Efficacy and safety of chemoradiation therapy compared with chemotherapy for esophageal carcinoma
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Background:The role of the chemoradiation therapy (CRT) and chemotherapy (CT) in the treatment of esophageal carcinoma (EC) remains controversial. Therefore, we conducted this meta-analysis to compare the efficacy and safety of CRT with CT in the treatment of EC patients. Methods: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and The Cochrane library were systematically reviewed for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared CRT with CT. Outcomes included overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), pathological complete response (pCR), R0 resection, recurrence rate, mortality rate, and adverse events. Pooled estimates were expressed with hazard ratio (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) and risk ratio (RR) with 95% CIs. Results:Eight RCTs involving 1274 patients were included in this meta-analysis. Compared with CT, CRT was not associated with significantly improved OS (HR=0.91, 95% CI: 0.82, 1.01; P= .072) and PFS (RR=3.62, 95% CI: 1.10, 11.95; P= .035). The pCR rate and R0 resection rate were significant higher in the CRT group than that in the CT group (RR=3.62, 95% CI: 1.10, 11.95, P= .035; RR=1.18, 95% CI: 1.09, 1.27, P< .001; respectively). EC patients who received CRT had a higher mortality rate (RR= 2.50, 95%CI: 1.14, 5.48; P= .022) than those treated with CT, and the incidence of grade 3 or 4 adverse events was similar between the 2 groups (RR=0.91, 95% CI: 0.62, 1.32; P= .612). Conclusion:On the basis of the current evidence, our results suggested that CRT seemed to have benefit in the radical resection, but no effect in the survival benefits. Further large-scale, well-conducted RCTs are needed to verify our findings. Abbreviations: AC = adenocarcinoma, ASC = adenosquamous carcinoma, CRT = chemoradiation therapy, CT = chemotherapy, EC = esophageal carcinoma, nCRT = neoadjuvant CRT, nCT = neoadjuvant CT, OS = overall survival, pCR = pathological complete response, PFS = progression free survival, PRISMA = Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis, RCT = randomized controlled trial, RR = risk ratio, SCC = squamous cell carcinoma.
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دوره 96 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2017