Receipt of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage II Colon Cancer and Overall Survival: A National Cancer Database Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
pp. 69-79
Author(s):  
Nosayaba Enofe ◽  
Andrew D. Morris ◽  
Yuan Liu ◽  
Wendi Liang ◽  
Christina S. Wu ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 3548-3548
Author(s):  
Brandon Matthew Meyers ◽  
Humaid Obaid Al-Shamsi ◽  
Alvaro Tell Figueredo

3548 Background: Colon cancer is potentially curable by surgery in the early stages of the disease. Adjuvant chemotherapy improves disease-free and overall survival in patients with stage III disease, but the magnitude of benefit in stage II colon cancer is less clear. A previous Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis (SR/MA) found improved disease-free, but not overall survival (Figueredo et al., 2008). An updated SR/MA was performed to determine the effects of adjuvant chemotherapy on disease-free and overall survival in patients with stage II colon cancer. Methods: Relevant databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane) were independently searched by all authors, using the same search strategy employed in the original study (1/1988 to 9/2012). Randomized trials containing data on stage II colon cancer patients undergoing adjuvant 5-fluorouracil (5FU) chemotherapy versus observation were included. Pooled results were expressed as hazard ratios (HR) whenever possible, or risk ratios (RR), with 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) using a random effects model. Results: Seven studies were identified, and included in the final SR/MA. Six of the 7 studies were included in the disease-free survival analysis (n=4587). Adjuvant 5FU was associated with better disease-free survival (RR 0.84 (95%CI 0.75-0.94)). All 7 studies (n=5353) were included in the overall survival analysis showing an improvement with adjuvant 5FU (HR 0.87 (95%CI 0.78-0.97)). There was no evidence of heterogeneity across the studies (I2 = 0% for all analyses). Conclusions: In stage II colon cancer, adjuvant 5FU chemotherapy statistically improves both disease-free and overall survival. Our SR/MA demonstrates, for the first time, an overall survival advantage with adjuvant chemotherapy in stage II colon cancer.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 794-794
Author(s):  
Deepna Jaiswal ◽  
Suparna Mantha ◽  
Lucas Wong ◽  
Luis Seija ◽  
Yolanda Munoz

794 Background: Inflammation has a critical role in tumor genesis and progression of cancer. The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is an indication of balance between the immune systems pro and defense mechanism against cancer. Elevated NLR is of interest in many cancers, including colon cancer. Although surgery is the mainstay of treatment for early stage colon cancer, adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer has remained debatable. We proposed to study the impact of the NLR in patients with stage II colon cancer and to identify high risk patients who would benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. Methods: Three hundred and eighty patients diagnosed with Stage II colon cancer at our institution were included in this retrospective study. Kaplan-Meir curves and multivariate Cox-regression analyses were calculated for overall survival. Results: Univariate analysis showed NLR was not statistically significant as predictor of mortality (p-value=0.0857). However, after adjusting for recurrence, chemotherapy, age, white blood cell count, the NLR was predictive for survival, with a hazard ratio of 1.05 and 95% confidence interval of (1.006 - 1.1). Recurrence and age were also significant predictors of survival (p-values of <0.0001 for both), and HR of 3.1 (2.0 – 4.6) and 1.4 (1.2 – 1.5), respectively. Conclusions: The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio might be an independent prognostic marker for overall survival in stage II colon cancer patients. Given the retrospective nature of our study, further studies are indicated to confirm our findings.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e15146-e15146
Author(s):  
Deepna Deepak Jaiswal ◽  
Suparna Mantha ◽  
Luis Seija ◽  
Yolanda Munoz ◽  
Lucas Wong

e15146 Background: Inflammation has a critical role in tumor genesis and progression of cancer. The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is an indication of balance between the immune systems pro and defense mechanism against cancer. Elevated NLR is of interest in many cancers, including colon cancer. Although surgery is the mainstay of treatment for early stage colon cancer, adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer has remained debatable. We proposed to study the impact of the NLR in patients with stage II colon cancer and to identify high risk patients who would benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. Methods: Three hundred and eighty patients diagnosed with Stage II colon cancer at our institution were included in this retrospective study. Kaplan-Meir curves and multivariate Cox-regression analyses were calculated for overall survival. Results: Univariate analysis showed NLR was not statistically significant as predictor of mortality (p-value = 0.0857). However, after adjusting for recurrence, chemotherapy, age, white blood cell count, the NLR was predictive for survival, with a hazard ratio of 1.05 and 95% confidence interval of (1.006 - 1.1). Recurrence and age were also significant predictors of survival (p-values of < 0.0001 for both), and HR of 3.1 (2.0 – 4.6) and 1.4 (1.2 – 1.5), respectively. Conclusions: The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio might be an independent prognostic marker for overall survival in stage II colon cancer patients. Given the retrospective nature of our study, further studies are indicated to confirm our findings.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 533-533
Author(s):  
Taiwo Adesoye ◽  
Chung-Yuan Hu ◽  
Amanda Cuddy ◽  
Amanda B. Francescatti ◽  
Jessica R. Schumacher ◽  
...  

533 Background: Although clinical guidelines recommend consideration of adjuvant chemotherapy in high-risk stage II colon cancer, the impact on recurrence risk and cancer related survival is unclear. Furthermore, among Medicare patients, adjuvant chemotherapy was not associated with improved survival. We examine the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on recurrence risk and overall survival in a diverse cohort. Methods: 6,095 patients who underwent surgery for stage II-III colon cancer (2006-2007) were randomly selected from facilities reporting to the National Cancer Data Base for additional abstraction of tumor information, 5 year recurrence and survival. Death or second cancer within 6 months were excluded. Patients were classified as high or low risk using standard pathologic factors. Multivariate Cox regression with propensity score weighting was performed to compare recurrence risk and overall survival. Results: Of 3,423 patients with stage II colon cancer, 26.9% (n = 883) received chemotherapy compared to 76.2% (n = 1,839) of stage III patients. Among stage II patients, 47.8% (n = 1,636) had at least one high risk feature and 30.8% (n = 481) of these received chemotherapy. Five year recurrence rate in stage II patients was 13% (n = 392), greater in high risk compared to non-high risk patients (13.3% vs 9.3% p < 0.0001) and 24.4% (n = 874) in stage III patients. Chemotherapy did not improve recurrence risk in stage II patients regardless of risk status (High risk: hazard ratio [HR] 1.37; 95% CI 0.96 - 1.97; Non-high risk: HR 1.39; 95% CI 0.91 - 2.11). Chemotherapy was associated with a significant improvement in recurrence risk in stage III patients (HR 0.79; 95% CI 0.63 - 0.96). However, chemotherapy was associated with improved overall survival in both high (HR 0.69; 95% CI 0.51 - 0.92) and non-high risk stage II patients (HR 0.76; 95% CI 0.55 - 1.04), and also in stage III patients (HR 0.47; 95% CI 0.41 - 0.54). Conclusions: Adjuvant chemotherapy was not associated with a lower recurrence rate among stage II colon cancer patients. The observed survival benefit associated with chemotherapy is likely attributable to non-oncologic factors such as patient selection. Decision-making regarding chemotherapy use in this cohort should be carefully approached.


2015 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. S363
Author(s):  
S.R. Verhoeff ◽  
F.N. Van Erning ◽  
V.E.P.P. Lemmens ◽  
J.H.W. De Wilt ◽  
J.F.M. Pruijt

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. iv197
Author(s):  
S.R. Verhoeff ◽  
F. van Erning ◽  
J. Pruijt ◽  
J. De Wilt ◽  
V. Lemmens

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (25) ◽  
pp. 3381-3388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin S. O'Connor ◽  
David Yu Greenblatt ◽  
Noelle K. LoConte ◽  
Ronald E. Gangnon ◽  
Jinn-Ing Liou ◽  
...  

Purpose Adjuvant chemotherapy is typically considered for patients with stage II colon cancer characterized by poor prognostic features, including obstruction, perforation, emergent admission, T4 stage, resection of fewer than 12 lymph nodes, and poor histology. Despite frequent use, the survival advantage conferred on patients with stage II disease by chemotherapy is yet unproven. We sought to determine the overall survival benefit of chemotherapy among patients with stage II colon cancer having poor prognostic features. Patients and Methods A total of 43,032 Medicare beneficiaries who underwent colectomy for stage II and III primary colon adenocarcinoma diagnosed from 1992 to 2005 were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) –Medicare database. χ2 and two-way analysis of variance were used to assess differences in patient- and disease-related characteristics. Five-year overall survival was examined using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards regression with propensity score weighting. Results Of the 24,847 patients with stage II cancer, 75% had one or more poor prognostic features. Adjuvant chemotherapy was received by 20% of patients with stage II disease and 57% of patients with stage III disease. After adjustment, 5-year survival benefit from chemotherapy was observed only for patients with stage III disease (hazard ratio[HR], 0.64; 95% CI, 0.60 to 0.67). No survival benefit was observed for patients with stage II cancer with no poor prognostic features (HR, 1.02; 95% CI, 0.84 to 1.25) or stage II cancer with any poor prognostic features (HR, 1.03; 95% CI, 0.94 to 1.13). Conclusion Among Medicare patients identified with stage II colon cancer, either with or without poor prognostic features, adjuvant chemotherapy did not substantially improve overall survival. This lack of benefit must be considered in treatment decisions for similar older adults with colon cancer.


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