scholarly journals O33 Earlier cancer diagnosis after myositis onset is associated with improved long term survival: results from UK, French and Czech cohorts

Rheumatology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Oldroyd ◽  
Paul New ◽  
Janine Lamb ◽  
William Ollier ◽  
Robert Cooper ◽  
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Abstract Background The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are associated with cancer. Cancer screening is advocated in new IIM cases; however no study has investigated if this confers improved long-term survival. This study aimed to investigate if a shorter time between IIM onset and cancer diagnosis is associated with improved survival. Methods Verified adult-onset IIM (dermatomyositis, polymyositis, anti-synthetase syndrome) cases, according to the International Myositis Classification Criteria, were recruited from three separate UK (UKMYONET), France and Czech-based cohort studies. Only cases with cancer diagnosis following IIM onset were included in analysis. The time between IIM onset and cancer diagnosis was calculated for each case. The relationship between survival at the end of follow up and time between IIM onset and cancer diagnosis was quantified via calculation of hazard ratios using a Cox-proportional hazard model, adjusted for age and gender. Results A total of 193 (66% female) IIM cases with a total of 1,395 person-years follow up were included in the analysis (Table 1). Data of 120 UK, 45 Czech and 28 French participants were analysed. Breast was the most common site of cancer (16%), followed by lung (9%) and bowel (6%). Forty six (24%) deaths occurred within the follow up period. The IIM onset to cancer diagnosis time was shorter for those that survived at the end of follow up, compared to those that died: 4.6 years (IQR 1.2, 10.7), vs 5.8 years (IQR 1.6, 13.8), respectively. Cox-proportional hazard modelling, indicated that a longer time between IIM onset and cancer diagnosis was significantly associated with death (HR 1.06 [95% CI 1.02, 1.10]). This significant relationship was only demonstrated in the female cohort when analysed separately: female HR 1.06 (95% CI 1.01, 1.10), male HR 1.08 (95% CI 0.98, 1.18). Conclusion Using data from three international cohorts, this study has, for the first time, identified that earlier cancer diagnosis after IIM onset is associated with improved long term survival. This finding was observed in the female cohort only. This study therefore indicate that cancer screening in newly diagnosed IIM cases without a preceding cancer history should be carried out, especially in female cases. Disclosures A. Oldroyd None. P. New None. J. Lamb None. W. Ollier None. R. Cooper None. K. Mariampillai None. O. Benveniste None. J. Vencovský None. H. Mann None. H. Chinoy None.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenxing Cui ◽  
Tian Li ◽  
Yingwu Shi ◽  
Chen Yang ◽  
Shunnan Ge ◽  
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Abstract Objective: To assess the association between immediate postoperative coagulopathy and the long-term survival of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients undergoing surgery, as well as to explore predisposing risk factors of immediate postoperative coagulopathy.Methods: This retrospective study included 352 TBI patients from January 1, 2015, to April 25, 2019. The log-rank test and a Cox proportional hazard model were conducted to assess the relationship between immediate postoperative coagulopathy and the long-term survival of TBI patients. Furthermore, a multivariate logistic regression model was performed to identify the underlying risk factors for postoperative coagulopathy.Results: Of the 352 patients analyzed, the median age was 50 (41,60) years, and 82 (23%) patients were female. By May 26, 2019, 117 (33.24%) patients had died, 195 (55.40%) had survived, and 40 (11.36%) had been lost to follow-up. The median follow-up time was 773 days. In the log-rank test, immediate postoperative coagulopathy was significantly associated with the survival of TBI patients (P = 0.002). A Cox proportional hazard model identified immediate postoperative coagulopathy (HR, 1.471; 95% CI, 1.011-2.141; P = 0.044) as an independent risk factor for survival following TBI. According to multivariate logistic regression analysis, abnormal ALT and RBC at admission, intraoperative infusion of crystalloid solution > 2900 mL, infusion of colloidal solution > 1100 mL and intraoperative bleeding > 950 mL were identified as independent risk factors for immediate postoperative coagulopathy.Conclusions: Those who suffered from immediate postoperative coagulopathy due to TBI were at higher risk of poor prognosis than those who did not.


2020 ◽  
pp. 096914132092303
Author(s):  
Eugenio Paci ◽  
Donella Puliti ◽  
Francesca Maria Carozzi ◽  
Laura Carrozzi ◽  
Fabio Falaschi ◽  
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Objectives Overdiagnosis in low-dose computed tomography randomized screening trials varies from 0 to 67%. The National Lung Screening Trial (extended follow-up) and ITALUNG (Italian Lung Cancer Screening Trial) have reported cumulative incidence estimates at long-term follow-up showing low or no overdiagnosis. The Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial attributed the high overdiagnosis estimate to a likely selection for risk of the active arm. Here, we applied a method already used in benefit and overdiagnosis assessments to compute the long-term survival rates in the ITALUNG arms in order to confirm incidence-excess method assessment. Methods Subjects in the active arm were invited for four screening rounds, while controls were in usual care. Follow-up was extended to 11.3 years. Kaplan-Meyer 5- and 10-year survivals of “resected and early” (stage I or II and resected) and “unresected or late” (stage III or IV or not resected or unclassified) lung cancer cases were compared between arms. Results The updated ITALUNG control arm cumulative incidence rate was lower than in the active arm, but this was not statistically significant (RR: 0.89; 95% CI: 0.67–1.18). A compensatory drop of late cases was observed after baseline screening. The proportion of “resected and early” cases was 38% and 19%, in the active and control arms, respectively. The 10-year survival rates were 64% and 60% in the active and control arms, respectively ( p = 0.689). The five-year survival rates for “unresected or late” cases were 10% and 7% in the active and control arms, respectively ( p = 0.679). Conclusions This long-term survival analysis, by prognostic categories, concluded against the long-term risk of overdiagnosis and contributed to revealing how screening works.


2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 426-426
Author(s):  
Manabu Kawai ◽  
Yoshiaki Murakami ◽  
Seiko Hirono ◽  
Ken-Ichi Okada ◽  
Fuyuhiko Motoi ◽  
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426 Background: There is a few reports that evaluates the association between pancreatic and long-term survival after pancreatectomy in patients with pancreatic cancer. The aim of this study was to elucidate the oncological impact of pancreatic fistula (PF) on long-term survival after pancreatectomy in patients with pancreatic cancer by performing a survey of high volume centers for pancreatic resection in Japan. Methods: Between January 2001 and December 2012, 1,369 patients who underwent pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer at 7 high-volume centers in Japan were retrospectively reviewed. Results: Pancreatic fistula(PF) occurred in 320 of 1,369 patients (23.5%), and these were classified based ISGPF as follows; grade A in 10.2%, grade B in 10.7%, and grade C in 2.6% of the patients. Median survival time (MST) in no fistula/grade A, grade B and grade C were 24.0, 26.3 and 11.0 months, respectively. MST in grade B PF was similar with that in no fistula/grade A. However, patients with grade C PF had a significantly poorer survival than those without (P<0.001). In the multivariate cox proportional hazard analysis, grade C PF was detected as an independent prognostic factor after pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer (hazard ratio (HR) 2.15; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.40-3.29; P< 0.001). Conclusions: Grade C PF adversely affects long-term survival of patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing pancreatectomy, although patients with grade B PF have similar prognosis with no fistula/grade A. Postoperative management to prevent grade C PF is important to improve prognosis in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing pancreatectomy.


2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 694-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R. Barakat ◽  
Paul Sabbatini ◽  
Dharmendra Bhaskaran ◽  
Margarita Revzin ◽  
Alex Smith ◽  
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PURPOSE: To determine long-term survival and predictors of recurrence in a retrospective cohort of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer treated with intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Records were reviewed of 433 patients who received IP therapy for ovarian cancer between 1984 and 1998; follow-up data were available for 411 patients. IP therapy was provided as consolidation therapy (n = 89), or for treatment of persistent (n = 310) or recurrent (n = 12) disease after surgery and initial systemic therapy; therapy usually consisted of platinum-based combination therapy. Statistical analysis included tests for associations between potential prognostic factors, and between prognostic factors and survival. Survival probabilities were estimated by Kaplan-Meier methods, and prognostic factors for survival were evaluated by a Cox proportional hazard model. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 52 years (range, 25 to 76 years). Distribution by stage and grade was as follows: stage I, 7; II, 24; III, 342; IV, 52; not available (NA), 8; and grade 1, 30; 2, 99; and 3, 289; NA, 15. The median survival from initiation of IP therapy by residual disease was none, 8.7 years; microscopic, 4.8 years; less than 1 cm, 3.3 years; more than 1 cm, 1.2 years. In a multivariate analysis, the only significant predictors of long-term survival were grade and size of residual disease at initiation of IP therapy. CONCLUSION: Prolonged survival was observed in selected patients receiving IP platinum-based therapy. It is not possible to determine the contribution of IP therapy to survival in this study. A relationship between size of disease at the initiation of IP therapy and long-term survival was demonstrated.


2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1003-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Macciò ◽  
Paraskevas Kotsonis ◽  
Giacomo Chiappe ◽  
Luca Melis ◽  
Fausto Zamboni ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 16-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael H. Antoni ◽  
Jamie M. Jacobs ◽  
Laura C. Bouchard ◽  
Suzanne C. Lechner ◽  
Devika R. Jutagir ◽  
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Author(s):  
Iaroslav P. Truba ◽  
Ivan V. Dziuryi ◽  
Roman I. Sekelyk ◽  
Oleksandr S. Golovenko

The problem of the effectiveness of obstruction at the level of the aortic arch is still a matter of discus-sion in the modern literature. Traditionally, by excision of the coarctation part, in the presence of hypoplasia, the incision is extended to a narrowed area and a modification of the classical end-to-end anastomosis is applied in the form of an elongated or expanded variant. Recently, when proximal part is involved in the pathological process, cardiac surgeons have been more likely to use median sternotomy using other types of plastic surgery, including dilation of the narrowed area with a pericardial patch, or pulmonary artery tissue. Accordingly, the analysis of the results of the use of end-to-end anastomosis in young children with aortic arch hypoplasia, especially in view of long-term survival and the level of reoperation, is an important issue of neonatal cardiac surgery. The aim. To evaluate the effectiveness of the use of an extended end-to-end anastomosis after reconstruction of the aortic arch in children under 1 year of age. Materials and methods. The study material included 348 infants who underwent surgical correction of aortic arch hypoplasia through the method of extended end-to-end anastomosis from 2010 to 2020. The operations were performed at the National Amosov Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery of the NAMS of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Children’s Cardiac Center. The study group included only patients with two-ventricular physiology. There were 233 male patients (67%) and 115 female patients (33%). The mean age was 1.07 (0.20; 2.30) months, the mean weight was 3.89 (3.30; 4.90) kg, the mean body surface area was 0.23 (0.20; 0.28) m2. Diagnosis of aortic arch hypoplasia was based on two-dimensional echocardiography. Results. According to echocardiography, after surgery there was a significant decrease in the pressure gradient in the aortic arch from 48.3 ± 20.3 to 16 ± 6.9 (p<0.05), left ventricular PV increased significantly from 61.6 ± 12% to 66.3 ± 6.4% (p> 0.05). The hospital mortality was 1.7% (n = 6). The causes of mortality were not related to the end-to-end aortic arch technique. The duration of follow-up period ranged from 1 month to 9.3 years. Two deaths occurred in the follow-up period. Thirty-two (9.1%) patients developed aortic arch restenosis in the postoperative period. Balloon dilatation of restenosis was performed in 21 patients. Eleven patients underwent repeated aortic arch repair surgery through the median sternotomy. There were no central nervous system complications in the follow-up period. Conclusions. The use of an extended end-to-end anastomosis in the surgical treatment of aortic arch hypoplasia demon strates low hospital mortality and high long-term survival. Indications for the effective use of this type of reconstruction are hypoplasia of the isthmus and distal aortic arch.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Camille Buffet ◽  
Sophie Leboulleux ◽  
Françoise Kraeber-Bodéré ◽  
Caroline Bodet-Milin ◽  
Laure Cabanes ◽  
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<b><i>Background:</i></b> Cardiac metastases from thyroid cancers are uncommon with a poor prognosis. There is a lack of long-term follow-up studies. <b><i>Cases:</i></b> We report 2 cases of cardiac metastasis from medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). Both patients presented limited metastatic disease apart from a cardiac metastasis. The initial diagnosis was challenging and was facilitated by functional imaging with an immuno-PET-CT using an anti-CEA bispecific antibody and a <sup>68</sup>Ga-labeled peptide. Both patients were treated with the multitarget kinase inhibitor vandetanib with prolonged stability. The first patient was alive at the last follow-up, 14 years after the diagnosis of cardiac metastasis. The second patient required surgical excision of the cardiac mass because of disease progression under vandetanib. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> These cases illustrate long-term survival and effectiveness of clinical management of 2 patients who developed cardiac metastases from MTC, in the current era of personalized medicine with targeted therapy.


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