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Table 5 Review of literature since 2000: WAI and/or chemotherapy in patients with advanced endometrial cancer

From: Consolidation whole abdomen irradiation following adjuvant carboplatin-paclitaxel based chemotherapy for advanced uterine epithelial cancer: feasibility, toxicity and outcomes

Authors (year)

No. patients

Treatment

Design

Outcomes

Comments

Median follow-up

Smith RS [6]

48

WAI only

retrospective

60% 3-y FS (79% for EAC and 47% for PS/CC)

EAC: stage III-IV

37 mo.

77% 3-y OS (89% for EAC and 68% PS/CC)

PS/CC: stage I-IV

Stewart KD [7]

119

WAI only

prospective

Stage III 5-y OS: 67% for EAC and 40% for SP/CC

Stage III n = 81 (68%)

5.8 y

Stage III 5-y DFS: 62% for EAC and 34% for SP/CC

Dusenbery KE [9]

86

WAI only

retrospective

55% 5-y PFS, 46% 10-y PFS, 38% 20-y PFS

Concurrent cisplatin in 13/86

10 y

57% 5-y OS, 48% 10-y OS, 41% 20-y OS

Sutton G [8]

34

WAI only

prospective

38% 5-y PFS for PS

Stage I/II PS and CC only

unknown

54% 5-y PFS for CC

Randall ME [5]

422

Chemo vs. WAI

prospective

5-y PFS: 50% for chemo and 38% for WAI

Adjusted for stage

74 mo.

5-y OS: 55% for chemo and 42% for WAI

Alvarez Secord A [11]

356

Chemo vs. RT vs. multi-modality

retrospective

3-y PFS: 19% (chemo), 59% (RT), 62% (MM)

39% of WAI in RT group

38 mo.

3-y OS: 33% (chemo), 70% (RT), 79% (MM)

Fowler JM [20]

31

Multi-modality: chemo + WAI

prospective

53% 5-y PFS

Chemo 3 × AC

21 mo.

60% 5-y OS

Rochet N (present study)

20

Multi-modality: chemo + WAI

retrospective

63% 1-y, 57% 2- and 3-y RFS

TP based chemo

31.2 mo.

83% 1-y, 70% 2-y, 62% 3-y, 53% 4-and 5-y OS

Secord A [14]

109

Multi-modality: “sandwich” CRC vs. RC vs. CR

retrospective

3-y PFS: 69% (CRC), 47% (RC), 52% (CR)

various chemo (79% TP)

2.8 y

3-y OS: 88% (CRC), 54% (RC), 57% (CR)

WAI in 13%

Bruzzone M [12]

45

Multi-modality: chemo + pelvic RT

retrospective

30% 9-yPFS

4 × PAC

63 mo.

53% 9-y OS

No WAI

Geller MA [13]

42

Multi-modality: “sandwich” chemo + pelvic +/− EFRT

prospective

87% 1-y PFS, 71% 3-y PFS, 64% 5-y PFS

6 × TP

28 mo.

No WAI

    

95% 1-y OS, 90% 3-y OS, 71% 5-y OS

  
  1. Abbreviations: No. Number of, WAI Whole abdomen radiotherapy, Chemo Chemotherapy, EFRT Extended-fields radiotherapy, EAC Endometrioid adenocarcinoma, PS Papillary serous, CC Clear cell, DFS Disease-free survival, PFS Progression-free survival, OS Overall survival, RFS Recurrence-free survival, MM Multi-modality, CRC Chemotherapy, interval radiotherapy, subsequent chemotherapy, RC Radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy, CR Chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy, RT Radiotherapy, TP Carboplatin/paclitaxel, PAC Cisplatin/doxorubicin/cytoxan, AC Doxorubicin/cisplatin.