Personalized re-treatment strategy for uveal melanoma local recurrences after interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy): single institution experience and systematic literature review

Luca Tagliaferri; Monica Maria Pagliara; Bruno Fionda; Andrea Scupola; Luigi Azario; Maria Grazia Sammarco; Rosa Autorino; Valentina Lancellotta; Silvia Cammelli; Carmela Grazia Caputo; Rafael Martìnez Monge; György Kovács; Maria Gambacorta; Vincenzo Valentini; Maria Antonietta Blasi

doi:10.5114/jcb.2019.82888

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Personalized re-treatment strategy for uveal melanoma local recurrences after interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy): single institution experience and systematic literature review

Luca Tagliaferri

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Monica Maria Pagliara

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Bruno Fionda

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Andrea Scupola

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Luigi Azario

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Maria Grazia Sammarco

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Rosa Autorino

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Valentina Lancellotta

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Silvia Cammelli

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Carmela Grazia Caputo

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Rafael Martìnez Monge

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György Kovács

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Maria Antonietta Gambacorta

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Vincenzo Valentini

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Maria Antonietta Blasi

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2019; 11, 1: 54–60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2019.82888

Online publish date: 2019/02/13

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Tagliaferri L, Pagliara M, Fionda B, et al. Personalized re-treatment strategy for uveal melanoma local recurrences after interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy): single institution experience and systematic literature review. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy. 2019;11(1):54-60. doi:10.5114/jcb.2019.82888.

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Tagliaferri, L., Pagliara, M., Fionda, B., Scupola, A., Azario, L.,  & Sammarco, M. et al. (2019). Personalized re-treatment strategy for uveal melanoma local recurrences after interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy): single institution experience and systematic literature review. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 11(1), 54-60. https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2019.82888

Chicago

Tagliaferri, Luca, Monica Maria Pagliara, Bruno Fionda, Andrea Scupola, Luigi Azario, Maria Grazia Sammarco,  and Rosa Autorino et al. 2019. "Personalized re-treatment strategy for uveal melanoma local recurrences after interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy): single institution experience and systematic literature review". Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy 11 (1): 54-60. doi:10.5114/jcb.2019.82888.

Harvard

Tagliaferri, L., Pagliara, M., Fionda, B., Scupola, A., Azario, L., Sammarco, M., Autorino, R., Lancellotta, V., Cammelli, S., Caputo, C., Monge, R., Kovács, G., Gambacorta, M., Valentini, V.,  and Blasi, M. (2019). Personalized re-treatment strategy for uveal melanoma local recurrences after interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy): single institution experience and systematic literature review. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 11(1), pp.54-60. https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2019.82888

MLA

Tagliaferri, Luca et al. "Personalized re-treatment strategy for uveal melanoma local recurrences after interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy): single institution experience and systematic literature review." Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, vol. 11, no. 1, 2019, pp. 54-60. doi:10.5114/jcb.2019.82888.

Vancouver

Tagliaferri L, Pagliara M, Fionda B, Scupola A, Azario L, Sammarco M et al. Personalized re-treatment strategy for uveal melanoma local recurrences after interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy): single institution experience and systematic literature review. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy. 2019;11(1):54-60. doi:10.5114/jcb.2019.82888.

Purpose
To report the results of a patient’s tailored therapeutic approach using a second course of interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) in patients with locally recurrent uveal melanoma.

Material and methods
Patients who had already undergone ocular brachytherapy treated at our IOC (Interventional Oncology Center) were considered. Five patients who has received a second course of treatment with a plaque after local recurrences were included in our study. Re-irradiation was performed with Ruthenium-106 (prescribed dose to the apex 100 Gy) or with Iodine-125 plaques (prescribed dose to the apex 85 Gy). Moreover, a systematic literature search was conducted through three electronic databases, including Medline/PubMed, Scopus, and Embase.

Results
All patients were initially treated with Ruthenium-106 plaque; the re-irradiation was performed with Ruthenium-106 plaque in three cases and with Iodine in two cases. Mean time between the first and the second plaque was 56.8 months (range, 25-93 months). Local tumor control rate was 100%, no patient underwent secondary enucleation owing to re-treatment failure. Distant metastasis occurred in 1 patient after 6 months from re-treatment. After a median follow-up of 44.2 months (range, 26-65 months) from re-treatment, all patients experienced worsening of the visual acuity (median visual acuity was 0.42 at time of recurrence and decline to 0.24 at the most recent follow-up); cataract occurred in two cases, no patient developed scleral necrosis. We considered 2 papers for a systematic review.

Conclusions
In selected cases, especially in presence of marginal local recurrence, a personalized re-treatment strategy with a plaque may offer high probability of tumor control and organ preservation but worsening of visual acuity.

keywords:

Personalized re-treatment strategy for uveal melanoma local recurrences after interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy): single institution experience and systematic literature review

uveal melanoma, brachytherapy, re-treatment, re-irradiation