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ESTRO 2022

Session Item

Monday
May 09
14:15 - 15:15
Poster Station 2
22: Gynaecological
Gabriella Macchia, Italy
3420
Poster Discussion
Clinical
Outcome of multiple high-risk factors on overall survival in adjuvant cervical cancer chemoradiation
Hirsch Matani, USA
PD-0909

Abstract

Outcome of multiple high-risk factors on overall survival in adjuvant cervical cancer chemoradiation
Authors:

Zachary Horne1, Stephen Abel1, Sarah Crafton2, Eirwen Miller2, Christopher Morse2, John Nakayama2, Thomas Krivak2, Scott Glaser3, Rodey Wegner1, Ankur Patel1, Sushil Beriwal1

1Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Radiation Oncology, Pittsburgh, USA; 2Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, Gynecologic Oncology, Pittsburgh, USA; 3City of Hope National Medical Center, Radiation Oncology, Duarte, USA

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Purpose or Objective

Standard adjuvant treatment for cervical cancers involving the lymph nodes, parametria and/or surgical margins consists of concurrent pelvic chemoradiation.  The recent OUTBACK study found no benefit to the addition of further chemotherapy in this population. Non-squamous cell histology is also considered to be a risk factor for recurrence. This study aims to identify the impact of multiple high-risk factors on overall survival outcomes to identify a patient population that may potentially benefit from intensified therapy. 

Material and Methods

The National Cancer Data Base was queried for women with surgically resected, high-risk cervical carcinomas between 2004 and 2017 treated with adjuvant chemoradiation. Kaplan-Meier with log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards tests were utilized for overall survival (OS) calculations. The risk-factor sum was assigned one point per risk factor including: positive parametrial involvement, positive lymph nodes, positive surgical margins, and non-squamous cell histology.

Results

A total of 7,562 women met inclusion criteria.  Of those, 1,681 (22.2%) had only adenocarcinoma as a risk factor, 1,970 (26.1%) had two risk factors, 3,228 (42.7%) had three risk factors and 683 (9.0%) had all four risk factors. Five-year overall survival for women with 1, 2, 3, and 4 risk factors was 82.0%, 75.4%, 72.1%, and 51.7%, respectively (p<0.001).  Among women with 1-3 risk factors, non-squamous cell histology was predictive of worse 5-year OS in each echelon: 75.6% vs 67.9%; 78.1% vs 72.5%; 70.9% vs 48.7%, respectively (p<0.001).

On Cox multivariable analysis, a higher number of risk factors were predictive for a statistically significant increased risk of death along with a number of other factors (Table 1).

Conclusion

The number of high risk factors that serve as indicators for adjuvant chemoradiation along with non-squamous cell histology predicts for overall survival in women treated with adjuvant chemoradiation following radical hysterectomy for cervical cancers. These factors may be utilized to identify a patient population that may benefit from treatment intensification in the future.