Division of Radiation Oncology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Radiat Oncol. 2021 Jan 5;16(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13014-020-01701-5.
To evaluate factors associated with osteoradionecrosis of the jaw (ORNJ) in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), focusing on jaw-related dose-volume histogram (DVH) parameters.
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 616 patients with HNSCC treated with curative-intent or postoperative radiation therapy (RT) during 2008-2018. Patient-related (age, sex, history of smoking or alcohol use, diabetes mellitus, performance status, pre-RT dental evaluation, pre- or post-RT tooth extraction), tumor-related (primary tumor site, T-stage, nodal status), and treatment-related (pre-RT surgery, pre-RT mandible surgery, induction or concurrent chemotherapy, RT technique) variables and DVH parameters (relative volumes of the jaw exposed to doses of 10 Gy-70 Gy [V10-70]) were investigated and compared between patients with and without ORNJ. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare RT dose parameters. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were used to assess factors associated with ORNJ development. Kaplan-Meier analyses were performed for cumulative ORNJ incidence estimation.
Forty-six patients (7.5%) developed ORNJ. The median follow-up duration was 40 (range 3-145) months. The median time to ORNJ development was 27 (range 2-127) months. DVH analysis revealed that V30-V70 values were significantly higher in patients with than in those without ORNJ. In univariate analyses, primary tumor site, pre-RT mandible surgery, post-RT tooth extraction, and V60 > 14% were identified as important factors. In multivariate analyses, V60 > 14% (p = 0.0065) and primary tumor site (p = 0.0059) remained significant. The 3-year cumulative ORNJ incidence rates were 2.5% and 8.6% in patients with V60 ≤ 14% and > 14%, respectively (p < 0.0001), and 9.3% and 1.4% in patients with oropharyngeal or oral cancer and other cancers, respectively (p < 0.0001).
V60 > 14% and oropharyngeal or oral cancer were found to be independent risk factors for ORNJ. These findings might be useful to minimize ORNJ incidence in HNSCC treated with curative RT.
本研究旨在评估头颈部鳞癌(HNSCC)患者发生颌骨放射性骨坏死(ORNJ)的相关因素,重点关注与颌骨相关的剂量-体积直方图(DVH)参数。
我们回顾性分析了 2008 年至 2018 年间 616 例接受根治性或术后放疗(RT)治疗的 HNSCC 患者的病历资料。患者相关因素(年龄、性别、吸烟或饮酒史、糖尿病、体能状态、放疗前口腔评估、放疗前或放疗后拔牙)、肿瘤相关因素(原发肿瘤部位、T 分期、淋巴结状态)和治疗相关因素(放疗前手术、放疗前下颌骨手术、诱导或同步化疗、放疗技术)以及 DVH 参数(10Gy-70Gy 剂量下暴露的颌骨相对体积[V10-70]),并比较了 ORNJ 患者和非 ORNJ 患者之间的差异。采用 Mann-Whitney U 检验比较 RT 剂量参数。采用单因素和多因素 Cox 回归分析评估 ORNJ 发生的相关因素。采用 Kaplan-Meier 分析评估累积 ORNJ 发生率。
46 例(7.5%)患者发生 ORNJ。中位随访时间为 40 个月(范围 3-145 个月)。ORNJ 发生的中位时间为 27 个月(范围 2-127 个月)。DVH 分析显示,ORNJ 患者的 V30-V70 值明显高于非 ORNJ 患者。单因素分析显示,原发肿瘤部位、放疗前下颌骨手术、放疗后拔牙以及 V60>14%是重要因素。多因素分析显示,V60>14%(p=0.0065)和原发肿瘤部位(p=0.0059)仍然是显著因素。V60≤14%和>V60>14%的患者 3 年累积 ORNJ 发生率分别为 2.5%和 8.6%(p<0.0001),口咽或口腔癌和其他癌症患者的发生率分别为 9.3%和 1.4%(p<0.0001)。
V60>14%和口咽或口腔癌是 ORNJ 的独立危险因素。这些发现可能有助于减少接受根治性 RT 治疗的 HNSCC 患者 ORNJ 的发生率。