期刊
RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
卷 106, 期 3, 页码 352-358出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.11.013
关键词
QUANTEC; NTCP; Head and neck; Squamous cell carcinoma; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Quality of life
资金
- National Science Council (NSC) of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China [NSC-101-2221-E-151-007-MY3]
Purpose: To perform a validation test of the quantitative analysis of normal tissue effects in the clinic (QUANTEC) guidelines against quality of life (QoL) questionnaire datasets collected prospectively from patients with head and neck (HN) cancers, including HN squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Methods and materials: QoL questionnaire datasets from 95 patients with NPC and 142 with HNSCC were analyzed separately. The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer H&N35 QoL questionnaire was used as the endpoint evaluation. The primary endpoint (grade 3(+) xerostomia) was defined as moderate to severe xerostomia 3 and 12 months after the completion of RT, and excluded patients with grade 3(+) xerostomia at the baseline. The Lyman-Kutcher-Burman normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) model was used to describe the incidence of xerostomia. Negative predictive values (NPVs) were used to determine the rate of correctly predicting the lack of complications. Results: NTCP fitted parameters were TD50 = 37.8 Gy (CI: 29.1-46.9 Gy), m = 0.59 (Cl: 0.48-0.80) and TD50 = 43.9 Gy (CI: 33.2-52.8 Gy), m = 0.48 (CI: 0.37-0.76) at the 3-month and 12-month time points, respectively. For QUANTEC validation, HN and HNSCC data validation gave similar results at 3 months; at mean doses to the spared parotid of, <= 20 and <= 25 Gy, the QoL dataset showed approximately 22% and 28% rates of xerostomia, respectively. At 12 months, the rates of xerostomia were approximately 13% and 19%, respectively. For NPC cases, the dataset showed approximately 0% and 33% (similar to 67% NPV) rates of xerostomia at 3 months. At 12 months, both rates of xerostomia were approximately 0% (similar to 100% NPV), which differed significantly from the results for the HNSCC cohort. Conclusion: The QoL datasets validated the QUANTEC guidelines and suggested that the modified QUANTEC 20/20-Gy spared-gland guideline is suitable for clinical use in HNSCC cohorts to effectively avoid xerostomia, and the QUANTEC 25-Gy guideline is justified for NPC cohorts. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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