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Published on: August 31, 2016
Pretransplant pulmonary function tests predict risk of mortality following fractionated total body irradiation and
Anurag K Singh1, Shervin E Karimpour, Bipin N Savani
1Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. singan@mail.nih.gov
Purpose:
To determine the value of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) done before peripheral blood stem cell transplant (PBSCT) in predicting mortality after total body irradiation (TBI) performed with or without dose reduction to the lung.
Methods And Materials:
From 1997 to 2004, 146 consecutive patients with hematologic malignancies received fractionated TBI before PBSCT. With regimen A (n=85), patients were treated without lung dose reduction to 13.6 gray (Gy). In regimen B (n=35), total body dose was decreased to 12 Gy (1.5 Gy twice per day for 4 days) and lung dose was limited to 9 Gy by use of lung shielding. In regimen C (n=26), lung dose was reduced to 6 Gy. All patients received PFTs before treatment, 90 days after treatment, and annually.
Results:
Median follow-up was 44 months (range, 12-90 months). Sixty-one patients had combined ventilation/diffusion capacity deficits defined as both a forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) and a diffusion capacity of carbon dioxide (DLCO)<100% predicted. In this group, there was a 20% improvement in one-year overall survival with lung dose reduction (70 vs. 50%, log-rank test p=0.042).
Conclusion:
Among those with combined ventilation/diffusion capacity deficits, lung dose reduction during TBI significantly improved survival.
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