• Annals of surgery · Mar 2023

    Induction FOLFOX and PET-Directed Chemoradiation For Locally Advanced Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.

    • Rebecca A Carr, Meier Hsu, Caitlin A Harrington, Kay See Tan, Manjit S Bains, Matthew J Bott, David H Ilson, James M Isbell, Yelena Y Janjigian, Steven B Maron, Bernard J Park, Valerie W Rusch, Smita Sihag, Abraham J Wu, David R Jones, Geoffrey Y Ku, and Daniela Molena.
    • Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
    • Ann. Surg. 2023 Mar 1; 277 (3): e538e544e538-e544.

    ObjectiveTo compare the efficacy and safety of induction FOLFOX followed by PET-directed nCRT, induction CP followed by PET-directed nCRT, and nCRT with CP alone in patients with EAC.Summary Of Background DatanCRT with CP is a standard treatment for locally advanced EAC. The results of cancer and leukemia group B 80803 support the use of induction chemotherapy followed by PET-directed chemo-radiation therapy.MethodsWe retrospectively identified all patients with EAC who underwent the treatments above followed by esophagectomy. We assessed incidences of pathologic complete response (pCR), near-pCR (ypN0 with ≥90% response), and surgical complications between treatment groups using Fisher exact test and logistic regression; disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method and evaluated using the log-rank test and extended Cox regression.ResultsIn total, 451 patients were included: 309 (69%) received induction chemotherapy before nCRT (FOLFOX, n = 70; CP, n = 239); 142 (31%) received nCRT with CP. Rates of pCR (33% vs. 16%, P = 0.004), near-pCR (57% vs. 33%, P < 0.001), and 2-year DFS (68% vs. 50%, P = 0.01) were higher in the induction FOLFOX group than in the induction CP group. Similarly, the rate of near-pCR (57% vs. 42%, P = 0.04) and 2-year DFS (68% vs. 44%, P < 0.001) were significantly higher in the FOLFOX group than in the no-induction group.ConclusionsInduction FOLFOX followed by PET-directed nCRT may result in better histopathologic response rates and DFS than either induction CP plus PET-directed nCRT or nCRT with CP alone.Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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