Rades Dirk, Conde-Moreno Antonio J, Cacicedo Jon, Segedin Barbara, Veninga Theo, Schild Steven E
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
Department of Radiation Oncology, Consorcio Hospital Provincial de Castellón, Castellón, Spain.
Anticancer Res. 2015 Nov;35(11):6189-92.
Metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) is an oncological emergency. Many elderly patients cannot tolerate intensive treatment and need individual approaches accounting for a patient's remaining lifetime. The goal of the present study was to develop a survival score for elderly prostate cancer patients with MSCC.
Nine characteristics were analyzed in 243 patients: age, performance status, interval from prostate cancer diagnosis until MSCC, affected vertebrae, ambulatory status, further bone lesions, visceral metastases, time developing motor deficits, fractionation schedule.
Pre-radiotherapy ambulatory status (p<0.001), visceral metastases (p<0.001) and time developing motor deficits (p<0.001) were significant for survival on Cox regression analysis and included in the survival score. Four groups were defined: 9-12, 13-16, 17-19 and 21-23 points. Six-month survival rates were 7%, 28%, 71% and 95%, respectively (p<0.001).
The present study identified four groups with different survival probabilities that require treatment strategies with different priorities ranging from symptom control to prolongation of life.
转移性脊髓压迫症(MSCC)是一种肿瘤急症。许多老年患者无法耐受强化治疗,需要根据患者的剩余寿命采取个体化方法。本研究的目的是为老年前列腺癌合并MSCC患者制定一个生存评分。
对243例患者的九个特征进行了分析:年龄、体能状态、从前列腺癌诊断到发生MSCC的时间间隔、受累椎体、行走状态、其他骨病变、内脏转移、出现运动功能障碍的时间、分割方案。
放疗前行走状态(p<0.001)、内脏转移(p<0.001)和出现运动功能障碍的时间(p<0.001)在Cox回归分析中对生存具有显著意义,并被纳入生存评分。定义了四组:9 - 12分、13 - 16分、17 - 19分和21 - 23分。六个月生存率分别为7%、28%、71%和95%(p<0.001)。
本研究确定了四组具有不同生存概率的患者,需要采取从症状控制到延长生命等不同优先顺序的治疗策略。