Small bowel adenocarcinoma: A review of 491 cases

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 4127-4127 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. R. Halfdanarson ◽  
F. Quevedo ◽  
R. R. McWilliams

4127 Background: Small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) is a rare tumor accounting for less than 2% of all GI tumors. The prognosis of advanced disease is poor. Benefits of adjuvant therapy following complete resection are uncertain. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 491 pts with primary SBA diagnosed at the Mayo Clinic from 1970–2005. Patients with ampullary and periampullary tumors were excluded. Results: 303 pts (62%) were male and the median age was 62 years. 280 (57%) of the tumors were located in the duodenum, 143 (29%) in the jejunum, 48 (10%) in the ileum and in 20 (9%) the location was not specified. Abdominal pain was the most common principal symptom occurring in 203 pts (43%), followed by anemia/GI bleeding in 104 pts (22%) and nausea/vomiting in 76 pts (16%). The most common histologic grading was 3, occurring in 224 pts (45%). 79 pts (16%) grade 4, 170 pts (35%) grade 2, with 7 (1.4%) grade 1. The TNM staging was as follows: 0: 3 (0.6%), I: 36 (7.3%), II: 133 (27.1%), III: 137 (27.9) and IV: 163 (33.2). In 18 pts (3.7%), data were insufficient for staging. The median survival for the entire cohort was 20.7 months, with 5 and 10 year survival 26% and 19% respectively. Increasing age (p < 0.0001), male sex (p = 0.026), advanced stage (p < 0.0001), grade 4 tumors (p = 0.005) and residual disease after surgery (p < 0.0001) were independently associated with shortened survival in a multivariate analysis. Neither adjuvant chemoradiation (n = 40) nor 5-FU based chemotherapy (n = 33) improved overall survival after complete resection, even after adjusting for age, sex, location, lymph node status and grade (RR 1.17, p = 0.45). This remained true for the subset of patients with resected duodenal tumors as well (RR 1.06, p = 0.83). The use of chemotherapy was associated with prolonged survival in patients with metastatic disease. The median survival and 1-year survival was 15.3 mos vs. 3.1 mos and 59% vs. 5.9% respectively (p < 0.0001), in this highly selected group. Conclusion: SBA is a rare tumor with a relatively poor prognosis. Complete resection of all disease offers the only chance of cure. The benefits of adjuvant therapy remain unknown, but chemotherapy in the metastatic setting may provide survival benefit. No significant financial relationships to disclose.

2010 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 480-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan M. Hernandez ◽  
Connor A. Morton ◽  
Sam Al-Saadi ◽  
Desireé Villadolid ◽  
Jennifer Cooper ◽  
...  

Diagnostic imaging, surgical care, and perioperative morbidity and mortality have significantly improved for patients undergoing resections for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. This study was undertaken to define the natural history and patterns of recurrence of resected pancreatic cancer without neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapies using current standards of care. Sixty-one patients underwent pancreatectomy without neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy. Tumors were staged according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) classification system. CT scans were obtained every 3 months and recurrence categorized as: liver only, local, distant, multiple sites, or clinical. Median survival after pancreatectomy was 12 months. Cancer recurred in 51 (84%) patients. The radiographic site of initial recurrence did not generally impact survival; patients initially recurring at multiple sites had significantly abbreviated median survival of 5.6 months. AJCC stage was found to correlate with disease-free and overall survival, although tumor size alone did not. The presence of lymphatic metastasis correlated with disease-free but not overall survival. Overall survival after pancreaticoduodenectomy remains poor in the absence of neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy. AJCC stage is the best predictor of disease-free and overall survival; tumor size, lymph node status, and site of recurrence alone do not impact survival in a meaningful way.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. e0207816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojian Ye ◽  
Guoqiang Zhang ◽  
Haibin Chen ◽  
Yong Li

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. e0200204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojian Ye ◽  
Guoqiang Zhang ◽  
Haibin Chen ◽  
Yong Li

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e16277-e16277
Author(s):  
Bader I Alshamsan ◽  
Ahmed ali Badran ◽  
Mohamed Aseafan ◽  
Amgad Shaheen ◽  
Mahmoud Abdelsatar Elshenawy ◽  
...  

e16277 Background: Small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) is a rare disease. We aim to describe patient's characteristics and clinical outcomes among Saudi patients. Methods: All patients with SBA diagnosed between 2007 - 2020 were reviewed. Logistic regression was used to assess variables associated with metastasis at diagnosis, and a log-rank test was used to compare factors associated with survival. Results: Forty-three patients were eligible for analysis, and (76.7%) were males. The median age at diagnosis was 53 years. History was significant for colon cancer in two patients, celiac disease in three patients, Lynch syndrome, Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), Non-APC in one patient, and cholecystectomy in seven patients. The common initial presenting symptoms were abdominal pain (58.8%), bowel obstruction (30.2%), Overt gastrointestinal bleeding (9.3%). Tumor markers were elevated in 21 patients. EGD was used for diagnosis in 60.5%, while CT scan in 23.3%. The most common primary site was duodenum 60.5%, jejunum 27.9%, ilium 7%. Stage IV was (41.9%). The most common site for metastases was the liver in 10 patients. Patients' ECOG performance status was 0/1 in 51% at diagnosis. Univariate analysis did not reveal that patients with high Neutrophil-lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) (≥0.85) are more likely to be metastatic; P = 009. There was no association of sex, presenting complaints, tumor markers with the stage at diagnosis. Surgery was performed for 53.4% of patients (RO, 73%), and the median DFS was 49 vs. 8 months in R0 vs. R1 group, respectively (p = 0.01). FOLFOX Chemotherapy regimen was given for 10 patients as adjuvant treatment and for 8 patients for metastatic sitting. The median duration of follow-up was 12 months. The median overall survival (OS) for localized stages was not reached, and for the metastatic stage was 10 months. The 3 years OS based on stages were 100% (I), 85% (II), 53% (III) and 35% for (IV), p = 0.001. Other factors associated with survival were ECOG Performance status (p < 0.001), NLR ( < 0.001), CA19-9 (p = 0.04), and receiving chemotherapy in a metastatic setting (p = 0.02). Conclusions: SBA is diagnosed at a younger age in Saudi patients and more in males. The advanced stage, lower performance status score, high CA19-9, and high NLR at diagnosis are associated with poor OS. NLR could be a prognostic factor for a metastatic stage at diagnosis.


1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 2920-2927 ◽  
Author(s):  
A G Kamthan ◽  
J C Morris ◽  
J Dalton ◽  
J P Mandeli ◽  
M R Chesser ◽  
...  

PURPOSE To study the outcome achieved with three-drug chemotherapy and split-course external-beam radiotherapy as a treatment for unresectable stage II and III pancreatic carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS Radiotherapy was given in three cycles of 2 Gy/d on days 1 to 5 and 8 to 12 (total dose, 54 Gy) concurrently with fluorouracil (FU) 1,000 mg/m2/d by continuous infusion for 4.5 days, streptozocin (STZ) 300 mg/m2 on days 1, 2, and 3 and cisplatin (P) 100 mg/m2 on day 3 of each every-28-day cycle. Subsequent treatment consisted of leucovorin (LV) 200 mg/m2 and FU 600 to 1,000 mg/m2 every 14 days. RESULTS The median survival time for the 35 patients was 15 months and 26% of patients were alive at 24 months. Fifteen patients (42.8%) had objective responses to therapy. Six (17%) had a complete response (CR). Three of nine patients with partial responses (PRs) achieved a radiographic CR within the next 3 months. Nine patients underwent attempts at surgical resection: five were resected (median survival time, 31 months; range, 12.8 to 44.7+), two had no residual disease found at complete resection, and three others also had a complete resection. Of four others who could not be resected, three underwent intraoperative radiotherapy and one had occult metastatic disease. Of primary tumors, 91% did not produce either back pain or local gastrointestinal complications for 2 years. The rates of severe side effects were stomatitis 15%, anemia 14%, granulocytopenia 6%, and thrombocytopenia 6%. CONCLUSION Palliation and survival compare favorably with other series, including many surgical series. The response findings encourage studies of both unresectable and (as neoadjuvant therapy) resectable tumors.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanmei Gu ◽  
Haixiao Deng ◽  
Daijun Wang ◽  
Yumin Li

Background: Small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) is a rare gastrointestinal tumor with high malignancy. The aim of this study was to comprehensively evaluate the distant metastasis pattern and establish nomograms predicting survival for SBA.Methods: From 2010 to 2015, patients diagnosed with SBA were identified based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Kaplan–Meier survival analysis was applied to compare survival differences between metastasis patterns. Then, univariate and multivariate cox analyses were applied to screened out independent prognostic factors of cancer-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS), and identify the risk factors for metastasis of SBA. To assess the discrimination and calibration of nomograms, the concordance index (C-index), calibration curves, receiver-operating characteristic curve (ROC), and decision curve analysis (DCA) were calculated.Results: Kaplan–Meier curves revealed that metastasis patterns were significantly correlated with CSS (p &lt; 0.001) and OS (p &lt; 0.001). Then, the metastasis pattern was showed to be an independent prognostic factor of OS and CSS in patients with SBA, as well as age, grade, T stage, N stage, surgery, retrieval of regional lymph nodes, and chemotherapy. Combining these factors, we constructed prognostic nomograms, which suggested that the metastasis pattern made the greatest contribution to the survival of patients with SBA. Nomograms for OS and CSS had a C-index of 0.787 and 0.793, respectively. Calibration curves showed an excellent agreement between probability and actual observation in the training and validation cohort. Decision curve analysis also exhibited its clinical value with an improved net benefit. In addition, the models we constructed had better prognostic accuracy and clinical utility than traditional TNM staging based on C-index and ROC. Further, Cox regression analysis showed that old age, poor differentiation, N2, and not receiving chemotherapy were the risk factors for prognosis in patients with metastatic SBA.Conclusion: As an independent prognostic factor, the metastasis pattern exhibited the greatest predictive effect on OS and CSS for patients with SBA. Adjuvant chemotherapy had a positive effect on the survival of patients with SBA. Nomograms for predicting 3-and 5-year OS and CSS of patients with SBA were constructed, which could identify patients with higher risk and might be superior in predicting the survival of patients with SBA than TNM staging.


Kidney Cancer ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Austin G. Kazarian ◽  
Neal S. Chawla ◽  
Ramya Muddasani ◽  
Sumanta K. Pal

In recent years, incredible progress has been made in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma, with a paradigm shift from the use of cytokines to tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and more recently, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Despite advances in the metastatic setting, effective therapies in the adjuvant setting are a largely unmet need. Currently, sunitinib (Sutent, Pfizer) is the only therapy for the adjuvant treatment of RCC included in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines, which was approved by the FDA based on the improvement in disease-free survival (DFS) seen in the S-TRAC trial. However, improvement in DFS has not translated into an overall survival (OS) benefit for patients at high-risk of relapse post-nephrectomy, illustrating the need for more effective therapies. This manuscript will highlight attributes of both historical and current drug trials and their implications on the landscape of adjuvant therapy. Additionally, we will outline strategies for selecting patients in whom treatment would be most beneficial, as optimal patient selection is a crucial step towards improving outcomes in the adjuvant setting. This is especially critical, given the financial cost and pharmacological toxicity of therapeutic agents. Furthermore, we will review the design of clinical trials including the value of utilizing OS as an endpoint over DFS. Finally, we will discuss how the incorporation of genomic data into predictive models, the use of more sensitive imaging modalities for more accurate staging, and more extensive surgical intervention involving lymph node dissection, may impact outcomes.


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