Shen Colette J, Terezakis Stephanie A
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Front Oncol. 2021 Sep 16;11:679701. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.679701. eCollection 2021.
Ongoing rapid advances in molecular diagnostics, precision imaging, and development of targeted therapies have resulted in a constantly evolving landscape for treatment of pediatric cancers. Radiotherapy remains a critical element of the therapeutic toolbox, and its role in the era of precision medicine continues to adapt and undergo re-evaluation. Here, we review emerging strategies for combining radiotherapy with novel targeted systemic therapies (for example, for pediatric gliomas or soft tissue sarcomas), modifying use or intensity of radiotherapy when appropriate molecular diagnostics that allow better characterization and individualization of each patient's treatments (for example, de-intensification of radiotherapy in WNT subgroup medulloblastoma), as well as exploring more effective targeted systemic therapies that may allow omission or delay of radiotherapy. Many of these strategies are still under investigation but highlight the importance of continued pre-clinical and clinical studies evaluating the role of radiotherapy in this era of precision oncology.
分子诊断、精准成像和靶向治疗的持续快速发展,使得儿童癌症的治疗格局不断演变。放射治疗仍然是治疗工具箱中的关键要素,其在精准医学时代的作用不断调整并接受重新评估。在此,我们综述了放射治疗与新型靶向全身治疗相结合的新兴策略(例如用于儿童胶质瘤或软组织肉瘤),在适当的分子诊断时调整放射治疗的使用或强度,以实现每位患者治疗的更好表征和个体化(例如在WNT亚组髓母细胞瘤中降低放射治疗强度),以及探索可能允许省略或延迟放射治疗的更有效的靶向全身治疗。其中许多策略仍在研究中,但凸显了继续进行临床前和临床研究以评估放射治疗在这个精准肿瘤学时代作用的重要性。