• J Formos Med Assoc · Sep 2024

    Multicenter Study

    Impact of pretreatment quality of life on tolerance and survival outcome in head and neck cancer patients undergoing definitive CCRT.

    • Chia-Yen Hung, Mei-Hui Hsu, Shu-Hui Lee, Shun-Wen Hsueh, Chang-Hsien Lu, Kun-Yun Yeh, Hung-Ming Wang, Joseph Tung-Chieh Chang, Yu-Shin Hung, and Wen-Chi Chou.
    • Department of Hematology and Oncology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Division of Hema-oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
    • J Formos Med Assoc. 2024 Sep 1; 123 (9): 101010171010-1017.

    BackgroundHealth-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a predictor of treatment outcomes in cancer patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of pretreatment HRQoL on treatment tolerance and survival outcomes in patients with HNC planned for concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) in Taiwan.MethodsThis study included 461 patients with HNC planned for definitive CCRT at three medical centers in Taiwan between August 2017 and December 2018. HRQoL was assessed using the QLQ-HN35 one week before the initiation of CCRT. Patients were grouped based on the sum scores of QLQ-HN35 (ResultsThe median QLQ-HN35 sum score among 461 patients was 39 (range, 30 to 96), varying with tumor site: 34 for nasopharynx, 44 for oropharynx, 45 for oral cavity, and 38 for hypopharynx. Patients with sum scores ≥ median were associated with higher risk for incomplete CCRT (13.4 % vs 6.5 %, odds ratio [OR] = 2.22, 95 % confidence interval [CI] = 1.17-4.24, p = 0.015), emergency room visits (36.4 % vs 27.0 %, OR = 1.55, 95 % CI = 1.04-2.30, p = 0.030), unexpected hospitalization (33.8 % vs 19.6 %, OR = 2.10, 95 % CI = 1.37-3.21, p = 0.001), ≥ grade 3 hematological toxicities (34.2 % vs 21.3 %, OR = 1.92, 95 % CI = 1.27-2.91, p = 0.002), ≥ grade 3 non-hematological toxicities (78.8 % vs 68.7 %, OR = 1.69, 95 % CI = 1.11-2.58, p = 0.014), and low survival outcomes (hazard radio = 2.76, 95 % CI = 1.67-4.54, p < 0.001). Patients with lower sum scores in nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal tumors exhibited better OS than those with higher scores, while no significant difference in OS based on HRQoL was observed in oral cavity/hypopharyngeal cancer patients. Higher sum scores remained a negative indicator even after adjusting for other confounding factors.ConclusionIn patients with HNC planned for definitive CCRT, pre-treatment HRQoL was significantly associated with treatment-related complications, tolerance, and survival outcomes. Furthermore, our results validated the clinical value of QLQ-HN35 as an indicator for predicting treatment tolerance and outcomes.Copyright © 2024 Formosan Medical Association. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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