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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 45, Issue 16, Pages 2825-2834Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.07.009
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Quality assurance; Acute toxicity; Radiotherapy; Prostate cancer; Randomised trial
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- National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, Maryland, USA) [5U10-CA11488-29, 5U10 CA011488-39]
- EORTC Charitable Trust
- Vlaamse Liga Tegen Kanker in Belgium
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Introduction: This trial randomly assessed short-term adjuvant hormonal therapy added to radiotherapy (RT) for intermediate- and high-risk (UICC 1997 cT2a or cT1b-c with high PSA or Gleason score) localised prostate cancer. We report acute toxicity (CTCAE v2) assessed weekly during RT in relation to radiation parameters. Patients and methods: Centres selected the RT dose (70, 74 or 78 Gy) and RT technique. Statistical significance is at 0.05. Results: Of 791 patients, 652 received 3D-CRT (70 Gy: 195, 74 Gy: 376, 78 Gy: 81) and 139 received IMRT (74 Gy: 28, 78 Gy: 111). During RT, grade 3 gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) toxicities were reported by 7 (0.8%) and 50 (6.3%) patients, respectively. No grade 4 was reported. The risk of grade >= 2 GI toxicity increased significantly with increasing D50%-rectum (p=0.004) and that of grade >= 2 GU toxicity correlated only to Dmax-bladder (p = 0.051). 3D-RT technique, increasing total dose and V95% >400 cc increased D50% and Dmax. One month after RT, only 14 patients (1.8%) reported grade 3 toxicity. AST did not seem to influence the risk of GU or GI acute toxicity. Conclusion: RT up to 78 Gy was well tolerated. Dmax-bladder and D50%-rectum influenced the risk of grade >= 2 GU toxicity and GI toxicity, respectively. Both were lower with IMRT but remained high for an irradiated RT volume >400 cc for 3D-RT and for a dose of 78 Gy. Hormonal treatment did not influence acute toxicity. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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