P1.07-005 A Retrospective Study of Sequential Chemoradiotherapy for LD-SCLC Patients in Whom Concurrent Therapy is Not Indicated

Abstract

The standard treatment for limited-disease small-cell lung cancer (LD-SCLC) is a combination of cisplatin-doublet chemotherapy and concurrent thoracic radiotherapy. However, sequential radiotherapy, rather than concurrent radiotherapy, is selected for some cases because of concerns regarding the irradiation field, patient age, comorbidities, or performance status. Nevertheless, the efficacy of sequential chemoradiotherapy in patients in whom concurrent chemoradiotherapy is contraindicated is not well known. We retrospectively analyzed 286 patients with LD-SCLC at the National Cancer Center Hospital and the NTT Medical Center in Japan between 2000 and 2014. We then compared the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients undergoing sequential radiotherapy with those undergoing concurrent radiotherapy. One hundred and eighty-three patients received concurrent chemoradiotherapy and 30 received sequential chemoradiotherapy. The median age of the patients was 64 years (range, 18-81 years) for the concurrent group and 71.5 years (50-83 years) for the sequential group. The concurrent group contained 43 women (23%), while the sequential group contained 9 women (30%). The major reasons for the selection of sequential radiotherapy were patient age (13 patients), a large irradiation field (8 patients), and comorbidities (5 patients). In the sequential group, 23 (77%) received conventional radiotherapy, whereas 7 (23%) received accelerated hyperfractionated radiotherapy. The median overall survival period was 34.5 months for the concurrent group and 27.6 months for the sequential group (P = 0.39). The 2-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates were 71%, 50%, and 40% for the concurrent group and 56%, 56%, and 35% for the sequential group. Recurrence was seen in 149 patients (81%) in the concurrent group and 19 patients (63%) in the sequential group. We obtained treatment outcomes for patients who could not receive concurrent radiotherapy but could complete sequential radiotherapy that were comparable with the outcomes for those who received concurrent radiotherapy. For patients in whom concurrent chemoradiotherapy is not indicated, sequential chemoradiotherapy should be considered.