title: [Neoadjuvant combined hormonal therapy and radiotherapy with external beam irradiation in prostatic carcinoma].
abstract: From January, 1991, to December, 1995, forty-two patients with prostatic cancer (T2-T4: 40 patients) were treated with a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analog (2 administrations before and 3 during irradiation), Flutamide (1 month) and external beam radiation therapy (45 Gy to the whole pelvis and a 20 Gy boost). All patients completed the protocol and the LHRH analog was continued for 1-6 months in 5 patients with partial response at the end of radiotherapy. The incidence of acute toxicity was low according to the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group and European Organization for Research and Treatment in Cancer score (grades 1-2; 19% hematologic, 36% intestinal and 38% urological toxicity). At a median follow-up of 21 months (range: 1-60 months), one patient had local disease progression and lung metastases and two had bone metastases; the three relapsing patients were given the LHRH analog and exhibited partial response to rectal examination (1 case) and to bone scan (2 cases). Pain disappeared completely in both the patients with bone metastases. Overall 3-year survival and disease-free survival rates were 97% and 79%, respectively. Disease-free survival was significantly related to cT (at 3 years: cT2: 100%; cT3: 81.2%; log rank test: 0.0081). Late toxicity was observed in two patients: rectal bleeding in one case and chronic diarrhea in the other. The combined protocol used in this study was feasible and well tolerated. Our results seem to confirm the promising preliminary results of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 8610 study.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Radiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cellini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luzi
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Morganti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balducci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caiazza
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salvi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trodella
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Valentini
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D000368:Aged; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005485:Flutamide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D005485:Flutamide
vernacular_title: Ormonoterapia neoadiuvante-concomitante e radioterapia con fasci esterni nel carcinoma prostatico.