Effect of radiotherapy and chemotherapy on the survival rate of Asian Americans with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Precision Radiation Oncology

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Allen M. Chen¹  Lihong Qi²  Rosemary D. Cress²  Yueju Li²  Laurel Beckett²  Baoqing Li⁴ 

[1] Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine;Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis;Cancer Registry of Greater California, Public Health Institute;Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College

关键词: Asian American;    chemotherapy;    nasopharyngeal cancer;    radiation;    survival rate;   

DOI  :  10.1002/pro6.1154

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Objective To evaluate how the addition of concurrent chemotherapy to radiation therapy (RT) affects outcomes for Asian American patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Methods Using the California Cancer Registry – a population-based, state-sponsored database – Asian American patients with newly-diagnosed, locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma diagnosed between 1998 and 2010 were identified. The Kaplan–Meier method was used to analyze overall survival and cancer-specific survival. Cox proportional hazards models were constructed to investigate the association with chemotherapy. Propensity score methods were used to control for measure confounders. Results A total of 812 Asian Americans were included; 91 (11.2%) underwent RT alone, and 721 (88.8%) underwent RT with chemotherapy. The overall survival at 5 years was 65% with RT alone versus 72% with RT plus chemotherapy ( p  = 0.31). The corresponding rates of cancer-specific survival were 70% and 78% ( p  = 0.35). Cox regression analysis confirmed a trend toward reduced mortality (HR 0.88, 95% CI 0.62–1.25, p = 0.37) in patients receiving RT and chemotherapy. Conclusion Consistent with other studies that have been published, the addition of chemotherapy to RT was associated with improved clinical outcomes. Although this improvement did not reach statistical significance, the use of concurrent chemoradiation seems reasonable for Asian Americans with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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