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    MINI 17 - WT EGFR, Angiogenesis and OMD (ID 131)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Mini Oral
    • Track: Treatment of Advanced Diseases - NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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      MINI17.11 - Results of Radical Local Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with One or Two Synchronous Metastases (ID 581)

      17:45 - 17:50  |  Author(s): M. Kwint

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      Background:
      Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients are considered incurable and mainly treated with palliative intent. The overall survival (OS) and disease free survival (DFS) of this patient group is considered as poor. The purpose of this study was to investigate the OS and DFS of NSCLC patients, diagnosed with synchronous oligometastatic disease treated with curative intent of the intrathoracic disease as well as the metastases.

      Methods:
      Patients treated between 2008 and 2014 were included in this retrospective cohort analysis. Main inclusion criteria were: synchronous presentation of NSCLC and oligometastatic disease at diagnosis, and multidisciplinary consent on a radical treatment of both the intrathoracic disease and the metastases. Besides systemic treatment. The intrathoracic disease was radically irradiated (> 55 Gy biological effective dose) or resected. Treatment of the metastases consisted of: radical/stereotactic radiotherapy, surgical resection or radiofrequency ablation (RFA).

      Results:
      A total of 56 patients, 31 men and 25 women, were included. The mean age was 61 years (range 36-79) and all were in good condition (WHO 0-1). Most patients had a solitary metastasis (brain (22), bone (17), adrenal gland (6), lymphe node (3), liver (2), soft tissue (1), pulmonary (1), thyroid gland (1) and breast (1)). Two patients had 2 metastases (liver and bone / pleural and bone). The intrathoracic tumor stage,ignoring M-status, was IA in 3 patients, IB in 2 patients, IIA in 8 patients, IIB in 4 patients, IIIA in 24 patients and IIIB in 15 patients. Fifty patients were treated with radiotherapy and 4 patients had a surgical intervention for the primary tumor; 2 patients only received systemical treatment for the intrathoracic disease. Fifty patients received chemotherapy (89%), of which 5 (10%) concurrent with the radiotherapy of the intrathoracic disease and 45 (90%) sequential. The metastases were treated with ablative/stereotactic radiotherapy (45), surgical intervention (2), only systemical treatment (5), combination of surgical intervention and radiotherapy (3) and RFA (1). The mean follow-up was 21 months (range 4-69). Forty-one (73%) patients developed recurrent disease of whom 29 (52%) died. Only 8 (20%) recurrences occurred within the irradiated area. Most recurrences where brain (13) and pulmonary metastases (11). For the whole group, the median DFS was 14 months (range 2-69, 95% CI 11-17) and the median OS was 32 months (range 4-69, 95% CI 16-48). The 1- and 2-year OS was 86% and 58%, respectively. The 1- and 2-year DFS was 66% and 30%, respectively.

      Conclusion:
      Radical local treatment of a highly selected group of NSCLC patients in good condition presenting with synchronous oligometastatic stage IV disease (maximum 2 metastases) resulted in excellent local control, and also in favorable long-term DFS and OS.

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    MINI 37 - SCLC Therapy (ID 165)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Mini Oral
    • Track: Small Cell Lung Cancer
    • Presentations: 1
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      MINI37.11 - Inter-Observer Variability in Hippocampus Delineation on MRI Scans for Hippocampal Avoidance Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation Trial (ID 2620)

      19:30 - 19:35  |  Author(s): M. Kwint

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      Background:
      Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) is the standard treatment in patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) without progression after chemo-radiotherapy in stage I-III disease and after having a remission after chemotherapy in stage IV. In an international phase III trial (NCT01780675), patients with SCLC are randomised to receive PCI with or without Hippocampal Avoidance (HA). Accurate delineation of the hippocampus is crucial for this trial. In this study we evaluate the hippocampus delineation variability among radiation oncologists in multi-institutions for SCLC patients.

      Methods:
      The left and right hippocampus from 5 randomly selected patients (10 structures) were delineated by 5 radiation oncologists and 2 neuroradiologist in 7 institutions according to the RTOG atlas (http://www.rtog.org/CoreLab/ContouringAtlases/HippocampalSparing.aspx), together with a questionnaire. For each patient, a high resolution 3D inversion recovery T1 weighted MRI-scan was first registered to the planning CT-scan (1mm slicing). The observer then delineated the hippocampus according to the atlas on axial slices of the MRI. The mapped delineations on the CT were then used in dose planning with a 5mm margin. The mean and standard deviation (SD) of 1) volume and 2) range in medio-lateral, superior-inferior and anterior-posterior directions were computed for each structure. The corresponding inter-observer reliability was estimated by the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC absolute agreement) using a linear mixed model. A median surface was computed and the overall delineation variability per structure was calculated by the root-mean-square (rms) of the local SD per sampled points on the median surface, while the local SD corresponds to the perpendicular distance between each observer and a sampled point.

      Results:
      The standard deviation of the delineated volume per structure varied from 0.14 to 0.48cm3. The corresponding inter-observer reliability (ICC) was 0.19, implying a high variability among the observers. The overall delineation variability per structure varied from 0.6 to 1.0mm. Areas with good agreements were the superior and inferior part of the hippocampus. The difficult area (Fig.1) was in the anterior medial area, close to the amygdala and uncus. The ICC in medio-lateral, superior-inferior and anterior-posterior directions were 0.55, 0.64 and 0.80, respectively. A large spread of the SD of range in medio-lateral direction and the relative low ICC imply that a better instruction, or training is desirable to improve the delineations. Figure 1



      Conclusion:
      There was a substantial variability in hippocampus delineation among the observers. Stricter adherence to the RTOG guidelines and (web-based) training are needed. The implication of the variations on the dose distribution is currently verified.

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