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Optimal Scheme of Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy in Rectal Cancer : Phase III Prospective Randomized Trial  

Kim Young Seok (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
Kim Jong Hoon (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
Choi Eun Kyung (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
Ahn Seung Do (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
Lee Sang-Wook (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
Kim Kyoung-Ju (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
Lee Je Hwan (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
Kim Jin Cheon (Department of General Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
You Chang Sik (Department of General Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
Kim Hee Cheol (Department of General Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan)
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Radiation Oncology Journal / v.20, no.1, 2002 , pp. 53-61 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose : To determine the optimal scheme of postoperative chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer by comparing survival, Patterns of failure, toxicities in early and late radiotherapy groups using a Phase III randomized prospective clinical trial. Materials and Methods : From January 1996 to March 1999, 307 patients with curatively resected AJCC stage II and III rectal cancer were assigned randomly to an 'early (151 patients, arm 1)' or a 'late (156 patients, arm II)' and were administered combined chemotherapy (5-FU $375\;mg/m^2/day$, leucovorin $20\;mg/m^2$, IV bolus daily, for 3 days with RT, 5 days without RT, 8 cycles with 4 weeks interval) and radiation therapy (whole pelvis with 45 Gy/25 fractions/5 weeks). Patients of arm I received radiation therapy from day 1 of the first cycle of chemotherapy and those of arm II from day 57 with a third cycle of chemotherapy. The median follow-up period of living patients was 40 months. Results : Of the 307 patients enrolled, fifty patients did not receive scheduled radiation therapy or chemotherapy. The overall survival rate and disease free survival rate at 5 years were $78.3\%\;and\;68.7\%$ in arm I, and $78.4\%\;and\;67.5\%$ in arm II. The local recurrence rate was $6.6\%\;and\;6.4\%$ (p=0.46) in arms I and II, respectively, no significant difference was observed between the distant metastasis rates of the two arms ($23.8\%\;and\;29.5\%$, p=0.16). During radiation therapy, grade 3 diarrhea or more, by the NCI common toxicity criteria, was observed in $63.0\%\;and\;58.2\%$ of the respective arms (p=N.S.), but most were controlled with supportive care. Hematologic toxicity (leukopenia) greater than RTOG grade 2 was found in only $1.3\%\;and\;2.6\%$ of patients in each respective arm. Conclusion : There was no significant difference in survival, patterns of failure or toxicities between the early and late radiation therapy arms. Postoperative adjuvant chemoradiation was found to be a relatively safe treatment but higher compliance is needed.
Keywords
Rectal cancer; Radiation therapy; Chemotherapy; Phase III clinical trial;
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