Zongwei Huang, Ying Li, Wenxi Wu, Lishui Wu, Zihan Chen, Siqi Xu, Yi Li, Jinghua Lai, Sufang Qiu, Jun Lu
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The association between EBV DNA pattern and progression-free survival was analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 2203 NPCs were included. Five distinct EBV DNA trajectory patterns were identified: type Ⅰ (negative-stable, U-U-U, 7.3%), type Ⅱ (induction chemotherapy-elimination, D-U-U, 42.8%), type Ⅲ (RT-elimination, D-D-U, 35.0%), type Ⅳ (persistent-positive, D-D-D, 11.7%), and type Ⅴ (resurgence, D-U-D [1.5%], U-D-U [1.2%], U-D-D [0.4%], or U-U-D [0.2%]). The median follow-up was 53.5 months (IQR, 43.1-66.9). Type Ⅱ patients displayed superior 5-year progression-free survival (82.9% [95% CI, 80.4%-85.5%]) versus type Ⅲ (75.9% [72.8%-79.1%], P < .001), type Ⅳ (52.5% [46.4%-59.5%], P < .001), and type Ⅴ (72.5% [62.2%-84.6%], P = .028). The 5-year progression-free survival for type V patients with \"D-U-D,\" \"U-D-U,\" \"U-D-D,\" and \"U-U-D\" patterns was 62.4% (46.2%-84.3%), 78.6% (63.1%-97.8%), 85.7% (63.3%-100.0%), and 75.0% (42.6%-100.0%), respectively. All 33 patients with the \"D-U-D\" pattern had stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ disease at diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Temporal EBV DNA clearance patterns during induction-concurrent chemoRT provide valuable prognostic insights, enabling the identification of patients with high-risk NPC and informing personalized treatment strategies. Resurgence of EBV DNA may occur occasionally (3.3%). 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Plasma Epstein-Barr Virus DNA Temporal Clearance Pattern During Induction-Concurrent (Chemo)Radiation Therapy for Risk Stratification in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.
Purpose: Plasma Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA is a widely used biomarker for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Prior investigations predominantly assessed EBV DNA at a single time point, thus neglecting the differential prognostic implications of the temporal clearance pattern of EBV DNA during induction-concurrent (chemo)radiation therapy (RT).
Methods and materials: We retrospectively reviewed EBV DNA clearance patterns during induction-concurrent chemoRT in newly diagnosed patients with nonmetastatic NPC. EBV DNA was tested at 3 time points (baseline [T0], end of induction chemotherapy [T1], and end of RT [T2]) and recorded as detectable (D) and undetectable (U). The association between EBV DNA pattern and progression-free survival was analyzed.
Results: A total of 2203 NPCs were included. Five distinct EBV DNA trajectory patterns were identified: type Ⅰ (negative-stable, U-U-U, 7.3%), type Ⅱ (induction chemotherapy-elimination, D-U-U, 42.8%), type Ⅲ (RT-elimination, D-D-U, 35.0%), type Ⅳ (persistent-positive, D-D-D, 11.7%), and type Ⅴ (resurgence, D-U-D [1.5%], U-D-U [1.2%], U-D-D [0.4%], or U-U-D [0.2%]). The median follow-up was 53.5 months (IQR, 43.1-66.9). Type Ⅱ patients displayed superior 5-year progression-free survival (82.9% [95% CI, 80.4%-85.5%]) versus type Ⅲ (75.9% [72.8%-79.1%], P < .001), type Ⅳ (52.5% [46.4%-59.5%], P < .001), and type Ⅴ (72.5% [62.2%-84.6%], P = .028). The 5-year progression-free survival for type V patients with "D-U-D," "U-D-U," "U-D-D," and "U-U-D" patterns was 62.4% (46.2%-84.3%), 78.6% (63.1%-97.8%), 85.7% (63.3%-100.0%), and 75.0% (42.6%-100.0%), respectively. All 33 patients with the "D-U-D" pattern had stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ disease at diagnosis.
Conclusions: Temporal EBV DNA clearance patterns during induction-concurrent chemoRT provide valuable prognostic insights, enabling the identification of patients with high-risk NPC and informing personalized treatment strategies. Resurgence of EBV DNA may occur occasionally (3.3%). Caution is required when considering reduced-intensity therapy in patients with locoeregionally advanced disease when EBV DNA becomes U after induction chemotherapy.
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International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (IJROBP), known in the field as the Red Journal, publishes original laboratory and clinical investigations related to radiation oncology, radiation biology, medical physics, and both education and health policy as it relates to the field.
This journal has a particular interest in original contributions of the following types: prospective clinical trials, outcomes research, and large database interrogation. In addition, it seeks reports of high-impact innovations in single or combined modality treatment, tumor sensitization, normal tissue protection (including both precision avoidance and pharmacologic means), brachytherapy, particle irradiation, and cancer imaging. Technical advances related to dosimetry and conformal radiation treatment planning are of interest, as are basic science studies investigating tumor physiology and the molecular biology underlying cancer and normal tissue radiation response.