Responses and Toxicities of Risk-adapted Chemotherapy in Pediatric Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors

소아 두개 내 생식 세포종에서 위험군에 따른 화학요법의 치료 반응 및 독성

  • You, Dong Kil (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Seoul Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Soo Hyun (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Seoul Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Yoo, Keon Hee (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Seoul Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Sung, Ki Woong (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Seoul Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lim, Do Hoon (Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Seoul Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Shin, Hyung Jin (Department of Neurosurgery, Samsung Seoul Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Koo, Hong Hoe (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Seoul Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
  • 유동길 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 소아과) ;
  • 이수현 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 소아과) ;
  • 유건희 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 소아과) ;
  • 성기웅 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 소아과) ;
  • 임도훈 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 방사선종양학교실) ;
  • 신형진 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 신경외과학교실) ;
  • 구홍회 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 소아과)
  • Received : 2004.09.14
  • Accepted : 2004.10.09
  • Published : 2005.02.15

Abstract

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the responses and toxicities of risk-adapted chemotherapy in pediatric intracranial germ cell tumors(IC-GCT). Methods : Fourteen patients who were diagnosed as IC-GCT from October 2002 to December 2003 received chemotherapy as an initial treatment modality. The low risk(LR) group was defined as follows : Pure germinoma and normal AFP level. Beta-hCG level 50 mIU/mL or less. The others belonged to the high risk(HR) group. Chemotherapy was composed of cisplatin, cyclophosphamide, etoposide and vincristine. Double doses of cisplatin and cyclophosphamide was used in HR patients. Results : Pathologic confirmation was done in all but one. Median age at diagnosis was 11.6 yr (1.2-18.7 yr), and nine patients belonged to the HR group. Tumor markers were normalized after chemotherapy in all patients whose tumor markers had been elevated. Four LR patients(80 percent) and seven HR patients(77.8 percent) showed complete response(CR) at the end of chemotherapy. An additional two of the three patients with partial response(PR) achieved CR after radiation therapy (RT), and the remaining one relapsed before RT. Four LR and all HR patients experienced infectious episodes that required hospitalization. Four of the nine HR patients(44.4 percent) suffered from tinnitus, three of whom developed sensorineural hearing loss. All but one are surviving, event-free, with a median follow-up of 13.9 mo(8.1-22.3 mo). Conclusion : Risk-adapted cisplatin-based chemotherapy was effective even in HR patients, but regimen modification seems to be necessary to avoid an unacceptably high toxicity rate.

목 적 : 두개 내 생식 세포종 환자를 진단 시 저위험군 및 고 위험군으로 분류하여 화학요법의 강도에 차이를 두어 치료 반응 및 독성을 관찰하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 2002년 10월부터 2003년 12월까지 삼성서울병원에서 두개 내 생식 세포종으로 진단되고 화학요법으로 먼저 치료한 소아 환자 14례를 대상으로 하였다. 배아 세포종이면서 AFP가 정상이고 beta-hCG가 50 mIU/mL 이하이면 저위험군, 그 외에는 고위험군으로 분류하였다. 화학요법은 저위험군의 경우(cisplatin $20mg/m^2/day$ on days 0-4, 42-46; VP-16 $100mg/m^2/day$ on days 0-4, 42-46; cyclophosphamide $1g/m^2/day$ on days 21-22, 63-64; vincristine $1.5mg/m^2/day$ on day 21, 28, 35, 63, 70, 77)에 비해 고위험군에서는 cisplatin과 cyclophosphamide의 용량을 두 배로 사용하였다. 화학요법 종결 후 방사선 치료를 시행하였다. 결 과 : 진단 방법으로 생검 10례, 아전절제 2례, 부분절제 1례, 종양 호르몬의 상승으로만 진단한 경우가 1례였다. 진단 시 중앙연령은 11.6세(1.2-18.7세)였고 고위험군 9례, 저위험군 5례였다. 7례(50%)에서 요붕증이 동반되었다. 종양 호르몬의 상승을 보였던 10례 모두 화학요법 후 정상화되었으며, 저위험군 중4례(80%)와 고위험군 중 7례(77.8%)가 화학요법에 완전반응을 보였다. 화학요법 후 부분반응 상태였던 3례 중 2례는 방사선 치료 후 완전관해에 도달하였고 고위험군 1례는 방사선 치료 전이차 수술을 시행하여 원발 종양은 제거되었으나 척수에 재발하여 구제요법을 시행 중이다. 저위험군 4례(80%)와 고위험군 전예에서 감염증으로 인하여 2-4회의 입원이 필요하였다. 고위험군 9례 중 4례(44.4%)에서 이명과 청력장애 증상이 발생하였고 치료 종결 후에도 지속되었다. 이 중 3례에서는 감각신경성 난청으로 진행되었다. 청력장애를 보인 4례 중 3례는 요붕증이 동반된 환자였다. 1례를 제외한 13례가 정중 추적 기간 13.9개월(8.1-22.3개월)간 무사건 생존 중이다. 결 론 : 고용량의 cisplatin을 근간으로 한 치료 방법으로 고위험군에서도 고무적인 치료 반응을 유도할 수 있었다. 그러나 치료 독성의 빈도가 높아 치료 방침의 수정이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

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