TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term follow-up of patients treated with primary radiotherapy for supradiaphragmatic Hodgkin's disease at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
AU - Shah, Amit B.
AU - Hudson, Melissa M.
AU - Poquette, Catherine A.
AU - Luo, Xiaolong
AU - Wilimas, Judith A.
AU - Kun, Larry E.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Amy L. B. Frazier for editorial assistance, and Debbie Poe and Joanna Hwang for data management. Supported in part by Cancer Center Support CORE Grant, P30 CA 21765, and by American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC).
PY - 1999/7/1
Y1 - 1999/7/1
N2 - Objective: To assess disease control, patterns of relapse, factors predictive of relapse, and late effects of treatment, we reviewed all cases of supradiaphragmatic (SD) Hodgkin's disease (HD) treated with primary radiation therapy (RT) at our institution. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the disease characteristics, treatment history, and long-term outcome of the 106 patients with Stage I and II supradiaphragmatic HD who received definitive irradiation at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital between 1970 and 1995. As of the date of analysis, 95 patients are alive, with a median follow-up of 13.3 years (range, 1.9-24.2 years). Results: The median age at diagnosis was 14.7 years (range, 3.7-22.7). Involved-field RT was given to 13 patients (12%), whereas 37 (35%) had mantle RT, 51 patients (48%) had subtotal nodal irradiation, and 5 (5%) had total nodal irradiation. Relapsed disease developed in 26 patients at a median of 1.8 years (range, 0.2-9.3 years). The 5- and 10-year estimated cumulative incidences of relapse were 20.9% ± 4.0% and 25.1% ± 4.3%, respectively. With a median dose of 36 Gy (range, 32-40), in-field failure rate was 6.2%, whereas subdiaphragmatic relapse in sites irradiated prophylactically was 1.5%. There was a trend toward an increased incidence of relapse with higher ESR (p = 0.088) and greater number of sites of disease (p = 0.087). Age, stage, histology, nodal disease ≥6 cm, the presence of bulky mediastinal disease, and the method of staging did not affect the incidence of relapse. The pattern of failure could not be predicted based on the stage of disease, the extent of subdiaphragmatic staging, the extent of radiation therapy, or the sequence of RT fields-'ping pong' vs. sequential. Subset analysis of Stage II patients revealed significantly more relapses in clinically staged patients. Excluding Stage IA patients with high cervical disease or peripheral nodal disease, nodal extension failures were more common for patients undergoing limited- volume RT, whereas extranodal relapses were likely after STNI or TNI. The estimated 10- and 15-year cumulative incidences of second malignancies were 2.9% ± 1.6% and 7.9% ± 3.3%, respectively. Our patients are at increased risk of second malignancies (11-fold), and fatal cardiac (68-fold) and infectious (33-fold) complications. Overall survival at 10 years was 90.8% ± 3.2%; event-free survival was 72.1% ± 5.0%. Conclusions: The current analysis confirms the curative potential of RT for HD in children and adolescents. Despite successful salvage therapy, relapsed disease remained the principal cause of death in our cohort. Excess risk of septic death in asplenic patients, fatal heart disease, and second malignancies may further compromise the ultimate cure of HD in long-term survivors.
AB - Objective: To assess disease control, patterns of relapse, factors predictive of relapse, and late effects of treatment, we reviewed all cases of supradiaphragmatic (SD) Hodgkin's disease (HD) treated with primary radiation therapy (RT) at our institution. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the disease characteristics, treatment history, and long-term outcome of the 106 patients with Stage I and II supradiaphragmatic HD who received definitive irradiation at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital between 1970 and 1995. As of the date of analysis, 95 patients are alive, with a median follow-up of 13.3 years (range, 1.9-24.2 years). Results: The median age at diagnosis was 14.7 years (range, 3.7-22.7). Involved-field RT was given to 13 patients (12%), whereas 37 (35%) had mantle RT, 51 patients (48%) had subtotal nodal irradiation, and 5 (5%) had total nodal irradiation. Relapsed disease developed in 26 patients at a median of 1.8 years (range, 0.2-9.3 years). The 5- and 10-year estimated cumulative incidences of relapse were 20.9% ± 4.0% and 25.1% ± 4.3%, respectively. With a median dose of 36 Gy (range, 32-40), in-field failure rate was 6.2%, whereas subdiaphragmatic relapse in sites irradiated prophylactically was 1.5%. There was a trend toward an increased incidence of relapse with higher ESR (p = 0.088) and greater number of sites of disease (p = 0.087). Age, stage, histology, nodal disease ≥6 cm, the presence of bulky mediastinal disease, and the method of staging did not affect the incidence of relapse. The pattern of failure could not be predicted based on the stage of disease, the extent of subdiaphragmatic staging, the extent of radiation therapy, or the sequence of RT fields-'ping pong' vs. sequential. Subset analysis of Stage II patients revealed significantly more relapses in clinically staged patients. Excluding Stage IA patients with high cervical disease or peripheral nodal disease, nodal extension failures were more common for patients undergoing limited- volume RT, whereas extranodal relapses were likely after STNI or TNI. The estimated 10- and 15-year cumulative incidences of second malignancies were 2.9% ± 1.6% and 7.9% ± 3.3%, respectively. Our patients are at increased risk of second malignancies (11-fold), and fatal cardiac (68-fold) and infectious (33-fold) complications. Overall survival at 10 years was 90.8% ± 3.2%; event-free survival was 72.1% ± 5.0%. Conclusions: The current analysis confirms the curative potential of RT for HD in children and adolescents. Despite successful salvage therapy, relapsed disease remained the principal cause of death in our cohort. Excess risk of septic death in asplenic patients, fatal heart disease, and second malignancies may further compromise the ultimate cure of HD in long-term survivors.
KW - Late effects
KW - Pediatric Hodgkin's disease
KW - Radiation therapy
KW - Salvage chemotherapy
KW - Second malignancies
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U2 - 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00052-8
DO - 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00052-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 10386644
AN - SCOPUS:0032980998
SN - 0360-3016
VL - 44
SP - 867
EP - 877
JO - International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
JF - International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
IS - 4
ER -