The robust performance of carcinoembryonic antigen levels after adjuvant chemotherapy for the recurrence risk stratification in patients with colorectal cancer

Author(s):  
Tsuyoshi Ozawa ◽  
Keiji Matsuda ◽  
Soichiro Ishihara ◽  
Yoshihisa Fukushima ◽  
Ryu Shimada ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiana Iacuzzo ◽  
Paola Germani ◽  
Marina Troian ◽  
Tommaso Cipolat Mis ◽  
Fabiola Giudici ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 5039-5045
Author(s):  
MASATSUNE SHIBUTANI ◽  
HISASHI NAGAHARA ◽  
TATSUNARI FUKUOKA ◽  
YASUHITO ISEKI ◽  
KOSEI HIRAKAWA ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e15083-e15083
Author(s):  
Florian Posch ◽  
Karina Silina ◽  
Ulf Petrausch ◽  
Sebastian Leibl ◽  
Axel Muendlein ◽  
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e15083 Background: The tumor immune infiltrate and organized lymphocytic aggregates within the tumor microenvironment, known as tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS), play a critical role in cancer. We hypothesize that the maturation stage of TLS harbors prognostic information on recurrence risk in patients (pts) with non-metastatic colorectal cancer (nmCRC). Methods: In a comprehensive immunofluorescence and clinical analysis of 111 pts with UICC stage II & III nmCRC (median age: 65 yrs; female: n = 53 (48%); stage III: n = 69 (62%)), we quantified the number and maturation status of tumor-associated TLS in baseline surgical specimens:[1] Early TLS (E-TLS, composed of dense lymphocytic aggregates without follicular dendritic cells (FDCs), [2] Primary follicle-like TLS (PFL-TLS, having FDCs but no germinal center (GC) reaction), and [3] Secondary follicle-like TLS (SFL-TLS, having an active GC reaction). The 3-year incidence of recurrence was the primary endpoint of this study, which occurred in 19 pts (3-year recurrence risk = 18.3%). Results: Most TLS formed in tissue adjacent to the tumor. The median number of TLS/mm of tumor perimeter was 1.0 [25th-75th percentile: 0.5-1.7]. The average proportions of different TLS maturation stages were 56% of E-TLS [40-78], 20% of PFL-TLS [6-37], and 16% of SFL-TLS [0-32]. A structural equation model was fitted to summarize the TLS counts and maturation stages into a TLS maturation immunoscore for predicting recurrence. 3-year recurrence risks were 31.7% (95%CI: 17.2-47.3), 15.9% (5.7-30.5), and 9.4% (2.4-22.4) in pts in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd tertile of the score (Gray’s test p = 0.05). A higher score was significantly associated with a lower recurrence risk (Hazard ratio (HR) for 10 units increase = 0.76, 95%CI: 0.59-0.97, p = 0.03), and this association prevailed in multivariable analysis adjusting for age, ECOG performance status, stage, and adjuvant chemotherapy (Adjusted HR = 0.73, 0.54-0.99, p = 0.05). Conclusions: Tumors of nmCRC pts with a very low risk of recurrence are characterized by an increased fraction of mature TLS comprising FDCs and GCs. If confirmed prospectively, adjuvant chemotherapy may be avoided in nmCRC pts with a high TLS maturation score.


Medicine ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (44) ◽  
pp. e17696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jy-Ming Chiang ◽  
Hsin-Yuan Hung ◽  
Jeng-Fu You ◽  
Sum-Fu Chiang ◽  
Chen-Fang Lee ◽  
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Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 2869
Author(s):  
Laura Masfarré ◽  
Joana Vidal ◽  
Concepción Fernández-Rodríguez ◽  
Clara Montagut

Currently, the standard treatment for patients with localized colorectal cancer (CRC) includes surgical resection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy based on clinicopathological features. Recurrence risk stratification in those patients is of utmost importance to guide clinicians to avoid both under- and overtreatment. Recently, the concept of minimal residual disease (MRD) has emerged as the detection of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) carrying tumor-specific genomic or epigenomic alterations in the bloodstream of patients after surgery. Emerging studies described how the detection of MRD is a powerful prognostic biomarker to identify patients at higher risk of recurrence and who will potentially benefit the most from a systemic adjuvant treatment. Based on that unprecedented finding, several clinical trials involving stage II and III CRC patients are ongoing evaluating the impact of ctDNA guided treatment by escalating or deescalating adjuvant chemotherapy based on ctDNA MRD detection. This review provides a critical overview of current perspectives of liquid biopsy in early-stage CRC including technical, biological, and clinical key points, as well as ongoing ctDNA-based clinical trials that ultimately aim to improve clinical outcomes of patients with CRC.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia K Roseweir ◽  
James H Park ◽  
Sanne ten Hoorn ◽  
Arfon GMT Powell ◽  
Susan Aherne ◽  
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Cancers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Osterman ◽  
Klara Hammarström ◽  
Israa Imam ◽  
Emerik Osterlund ◽  
Tobias Sjöblom ◽  
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Adjuvant chemotherapy aims at eradicating tumour cells sometimes present after radical surgery for a colorectal cancer (CRC) and thereby diminish the recurrence rate and prolong time to recurrence (TTR). Remaining tumour cells will lead to recurrent disease that is usually fatal. Adjuvant therapy is administered based upon the estimated recurrence risk, which in turn defines the need for this treatment. This systematic overview aims at describing whether the need has decreased since trials showing that adjuvant chemotherapy provides benefits in colon cancer were performed decades ago. Thanks to other improvements than the administration of adjuvant chemotherapy, such as better staging, improved surgery, the use of radiotherapy and more careful pathology, recurrence risks have decreased. Methodological difficulties including intertrial comparisons decades apart and the present selective use of adjuvant therapy prevent an accurate estimate of the magnitude of the decreased need. Furthermore, most trials do not report recurrence rates or TTR, only disease-free and overall survival (DFS/OS). Fewer colon cancer patients, particularly in stage II but also in stage III, today display a sufficient need for adjuvant treatment considering the burden of treatment, especially when oxaliplatin is added. In rectal cancer, neo-adjuvant treatment will be increasingly used, diminishing the need for adjuvant treatment.


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