Penile cancer (PeCa) is a rare, aggressive malignancy often associated with the human papillomavirus (HPV). The practice of a personalized risk-adapted approach is not yet established. This study is to assess the relationship between HPV tumor status and chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in PeCa locoregional control (LRC).
We retrospectively identified patients with HPV status who were diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis and treated with surgical resection between 1999 and 2016. The relationship between tumor/treatment characteristics and LRC were analyzed with univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis (UVA and MVA, respectively). Time-to-event outcomes were estimated with Kaplan-Meier curves and compared via log-rank tests.
Fifty-one patients were identified. The median follow-up was 36.6 months. Patients were primarily HPV-negative (HPV-) (n = 28, 55%), and pathologic node positive (pN+) (55%). The 2 year LRC rate was 54%. pN+ patients had a significantly lower 2 year LRC (37 vs. 81%, p = 0.002). In the subgroup analysis of pN+ patients (n = 28), there was a LRC benefit associated with the addition of CRT (HR 0.19; 95% CI 0.05-0.70, p = 0.012) and HPV-positive (HPV+) disease (HR 0.18; 95% CI 0.039-0.80, p = 0.024) using MVA. HPV+ patients treated with CRT had improved 2 year LRC compared to HPV- patients (83 vs. 38%, p = 0.038).
Adjuvant CRT and HPV+ disease independently predicted for improved LRC in pN+ PeCa. In HPV+ PeCa, the LRC benefit was primarily observed in patients treated with adjuvant CRT. Prospective investigation of HPV+ and CRT is required to further delineate their roles in optimizing PeCa treatment.
World journal of urology. 2018 Mar 27 [Epub ahead of print]
Zhigang Yuan, Arash O Naghavi, Dominic Tang, Youngchul Kim, Kamran A Ahmed, Jasreman Dhillon, Anna R Giuliano, Philippe E Spiess, Peter A Johnstone
Department of Radiation Oncology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Dr, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA., Department of Genitourinary Oncology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Dr, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA., Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Dr, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA., Department of Anatomic Pathology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Dr, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA., Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Dr, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA., Department of Radiation Oncology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Dr, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA. .
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