy. RESULTS Median follow-up was 53 months (range 3-115 months). Following treatment, 11 patients achieved complete response (47.8%) and of the 12 patients with residual disease, 7 patients additionally had disease stabilization without local progression. Overall 15 patients had disease progression. Median time to progression was 28 months (range 6-67 months). The 3-year and 5-year overall survival, local progression-free survival (LPFS) and distant progression-free survival (DPFS) were 78%, 79.7%, 67.4% and 63%, 50.9%, 48.6%, respectively. Acute grade 3 mucositis was observed in three patients, and one patient additionally developed grade 4 neutropenia with subsequent complete recovery. No grade 3 or higher late toxicity was observed. CONCLUSION Radical concurrent chemoradiotherapy is a promising treatment option in locally advanced unresectable ACC with acceptable toxicity.
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- Monali Swain
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Dr. E. Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400012, India.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Dr. E. Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400012, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Dr. E. Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400012, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Dr. E. Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400012, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education for Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education for Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Dr. E. Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400012, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Dr. E. Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400012, India
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Noronha V, Patil VM, Joshi A, Menon NS, Goud S, More S, Nakti D, Yadav A, Shah S, Mahajan A, Janu A, Kumar R, Kannan S, Agarwal JP, Tibdewal A, Mummudi N, Banavali SD, Prabhash K. A randomized clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of the addition of oral metronomic chemotherapy after completion of standard chemoradiation versus observation in patients with locally advanced esophageal and gastroesophageal junction squamous cell carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.3_suppl.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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163 Background: In RTOG 85-01, patients with locally advanced esophageal and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) had a median overall survival (OS) of 14 months and 5-year OS of 27%. Improving outcomes in these patients is an unmet need. We investigated the addition of oral metronomic chemotherapy (OMC) following definitive CRT. Methods: A randomized integrated phase II/III clinical trial (CTRI/2015/09/006204) in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus or the GEJ who had completed definitive radical CRT within the past 12 weeks, had an ECOG PS 0-2 and no clinical or radiologic evidence of progressive disease. Patients were stratified based on whether or not they had received induction chemotherapy followed by CRT, and then randomized 1:1 to receive OMC (celecoxib 200 mg twice daily and methotrexate 15 mg/m2 weekly) for 12 months or observation. The primary efficacy endpoint for the phase II portion was progression free survival (PFS). The secondary endpoints were OS and toxicity. With a power of 70% and an alpha of 10%, we hypothesized a hazard ratio of 1.5, with a median follow-up of 6 months. The planned sample size for the phase II portion was 151 patients. The p-value for stopping the trial after the phase II part of the study was set at 0.2 for the PFS. Results: Between Jan 2016 and Dec 2019, we enrolled 151 patients, 75 to the OMC arm and 76 to observation. The median age was 57 years, 59% were male. The tumor originated in the upper thoracic esophagus in 79% patients, with median tumor length 6 cm. Induction chemotherapy was received by 14% of the patients. Concurrent CRT consisted of median 63 Gy in median 35 fractions; 91% patients received concurrent weekly paclitaxel and carboplatin with radiation. OMC was started at a median of 11 weeks (IQR, 9 to 12) from the start of CRT. Grade 3 or higher toxicities (regardless of relatedness to study intervention) were noted in 27 patients (17.9%), 18 in the OMC arm and 9 in the observation arm; P=0.071. The median time to disease progression or death was 23 months (95% CI, 7.9-38.1) in the OMC arm and not reached in the observation arm; HR, 1.33, 95% CI, 0.83-2.14; P=0.23. The 1-year PFS was 67% in both the arms; the 2-year PFS were 48% and 61% in the OMC and observation arms respectively. The median OS was 36 months (95% CI, 17.9-54) in the OMC arm and not reached in the observation arm; HR, 1.75; 95% CI, 1.02-2.99; P, 0.037. The 1-year OS was 74.7% in the OMC arm and 88% in the observation arm; the 2-year OS was 53.9% in the OMC arm and 75% in the observation arm. Conclusion: Adjuvant oral metronomic chemotherapy after radical CRT does not improve outcomes in patients with locally advanced esophageal or GEJ squamous cell carcinoma. Clinical trial information: CTRI/2015/09/006204.
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- Department of Biostatistics,Tata Memorial Centre, Advance Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer, Navi Mumbai, India
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Sinha S, Agarwal JP, Mahajan A, Chaturvedi P, Balaji A, Juvekar S, Gupta T, Budrukkar A, Murthy V, Mummudi N, Swain M, Jadhav R, Laskar SG. Implications of limited exolaryngeal disease and cricoarytenoid joint involvement in organ conservation protocols for laryngopharyngeal cancers: Results from a prospective study. Head Neck 2020; 43:1289-1299. [PMID: 33368793 DOI: 10.1002/hed.26593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To identify clinicoradiological factors that determine functional outcomes in laryngopharyngeal cancers treated with chemoradiotherapy. METHODS One hundred patients of locally advanced laryngopharyngeal cancers who were treated with chemoradiotherapy were accrued in this prospective study. The coprimary endpoint of the study was local control (LC) and functional larynx preservation survival (FLPS). RESULTS The median follow-up was 39 months. Thirty-nine patients had a local failure of which 17 underwent a salvage laryngectomy. A dysfunctional larynx with clinic-radiologically disease was seen in only 1 patient. Factors significant for LC were thyroid cartilage erosion/lysis and cricoarytenoid joint involvement. Within the T4a subset, patients with exolaryngeal disease through the soft tissue framework had significantly better LC and FLPS than those with cartilage erosion/lysis. CONCLUSIONS Patients with limited exolaryngeal disease through the soft-tissue framework can be considered for functional organ preservation, while those with thyroid cartilage involvement and cricoarytenoid joint involvement are not suitable.
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- Shwetabh Sinha
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radio-Diagnosis, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radio-Diagnosis, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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Pal S, Mummudi N, Tibdewal A, Agarwal J. Target Volume Dynamics During Radiation Therapy in Lung Cancer - Identifying the Window of Opportunity. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Mummudi N, Khan A, Tibdewal A, Kumar R, Jiwnani S, Karimundackal G, Pramesh C, Agarwal JP. Trimodality treatment in malignant pleural mesothelioma - Ordeal or real deal? Rep Pract Oncol Radiother 2020; 25:876-881. [PMID: 32982593 PMCID: PMC7498860 DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2020.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Management of MPM is complex and controversial as there is a paucity of good quality evidence. We report the toxicity and outcomes in patients who received trimodality treatment for non-metastatic MPM at our institution. METHODS & MATERIALS We reviewed the electronic medical records of surgically managed MPM patients at our institution in the last decade. Dosimetric parameters of target volume and organs at risk were documented by the treatment planning workstation. SPSS was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS Between January 2008 and October 2018, 21 patients underwent surgery for MPM - all but 2 patients underwent extra-pleural pneumonectomy (EPP); epithelioid MPM was the most common histology. All patients, except 2, received neoadjuvant Pemetrexed/platinum doublet chemotherapy. Fourteen patients received adjuvant hemithoracic RT; ten patients were treated with a conformal technique at our institute and dosimetric data was available for analysis. Average time to start RT after surgery was 51 days (range 32-82 days). All patients were treated with a conformal technique using IMRT/VMAT to a dose of 45Gy in 25 fractions. Mean overall RT duration was 35 days (range 30-42 days). Grade I/II Pneumonitis was seen in 4 patients. One patient developed grade III acute lung toxicity unrelated to RT. At a median follow up of 25 months, 8 patients had died, of whom six died due to the disease and two died in the immediate post op period. Two-year DFS and OS were 58% and 73%, respectively. CONCLUSION In spite of the extensive surgery and complex hemithoracic RT, we demonstrated excellent dosimetry, toxicity profile and favorable outcomes in non-metastatic MPM.
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- Naveen Mummudi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
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Agarwal J, Tibdewal A, Johnny C, Mummudi N, Prabhash K, Sahoo P, Kinhikar R. Adaptive Radiotherapy in Locally Advanced Lung Cancers – Real World Scenario from a Tertiary Cancer Center. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Agarwal JP, Pilar A, Mummudi N, Gupta M, Laskar SG, Pathak RS, Tibdewal AR, Kinhikar R, Ghadi Y, Tandon S, Purandare N, Prabhash K, Patil V. Stereotactic body radiation therapy for medically inoperable early-stage lung cancer: Tata Memorial Hospital perspective and practice recommendations. Indian J Cancer 2020; 57:18-24. [PMID: 31929233 DOI: 10.4103/ijc.ijc_216_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is now considered the standard treatment for medically inoperable early-stage non-small lung cell cancer (ES-NSCLC). Purpose There is a paucity of data related to outcomes with SBRT in ES-NSCLC from the developing countries. We report the early outcomes of ES-NSCLC patients treated with SBRT at our institute. Materials and Methods Between 2007 and 2015, 40 consecutive patients with histologically proven ES-NSCLC were treated with SBRT. Median age was 71 years (range: 46-88 years) and median Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) was 3. The majority had stage I (70%) and 45% of the tumors were centrally located. The median tumor diameter was 3.8 cm (range: 2-7.6 cm). The mean gross tumor volume was 41 cc (range: 4-139 cc) and the mean planning target volume (PTV) was 141 cc (range: 27-251 cc). Varying dose and fraction (fr) sizes were used depending on tumor location, tumor size, and treatment period. The median biologically effective dose (BED) was 77 Gy10 (range: 77-105 Gy10) for the initial cohort (2007-2012) and 105 Gy10 (range: 77-132 Gy10) for the subsequent cohort (2013-2015). Results After a median follow-up of 16 months (range: 3-99 months), the 2-year local control (LC), overall survival, and cancer-specific survival (CSS) rates were 94%, 41%, and 62%, respectively. The univariate and multivariate analysis determined CCI >3 and PTV >80.6 cc as significant predictors of worse OS and CSS (P< 0.01). The clinical stage, tumor location, BED, and treatment period (2007-2012 vs. 2013-2015) did not significantly predict any of the outcomes. The most common acute toxicities were skin erythema (10%), grade 1 esophagitis (8%), and exacerbation of previous chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (10%). Grade ≥2 late radiation pneumonitis was seen in 17.5%. One patient developed a rib fracture. No neurological or vascular complications were seen. Conclusions SBRT results in excellent local control (LC) and acceptable survival in medically inoperable ES-NSCLC with minimal adverse effects. Charlson comorbidity index and target volume are important prognostic factors and may aid in patient selection.
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- Jai Prakash Agarwal
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of General Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Tibdewal A, Pathak RS, Agarwal JP, Hoskote SS, Mummudi N, Iyer V, Nair AG. Nodal recurrences after stereotactic body radiotherapy for early stage non-small-cell lung cancer. Curr Probl Cancer 2020; 45:100653. [PMID: 32988628 DOI: 10.1016/j.currproblcancer.2020.100653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lobectomy is considered the standard of care for early stage non-small-cell lung cancer. However, for those patients who remain unfit to undergo surgery due to advanced age, poor performance status, comorbidities, poor pulmonary reserve or a combination of these are now treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Due to its noninvasive nature, lower cost, lower toxicity, reduced recovery time and equivalent efficacy, even medically operable patients are attracted to the option of SBRT despite the lack of level I evidence. Thus, studying the incidence and patterns of recurrence after SBRT help in understanding the magnitude of the problem, risk factors associated with the different patterns of recurrence, and aid in devising strategies to prevent them in future. Nodal recurrences are not uncommon after SBRT and can potentially lead to further seeding for distant metastases and ultimately poor survival. This review is aimed at reviewing the published data on the incidence of nodal recurrences after SBRT and compare it to surgery, identify potential risk factors for recurrence, salvage treatment options and prevention strategies.
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- Anil Tibdewal
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and Ocular Oncology Services, Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Gupta T, Sinha S, Ghosh-Laskar S, Budrukkar A, Mummudi N, Swain M, Phurailatpam R, Prabhash K, Agarwal JP. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy versus three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: long-term and mature outcomes of a prospective randomized trial. Radiat Oncol 2020; 15:218. [PMID: 32938468 PMCID: PMC7493335 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-020-01666-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Purpose To compare long-term disease-related outcomes and late radiation morbidity between intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) in the setting of a prospective randomized controlled trial. Methods Previously untreated patients with early to moderately advanced non-metastatic squamous carcinoma of the oropharynx, larynx, or hypopharynx (T1-T3, N0-N2b, M0) planned for comprehensive irradiation of primary site and bilateral neck nodes were randomly assigned to either IMRT or 3D-CRT after written informed consent. Patients were treated with 6MV photons to a total dose of 70Gy/35 fractions over 7 weeks (3D-CRT) or 66Gy/30 fractions over 6 weeks (IMRT). A sample size of 60 patients was estimated to demonstrate 35% absolute difference in the incidence of ≥grade 2 acute xerostomia between the two arms. All time-to-event outcomes were calculated from date of randomization until the defined event using the Kaplan-Meier method. Results At a median follow-up of 140 months for surviving patients, 10-year Kaplan-Meier estimates of loco-regional control (LRC); progression-free survival (PFS); and overall survival (OS) with 95% confidence interval (95%CI) were 73.6% (95%CI: 61.2–86%); 45.2% (95%CI: 32–58.4%); and 50.3% (95%CI: 37.1–63.5%) respectively. There were no significant differences in 10-year disease-related outcomes between 3D-CRT and IMRT for LRC [79.2% (95%CI: 62.2–96.2%) vs 68.7% (95%CI: 51.1–86.3%), p = 0.39]; PFS [41.3% (95%CI: 22.3–60.3%) vs 48.6% (95%CI: 30.6–66.6%), p = 0.59]; or OS [44.9% (95%CI: 25.7–64.1%) vs 55.0% (95%CI: 37–73%), p = 0.49]. Significantly lesser proportion of patients in the IMRT arm experienced ≥grade 2 late xerostomia and subcutaneous fibrosis at all time-points. However, at longer follow-up, fewer patients remained evaluable for late radiation toxicity reducing statistical power and precision. Conclusions IMRT provides a clinically meaningful and sustained reduction in the incidence of moderate to severe xerostomia and subcutaneous fibrosis compared to 3D-CRT without compromising disease-related outcomes in long-term survivors of non-nasopharyngeal HNSCC.
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- Tejpal Gupta
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH)/Advanced Centre for Treatment Education & Research in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Kharghar, Mumbai, 410210, India.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH)/Advanced Centre for Treatment Education & Research in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Kharghar, Mumbai, 410210, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH)/Advanced Centre for Treatment Education & Research in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Kharghar, Mumbai, 410210, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH)/Advanced Centre for Treatment Education & Research in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Kharghar, Mumbai, 410210, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH)/Advanced Centre for Treatment Education & Research in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Kharghar, Mumbai, 410210, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH)/Advanced Centre for Treatment Education & Research in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Kharghar, Mumbai, 410210, India
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- Department of Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH)/Advanced Centre for Treatment Education & Research in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH)/Advanced Centre for Treatment Education & Research in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH)/Advanced Centre for Treatment Education & Research in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Kharghar, Mumbai, 410210, India
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Mummudi N, Ghosh-Laskar S, Tibdewal A, Agarwal JP. COVID-19 Pandemic and Nationwide Lockdown - Implications of the Double Trouble on Radiotherapy Practice in India. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2020; 32:e219. [PMID: 32536557 PMCID: PMC7280101 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2020.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- N Mummudi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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Agarwal JP, Sinha S, Goda JS, Joshi K, Mhatre R, Kannan S, Laskar SG, Gupta T, Murthy V, Budrukkar A, Mummudi N, Ganeshan B. Tumor radiomic features complement clinico-radiological factors in predicting long-term local control and laryngectomy free survival in locally advanced laryngo-pharyngeal cancers. Br J Radiol 2020; 93:20190857. [PMID: 32101463 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20190857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To study if pre-treatment CT texture features in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of laryngo-pharynx can predict long-term local control and laryngectomy free survival (LFS). METHODS Image texture features of 60 patients treated with chemoradiation (CTRT) within an ethically approved study were studied on contrast-enhanced images using a texture analysis research software (TexRad, UK). A filtration-histogram technique was used where the filtration step extracted and enhanced features of different sizes and intensity variations corresponding to a particular spatial scale filter (SSF): SSF = 0 (without filtration), SSF = 2 mm (fine texture), SSF = 3-5 mm (medium texture) and SSF = 6 mm (coarse texture). Quantification by statistical and histogram technique comprised mean intensity, standard-deviation, entropy, mean positive pixels, skewness and kurtosis. The ability of texture analysis to predict LFS or local control was determined using Kaplan-Meier analysis and multivariate cox model. RESULTS Median follow-up of patients was 24 months (95% CI:20-28). 39 (65%) patients were locally controlled at last follow-up. 10 (16%) had undergone salvage laryngectomy after CTRT. For both local control & LFS, threshold optimal cut-off values of texture features were analyzed. Medium filtered-texture feature that were associated with poorer laryngectomy free survival were entropy ≥4.54, (p = 0.006), kurtosis ≥4.18; p = 0.019, skewness ≤-0.59, p = 0.001, and standard deviation ≥43.18; p = 0.009). Inferior local control was associated with medium filtered features entropy ≥4.54; p 0.01 and skewness ≤ - 0.12; p = 0.02. Using fine filters, entropy ≥4.29 and kurtosis ≥-0.27 were also associated with inferior local control (p = 0.01 for both parameters). Multivariate analysis showed medium filter entropy as an independent predictor for LFS and local control (p < 0.001 & p = 0.001). CONCLUSION Medium texture entropy is a predictor for inferior local control and laryngectomy free survival in locally advanced laryngo-pharyngeal cancer and this can complement clinico-radiological factors in predicting prognosticating these tumors. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE Texture features play an important role as a surrogate imaging biomarker for predicting local control and laryngectomy free survival in locally advanced laryngo-pharyngeal tumors treated with definitive chemoradiation.
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- Jai Prakash Agarwal
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhaba National Institute, Mumbai, India, 400012
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhaba National Institute, Mumbai, India, 400012
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhaba National Institute, Mumbai, India, 400012
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhaba National Institute, Mumbai, India, 400012
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhaba National Institute, Mumbai, India, 400012
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- Department of Biostatistics Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhaba National Institute, Mumbai, India, 400012
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhaba National Institute, Mumbai, India, 400012
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhaba National Institute, Mumbai, India, 400012
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhaba National Institute, Mumbai, India, 400012
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhaba National Institute, Mumbai, India, 400012
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Agarwal J, Mummudi N, Tibdewal A, Ghosh-Laskar S. COVID-19 pandemic: Radiotherapy precautions and preparedness. J Cancer Res Ther 2020; 16:634-637. [DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_405_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Laskar S, Sinha S, Mummudi N, Budrukkar A, Swain M, Agarwal J. Head-and-neck cancer radiotherapy recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic: Adaptations from the Indian subcontinent. Cancer Res Stat Treat 2020. [DOI: 10.4103/crst.crst_277_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Ghosh-Laskar S, Mummudi N, Rangarajan V, Purandare N, Gupta T, Budrukkar A, Murthy V, Agarwal JP. Prognostic value of response assessment fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan in radically treated squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck: Long-term results of a prospective study. J Cancer Res Ther 2019; 15:596-603. [PMID: 31169226 DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_542_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Objective The objective of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic ability of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG PET-CT) scan in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck treated with chemoradiotherapy or radiotherapy only. Materials and Methods Fifty-nine patients with HNSCC planned for radical nonsurgical treatment were randomized to receive either three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy or intensity-modulated radiation therapy. In addition to routine clinical examination and staging investigations, patients had a FDG PET-CT scan at baseline and on the first follow-up for response assessment. No evidence of clinicopathological disease for at least 6 months after the completion of treatment was considered confirmation of complete response. The presence or absence of disease during the follow-up period was used to calculate the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of PET-CT for the primary site and node. Results At a median follow-up of 52.5 months, 55.6% of patients were alive and disease free. Response assessment PET-CT was done at a median of 9 weeks (range: 5-18 weeks). PET-CT assessment of the primary had sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of 81.8%, 93%, 75%, and 95.2%, respectively; the corresponding figures at the node were 44.4%, 95.6%, 66.7%, and 89.6%. The median baseline maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) at primary and node was 14.9 and 8.1, respectively. When PET-CT was done after 10 weeks, no false-positive or false-negative findings were seen. Patients with negative PET at the first follow-up had a significantly better progression-free and overall survival. Conclusions Disease evaluation using PET-CT has an overall accuracy of 80%. High baseline SUVmax correlates with worse clinical outcomes. Negative PET-CT at the first follow-up is a predictor for survival.
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- Sarbani Ghosh-Laskar
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Bio-Imaging, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Rajpurohit A, Patil V, Noronha V, Joshi A, Menon N, Puranik A, Purandare N, Mahajan A, Mummudi N, Krishnatry R, Kumar R, Yadav S, Prabhash K. Multidisciplinary brain metastasis clinic: Is it effective and worthwhile? Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz419.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mummudi N, Agarwal JP, Chatterjee S, Mallick I, Ghosh-Laskar S. Oral Cavity Cancer in the Indian Subcontinent - Challenges and Opportunities. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2019; 31:520-528. [PMID: 31174947 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2019.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Oral cavity cancer (OCC) poses a global challenge that plagues both the Orient and the Occident, accounting for an estimated 350 000 new cases and 177 000 deaths in 2018. OCC is a major public health problem in the Indian subcontinent, where it ranks among the top three cancer types in both incidence and mortality. Major risk factors are the use of tobacco, betel quid and alcohol consumption. OCC is a heterogeneous group of multiple histologies that affects multiple subsites. The oral cavity includes the lips, buccal mucosa, teeth, gingiva, anterior two-thirds of the tongue, floor of the mouth and hard palate. OCC is defined as cancer of lips, mouth and tongue as defined by the International Classification of Diseases coding scheme. The epidemiology, aetio-pathogenesis and treatment philosophy are similar within this group. Although salivary gland malignancies, sarcomas, mucosal melanomas and lymphomas can also arise within the oral cavity, this review will focus on squamous cell cancer, which is the predominant histology in OCC. We review and contrast data from developing and developed countries. We also highlight the unique regional challenges that countries in the East face; citing India as an example, we elaborate on the opportunities and scope for improvement in the management of OCC.
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- N Mummudi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India.
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Bushra S, Tibdewal A, Mummudi N, Kinhikar R, Ghadi Y, Agarwal J. Comparison of internal target volume delineation using CT datasets of four-dimensional computed tomography in lung cancer radiotherapy. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz066.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Agarwal JP, Chakraborty S, Laskar SG, Mummudi N, Patil VM, Upasani M, Prabhash K, Noronha V, Joshi A, Purandare N, Tandon S, Arora J, Badhe R. Applying the QUARTZ Trial Results in Clinical Practice: Development of a Prognostic Model Predicting Poor Outcomes for Non-small Cell Lung Cancers with Brain Metastases. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2018; 30:382-390. [PMID: 29499878 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2018.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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AIMS The role of whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) in patients with brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) has been questioned. However, no reliable criteria exist to identify patients who do not benefit from WBRT. The objective of the current study was to develop a prognostic model to identify such patients whose survival matches that of the Quality of Life after Treatment for Brain Metastases (QUARTZ) study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Outcome data of patients with NSCLC with brain metastases undergoing WBRT enrolled in a prospective observational study in a tertiary cancer centre were used to develop a prognostic model. Baseline clinico-radiological factors were used for development of the model. The model was internally validated and calibration accuracy was checked for prediction of 70 day mortality. The generated prognostic model was presented as a nomogram. RESULTS The median overall survival of 140 patients enrolled in the study was 166 days (95% confidence interval 108-242 days). The prognostic model identified gender, Karnofsky performance status and epidermal growth factor receptor activating mutation status as significant factors influencing overall survival. The model showed a modest discriminative ability with an optimism-corrected C-index of 0.64. However, model calibration error did reveal a moderate degree of calibration error. The high-risk subgroup identified by the model had a median overall survival of 67 days (95% confidence interval 56-101 days), which was similar to that observed in the QUARTZ trial. CONCLUSION This prognostic model derived from traditional clinico-radiological features had a modest ability to identify patients with poor prognosis who may not benefit from WBRT. However, the high-risk subgroup identified using this prognostic model had a survival similar to that observed for patients in the QUARTZ trial.
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- J P Agarwal
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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Agarwal JP, Chakraborty S, Laskar SG, Mummudi N, Patil VM, Prabhash K, Noronha V, Purandare N, Joshi A, Tandon S, Arora J, Badhe R. Prognostic value of a patient-reported functional score versus physician-reported Karnofsky Performance Status Score in brain metastases. Ecancermedicalscience 2017; 11:779. [PMID: 29225686 PMCID: PMC5718029 DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2017.779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Introduction Our aim was to investigate the added prognostic value of a patient-reported functional outcome score over Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) in patients with non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLC) with brain metastases. Materials and methods The baseline data are from a prospective cohort study involving 140 consecutive patients presenting at our institute. A patient reported performance status (PRPS) was obtained by summing the physical- and role-functioning scale scores of the EORTC QLQ C30 questionnaire. Nested cox proportional hazards models predicting survival were developed including both KPS and PRPS (full model), KPS only (KPS Model), and PRPS only (PRPS model). The incremental value of the addition of KPS or PRPS was ascertained using the likelihood ratio test, model adequacy index and integrated discrimination Improvement (IDI). Results PRPS was an independent and statistically significant prognostic factor and had only a moderate degree of agreement with KPS. All models showed nearly the same discrimination and calibration accuracy, but the likelihood ratio test comparing the full model to the KPS model was significant (L.R. Chi2 = 5.34, p = 0.02). Model adequacy index for the KPS model was 85% versus 95% for the PRPS model. IDI when comparing the KPS model to the full model was 0.0279, while it was 0.008 for the PRPS model versus the Full model. Conclusions Use of patient-reported functional outcomes like PRPS can provide the same prognostic information as KPS in patients of NSCLC with brain metastases. Highlights
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- Jai Prakash Agarwal
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Department of Radiology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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Aggarwal J, Chakraborty S, Ghosh Laskar S, Patil VM, Prabhash K, Bhattacharya A, Noronha V, Purandare NC, Joshi A, Mummudi N, Arora J, Badhe R. Reference Data for Standardized Quality of Life Questionnaires in Indian Patients with Brain Metastases from Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Results from a Prospective Study. Cureus 2017; 9:e1149. [PMID: 28497011 PMCID: PMC5425287 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.1149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Reference data for European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) quality of life questionnaires do not include studies from the Indian subcontinent. The objective of the current study was to establish a reference dataset for Indian patients of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) presenting with brain metastases (BM). MATERIAL AND METHODS One hundred forty patients with NSCLC with BM treated between 2012-2015 were registered in a prospective cohort study (CTRI/2013/01/003299). The baseline quality of life was evaluated using the EORTC general quality of life questionnaire QLQ-C30 and lung cancer specific module LC13. Minimum important difference (MID) scores for individual domains of the EORTC QLQ-C30 and LC13 questionnaires were derived (MID = 0.2 x standard deviation) from the reference data for patients with recurrent/metastatic lung cancers. In addition, a systematic review was conducted to identify studies reporting baseline quality of life scores for recurrent/metastatic NSCLC. RESULTS Scores of several functional as well as symptom scales in the current NSCLC population differed by more than the MID from the baseline mean scores in the reference EORTC population as well as that reported from other studies. Differences in mean score from the EORTC reference data ranged from 6.2 and 9.4 points for the role functioning and cognitive functioning domains. In the symptom scales, the largest differences were observed for the financial difficulties (23.9) scores for the QLQ-C30 and peripheral neuropathy (21.7) for LC13 questionnaires. CONCLUSION The current study demonstrates that baseline reference scores need to be established for patients from the Indian subcontinent. The findings from the current study have important implications for studies employing quality of life (QOL) assessment in the Indian NSCLC patient population.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Health-related quality of life has become an important end point in modern day clinical practice in patients with primary or secondary brain tumors. Patients have unique symptoms and problems from diagnosis till death, which require interventions that are multidisciplinary in nature. Here, we review and summarize the various key issues in palliative care, quality of life and end of life in patients with brain tumors, with the focus on primary gliomas.
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Mummudi N, Laskar SG, Agarwal JP. The fractionation conundrum: Are we still missing a piece of the puzzle? South Asian J Cancer 2013; 2:197. [PMID: 24455623 PMCID: PMC3889026 DOI: 10.4103/2278-330x.119890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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- Naveen Mummudi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharahstra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharahstra, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharahstra, India
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