Arya Bhanu, Chaitali M Waghmare, Vandana S Jain, Hemant J Pawar
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Abstract
Background: To evaluate the relation between serum-25-hydroxy Vitamin-D levels (S25OHVDL) and concurrent chemoradiation therapy (CTRT) toxicities in patients of head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC).
Methods: After an institutional ethics committee approval, consecutive HNSCC patients who received radical/adjuvant CTRT were prospectively evaluated. Patients were assessed for CTRT toxicities using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0 (CTCAE-v5.0) and the response was evaluated according to Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST-1.1). S25OHVDL was assessed at the time of the first follow-up. Patients were divided into group A (Optimal) and group B (suboptimal) according to S25OHVDL. The treatment toxicities were correlated with S25OHVDL.
Results: Twenty-eight patients were evaluated for the study. S25OHVDL was optimal in eight (28.57%) and suboptimal in 20 patients (71.42%). Mucositis and radiation dermatitis were significantly more in subgroup B ( P -value 0.0011 and 0.0505, respectively). Relatively lower but nonsignificant hemoglobin and peripheral white blood cell counts were observed in subgroup B.
Conclusion: Suboptimal S25OHVDL was associated with significantly more skin and mucosal toxicities in HNSCC patients treated with CTRT.
期刊介绍:
Indian Journal of Cancer (ISSN 0019-509X), the show window of the progress of ontological sciences in India, was established in 1963. Indian Journal of Cancer is the first and only periodical serving the needs of all the specialties of oncology in India.