Radiotherapy and hyperthermia for breast cancer patients at high risk of recurrence

Purpose To evaluate the long-term efficacy of combined radiotherapy (RT) and hyperthermia (HT) in a large mono-institutional cohort of breast cancer (BC) patients affected by recurrent, newly diagnosed non-resectable or high risk resected tumor.Materials and methods Records of BC patients treated wi...

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Main Authors: Chiara De-Colle, Anna Beller, Cihan Gani, Nicola Weidner, Vanessa Heinrich, Ulf Lamprecht, Stephan Gaupp, Otilia Voigt, Oliver Dohm, Daniel Zips, Arndt-Christian Müller
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author Chiara De-Colle
Anna Beller
Cihan Gani
Nicola Weidner
Vanessa Heinrich
Ulf Lamprecht
Stephan Gaupp
Otilia Voigt
Oliver Dohm
Daniel Zips
Arndt-Christian Müller
author_facet Chiara De-Colle
Anna Beller
Cihan Gani
Nicola Weidner
Vanessa Heinrich
Ulf Lamprecht
Stephan Gaupp
Otilia Voigt
Oliver Dohm
Daniel Zips
Arndt-Christian Müller
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description Purpose To evaluate the long-term efficacy of combined radiotherapy (RT) and hyperthermia (HT) in a large mono-institutional cohort of breast cancer (BC) patients affected by recurrent, newly diagnosed non-resectable or high risk resected tumor.Materials and methods Records of BC patients treated with RT + HT between 1995 and 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. RT doses of 50–70 Gy concurrent to a twice per week superficial HT were applied. For HT, a temperature between 41 and 42 °C was applied for approximately 1 h. Primary endpoint was local control (LC), secondary endpoints comprised toxicity, overall survival (OS), and progression-free survival (PFS).Results A total of 191 patients and 196 RT + HT treatments were analyzed. In 154 cases (78.6%) RT + HT was performed for patients with recurrent BC. Among these, 93 (47.4% of the entire cohort) had received RT prior to RT + HT. Median follow up was 12.7 years. LC at 2, 5, and 10 years was 76.4, 72.8, and 69.5%, respectively. OS at 2, 5, and 10 years was 73.5, 52.3, and 35.5%, respectively. PFS at 2, 5, and 10 years was 55.6, 41, and 33.6%, respectively. Predictive factors for LC were tumor stage, distant metastases, estrogen/progesterone receptor expression, resection status and number of HT fractions. At multivariate analysis tumor stage and receptor expression were significant. No acute or late toxicities higher than grade 3 were observed.Conclusion Combined RT + HT offers long-term high LC rates with acceptable toxicity for patients with recurrent, newly diagnosed non-resectable or resected BC at high risk of relapse.
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spelling doaj-art-719d7427b2d7407480331bfb58a20b3e2025-08-20T03:28:18ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Hyperthermia0265-67361464-51572022-12-013911010101610.1080/02656736.2022.2103593Radiotherapy and hyperthermia for breast cancer patients at high risk of recurrenceChiara De-Colle0Anna Beller1Cihan Gani2Nicola Weidner3Vanessa Heinrich4Ulf Lamprecht5Stephan Gaupp6Otilia Voigt7Oliver Dohm8Daniel Zips9Arndt-Christian Müller10Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyPurpose To evaluate the long-term efficacy of combined radiotherapy (RT) and hyperthermia (HT) in a large mono-institutional cohort of breast cancer (BC) patients affected by recurrent, newly diagnosed non-resectable or high risk resected tumor.Materials and methods Records of BC patients treated with RT + HT between 1995 and 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. RT doses of 50–70 Gy concurrent to a twice per week superficial HT were applied. For HT, a temperature between 41 and 42 °C was applied for approximately 1 h. Primary endpoint was local control (LC), secondary endpoints comprised toxicity, overall survival (OS), and progression-free survival (PFS).Results A total of 191 patients and 196 RT + HT treatments were analyzed. In 154 cases (78.6%) RT + HT was performed for patients with recurrent BC. Among these, 93 (47.4% of the entire cohort) had received RT prior to RT + HT. Median follow up was 12.7 years. LC at 2, 5, and 10 years was 76.4, 72.8, and 69.5%, respectively. OS at 2, 5, and 10 years was 73.5, 52.3, and 35.5%, respectively. PFS at 2, 5, and 10 years was 55.6, 41, and 33.6%, respectively. Predictive factors for LC were tumor stage, distant metastases, estrogen/progesterone receptor expression, resection status and number of HT fractions. At multivariate analysis tumor stage and receptor expression were significant. No acute or late toxicities higher than grade 3 were observed.Conclusion Combined RT + HT offers long-term high LC rates with acceptable toxicity for patients with recurrent, newly diagnosed non-resectable or resected BC at high risk of relapse.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02656736.2022.2103593Breast cancerhyperthermiaradiotherapyrecurrent breast cancersuperficial hyperthermia
spellingShingle Chiara De-Colle
Anna Beller
Cihan Gani
Nicola Weidner
Vanessa Heinrich
Ulf Lamprecht
Stephan Gaupp
Otilia Voigt
Oliver Dohm
Daniel Zips
Arndt-Christian Müller
Radiotherapy and hyperthermia for breast cancer patients at high risk of recurrence
International Journal of Hyperthermia
Breast cancer
hyperthermia
radiotherapy
recurrent breast cancer
superficial hyperthermia
title Radiotherapy and hyperthermia for breast cancer patients at high risk of recurrence
title_full Radiotherapy and hyperthermia for breast cancer patients at high risk of recurrence
title_fullStr Radiotherapy and hyperthermia for breast cancer patients at high risk of recurrence
title_full_unstemmed Radiotherapy and hyperthermia for breast cancer patients at high risk of recurrence
title_short Radiotherapy and hyperthermia for breast cancer patients at high risk of recurrence
title_sort radiotherapy and hyperthermia for breast cancer patients at high risk of recurrence
topic Breast cancer
hyperthermia
radiotherapy
recurrent breast cancer
superficial hyperthermia
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02656736.2022.2103593
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