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RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
Volume 110, Issue 3, Pages 435-440Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.12.007
Keywords
Head and neck; Squamous cell carcinoma; IMRT; Dysphagia; PEG dependence
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Background and purpose: To determine if dose and/or dose-volume parameters to anatomic swallowing structures are predictive of gastrostomy tube (PEG) dependence from chemotherapy-intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in locally advanced head and neck cancer (LAHNC). Methods and materials: A retrospective study was performed on 141 consecutive patients with LAHNC (squamous cell) treated with definitive chemoIMRT with weekly concurrent carboplatin and paclitaxel. Late dysphagia was assessed by length of PEG requirement. Analysis of IMRT dose was retrospectively performed for critical swallowing structures. Results: Approximately 62% of patients required PEG, the majority placed during treatment. Mean and median time for PEG was 7.7 and 4.4 months respectively (range 1.4-43.8). Only IMRT dose to the inferior constrictor was significantly associated with length of PEG. Mean dose (of individual mean doses) was 47 Gy for prolonged PEG use versus 41 Gy for PEG <= 12 months. V-40 to the inferior constrictor also correlated with PEG > 12 months (p = 0.02) with a mean V-40 of 48% versus 41% for PEG <= 12 months. Conclusions: IMRT dose to the inferior constrictor correlated with persistent dysphagia requiring prolonged PEG use. Maintaining mean inferior constrictor dose to <= 41 Gy and V-40 to <= 41% may help minimize gastrostomy tube dependence. (c) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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