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FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00542
Keywords
hepatocellular carcinoma; overall survival; local progression-free survival; proton beam therapy; radiotherapy
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- National Cancer Center Grant [NCC 1810271, 1710030]
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Background: Proton beam has an excellent depth dose distribution due to its unique physical properties, and thus proton beam therapy (PBT) has been tried and showed promising outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The purpose of this phase II study is to evaluate the efficacy of hypofractionated PBT in HCC. Methods: The eligibility criteria for this study were as follows: patients with HCC lesion(s) who were failed after, were difficult to treat with, or refused to other local treatments; tumor size and number of <= 7 and <= 2 cm, respectively, and HCC lesion(s) of >= 2 cm from gastrointestinal organs; Child-Pugh score of <= 7; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status <= 1; and age >= 18 years. The prescribed dose of PBT was 70 Gy equivalent in 10 fractions. The primary endpoint was 3-year local progression-free survival (LPFS) rate. Results: Forty-five patients were prospectively enrolled, and there were 35 men and 10 women with a median age of 63 years (range, 46-78 years). Thirty-seven patients had recurrent and/or residual disease, and eight patients had treatment-naive disease. All patients received the planned treatments without treatment interruption, and grade >= 3 acute toxicity did not occur. The median follow-up duration was 35.1 months (range, 11.2-56.3 months) and local progression occurred in two patients (8.7%). The 3-year rates of LPFS and overall survival (OS) were 95.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 89.1%-100%) and 86.4% (95% CI, 72.9-99.9%), respectively. Conclusion: Hypofractionated PBT showed promising LPFS and OS, and further studies are warranted to compare PBT with other local modalities.
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