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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Impact of reirradiation of painful osseous metastases on quality of life and function: a secondary analysis of the NCIC CTG SC.20 randomized trial |
Author: | Chow, E. Meyer, R. Chen, B. van der Linden, Y. Roos, D. Hartsell, W. Hoskin, P. Wu, J. Nabid, A. Tissing-Tan, C. Oei, B. Babington, S. Demas, W. Wilson, C. Wong, R. Brundage, M. |
Citation: | Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2014; 32(34):3867-3873 |
Publisher: | American Society of Clinical Oncology |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
ISSN: | 0732-183X 1527-7755 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Edward Chow, Ralph M. Meyer, Bingshu E. Chen, Yvette M. van der Linden, Daniel Roos, William F. Hartsell, Peter Hoskin, Jackson S.Y. Wu, Abdenour Nabid, Caroline J.A. Tissing-Tan, Bing Oei, Scott Babington, William F. Demas, Carolyn F. Wilson, Rebecca K.S. Wong and Michael Brundage |
Abstract: | Purpose: We previously demonstrated that 48% of patients with pain at sites of previously irradiated bone metastases benefit from reirradiation. It is unknown whether alleviating pain also improves patient perception of quality of life (QOL). Patients and Methods: We used the database of a randomized trial comparing radiation treatment dose fractionation schedules to evaluate whether response, determined using the International Consensus Endpoint (ICE) and Brief Pain Inventory pain score (BPI-PS), is associated with patient perception of benefit, as measured using the European Organisation for Resesarch and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (QLQ-C30) and functional interference scale of the BPI (BPI-FI). Evaluable patients completed baseline and 2-month follow-up assessments. Results: Among 850 randomly assigned patients, 528 were evaluable for response using the ICE and 605 using the BPI-PS. Using the ICE, 253 patients experienced a response and 275 did not. Responding patients had superior scores on all items of the BPI-FI (ie, general activity, mood, walking ability, normal work, relations with other people, sleep, and enjoyment of life) and improved QOL, as determined by scores on the EORTC QLQ-C30 scales of physical, role, emotional and social functioning, global QOL, fatigue, pain, and appetite. Similar results were obtained using the BPI-PS; observed improvements were typically of lesser magnitude. Conclusion: Patients responding to reirradiation of painful bone metastases experience superior QOL scores and less functional interference associated with pain. Patients should be offered re-treatment for painful bone metastases in the hope of reducing pain severity as well as improving QOL and pain interference. |
Keywords: | Humans Bone Neoplasms Pain Pain Measurement Treatment Outcome Retreatment Emotions Mental Health Health Status Time Factors Quality of Life Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Middle Aged Female Male Young Adult Surveys and Questionnaires Dose Fractionation, Radiation |
Rights: | © 2014 by American Society of Clinical Oncology |
DOI: | 10.1200/JCO.2014.57.6264 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2014.57.6264 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Medicine publications |
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