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      Concurrent paclitaxel and radiation therapy for the treatment of cutaneous angiosarcoma

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            Cutaneous angiosarcoma has poor outcomes with no standardized treatment regimen.

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            Paclitaxel-based chemoRT (CRT) was compared to other therapies at two US institutions.

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            Similar oncologic outcomes and improved survival with paclitaxel CRT.

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            Paclitaxel CRT + surgery provided best oncologic outcomes and survival.

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            Paclitaxel CRT + surgery regimen now being studied in a prospective phase II trial.

          Abstract

          Introduction

          We compared clinical outcomes in patients with cutaneous angiosarcoma receiving concurrent paclitaxel-based chemoradiotherapy (CRT) vs. other modalities (Non-CRT).

          Materials and methods

          Patients with non-metastatic cutaneous angiosarcoma diagnosed from 1998 to 2018 at two institutions were identified. In the CRT cohort, paclitaxel 80 mg/m 2 weekly was given for up to 12 weeks and patients received radiotherapy (RT) during the final 6 weeks of chemotherapy. The RT dose was 50–50.4 Gy delivered in 1.8–2 Gy per fraction with an optional post-operative boost of 10–16 Gy. Kaplan-Meier and log-rank statistics were used to compare the outcomes between the two groups. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

          Results

          Fifty-seven patients were included: 22 CRT and 35 Non-CRT. The CRT cohort had more patients > 60 years (100% vs. 60%, p < 0.001) and tumors >5 cm (68.2% vs 54.3%, p = 0.023). The median follow-up was 25.8 (1.5–155.2) months. There was no significant difference in 2-year local control (LC), distant control (DC), or progression-free survival (PFS) between the two groups. The 2-year overall survival (OS) was significantly higher for the CRT cohort (94.1% vs. 71.6%, p = 0.033). Amongst the subset of patients in the CRT cohort who received trimodality therapy, the 2-year LC, DC, PFS, and OS was 68.6%, 100%, 68.6%, and 100%, respectively.

          Conclusion

          The use of concurrent paclitaxel CRT demonstrates promising outcomes. Given these results, we are currently evaluating the safety and efficacy of this regimen in prospective, phase 2 trial (NCT 03921008).

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          Initial results of the ChemoRadiotherapy for Oesophageal cancer followed by Surgery Study (CROSS) comparing neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy plus surgery versus surgery alone in patients with squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus or oesophagogastric junction showed a significant increase in 5-year overall survival in favour of the neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy plus surgery group after a median of 45 months' follow-up. In this Article, we report the long-term results after a minimum follow-up of 5 years.
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                Contributors
                Matthew B. Spraker
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Clin Transl Radiat Oncol
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Clin Transl Radiat Oncol
                Title: Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
                Publisher: Elsevier
                ISSN (Electronic): 2405-6308
                Publication date PMC-release: 28 January 2021
                Publication date Collection: March 2021
                Publication date (Electronic): 28 January 2021
                Volume: 27
                Pages: 114-120
                Affiliations
                [a ]Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4921 Parkview Place, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States
                [b ]Baylor Scott and White Health Cancer Center, 300 University Blvd., Bldg. A, Round Rock, TX 78665, United States
                [c ]Department of Hematology and Oncology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1161 21st Ave S # D3300, Nashville, TN 37232, United States
                [d ]Division of Medical Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4921 Parkview Place, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States
                [e ]Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792, United States
                [f ]Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4921 Parkview Place, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States
                Author notes
                [* ]Corresponding author at: Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4921 Parkview Place, LL, Campus Box 8224, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States. mspraker@ 123456wustl.edu
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                These authors contributed equally to the manuscript and are co-first authors.

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                Publisher Item ID: S2405-6308(21)00009-4
                DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2021.01.009
                PMC ID: 7876514
                PubMed ID: 33604458
                SO-VID: 18cf71f1-f665-49fb-adf8-85450aa65ddc
                Copyright © © 2021 The Authors
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                This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

                History
                Date received : 9 December 2020
                Date revision received : 20 January 2021
                Date accepted : 20 January 2021
                Categories
                Subject: Original Research Article

                Keywords: crt, paclitaxel-based chemoradiation,non-crt, other modalities,rt, radiotherapy,lc, local control,dc, distant control,pfs, progression-free survival,os, overall survival,angiosarcoma,radiation therapy,chemotherapy,paclitaxel,concurrent chemoradiation
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                Keywords: crt, paclitaxel-based chemoradiation, non-crt, other modalities, rt, radiotherapy, lc, local control, dc, distant control, pfs, progression-free survival, os, overall survival, angiosarcoma, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, paclitaxel, concurrent chemoradiation

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