Clinical and demographical factors associated with fertility counseling in colorectal cancer.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e24047-e24047
Author(s):  
Chengwei Peng ◽  
Lena Masri ◽  
Stefanie Roman ◽  
Scott Sherman ◽  
Daniel Jacob Becker

e24047 Background: The incidence of colorectal cancer in patients younger than 50 has been increasing over the past 2 decades. This demographic shift has important implications for survivorship care, in particular regarding issues of future fertility especially in light of USPSTF’s recommendation for colorectal cancer screening to begin at 45. Although ASCO has longstanding recommendations for fertility counseling in patients with cancer, the rates of fertility counseling in younger patients with colorectal cancer are unknown. Methods: Records for new patient visits for colorectal cancer in patients younger than age 55 in a large academic cancer center between 2012 and 2019 were queried for patient demographics, disease characteristics, and documentation of fertility counseling. Associations between demographic/clinical characteristics and fertility counseling were explored. Univariate and multivariable logistical regression analyses were performed using SAS v9.4. Results: Among 194 patients who met inclusion criteria, 39.2% of patients were female, 10.4% were African American, 31.4% had rectal cancer, and 69.6% were treated with curative intent. Approximately 14.5% of patients had Medicaid insurance. Age ranged from 22-55. The overall rate of fertility counseling among all patients was 15.5%. Of these patients, 43.3% were male. In univariate analysis, age less than or equal to 40 (p < 0.01), female gender (p = 0.03) and curative intent therapy (p = 0.03) were associated with fertility counseling. These factors were again statistically significant in multivariate analysis: age < 40, female, and curative intent therapy (Table). Race, stage of cancer, insurance status, prior exposure to chemotherapy, year of diagnosis and colon vs rectal cancer were not associated with counseling. Conclusions: The rate of fertility counseling was very low among patients with colorectal cancer, and exceptionally low among men. Despite changes in the demographics of colorectal cancer, it does not appear that appropriate changes have been made in fertility counseling. Increases in fertility counseling were not seen in more recent years despite recognition of increasing incidence in younger patients. Additional studies to identify barriers to counseling and strategies to improve survivorship care are urgently needed.[Table: see text]

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e24081-e24081
Author(s):  
Chengwei Peng ◽  
Lena Masri ◽  
Scott Sherman ◽  
Daniel Jacob Becker

e24081 Background: The incidence of colorectal cancer in patients younger than 50 has been increasing over the past two decades. This demographic shift has important implications for survivorship care, in particular regarding issues of future fertility. Although ASCO has a longstanding recommendation for fertility counseling in patients with cancer, the rates of fertility counseling in younger patients with colorectal cancer are unknown. Methods: Records for new patient visits for colorectal cancer in patients younger than age 55 in a large academic cancer center between 2016 and 2019 were retrospectively queried for patient demographics, disease characteristics, and documentation of fertility counseling. Associations between patient demographic/clinical characteristics and receipt of fertility counseling were explored. Univariate analyses and multivariable logistical regression analyses were performed using SAS v9.4. Results: Among the 136 patients who met inclusion criteria, 37.5% of patients were female, 16.2% were African American, 31.6% had rectal cancer, 20.7% of patients had Medicaid insurance. 63.7% were treated with curative intent. Age ranged from 22-55 (median = 46). Among all patients, 21/136 (15.4%) had documented fertility counseling. Of these, 11/51 (21.6%) patients were female and 10/85 (11.8%) were men. In univariate chi-square analysis, age less than or equal to 40 was associated with fertility counseling (p < 0.001) and curative intent therapy was numerically but not statistically associated with fertility counseling (p = 0.07). In multivariable analysis with logistical regression, age less than 40 (OR = 3.90, 95% CI [1.95, 7.81]), female gender (OR = 2.37, 95% CI [1.16, 4.84]), and curative intent therapy (OR = 3.26, 95% CI [1.14, 9.35]) were associated with fertility counseling. Race, stage of cancer, insurance status, prior exposure to chemotherapy, and colon vs rectal cancer were not associated with fertility counseling. Conclusions: The rate of fertility counseling was very low among patients with colorectal cancer, and exceptionally low among men with colorectal cancer. Despite changes in the demographics of colorectal cancer, it does not appear that appropriate changes have been made in fertility counseling. Additional studies to identify barriers and implementation strategies for fertility counseling are urgently needed in a disease that affects more young patients each year.


2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 580-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soundouss Raissouni ◽  
Dawn Elizabeth Armstrong ◽  
Julie A. Price Hiller ◽  
Jamison Mercer ◽  
Erin Diana Powell ◽  
...  

580 Background: Neoadjuvant chemoradiation (CRT) is the standard of care for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. Many patients require dose reduction or chemotherapy interruption due to significant toxicities. To assess the predictors of neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment (tx) adjustments, we performed a retrospective study in four Canadian provinces. Methods: Cancer Registries identified consecutive patients with clinical stage I-III rectal cancer from the Tom Baker Cancer Center, Cross Cancer Institute, BC Cancer Agency, Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre and the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre who received CRT and had curative intent surgery (Sx) from 2005 to 2012. Patient, tumor and tx characteristics were correlated with treatment completion. Results: Of the 891 patients included, 886 patients had tx dose adjustments data available. 738 (83.2%) completed the planned neoadjuvant chemotherapy, while 148 (16.7%) failed to complete planned chemotherapy. Patients who required tx interruption/cessation or dose reduction were more likely to be female, elderly, had higher ECOG PS and were treated with fluorouracil (FU) chemotherapy in univariate analysis (see Table). On multivariable analysis, female gender (OR 1.807, 95% CI 1.02-3.2, p=0.042) and tx with FU (vs capecitabine) (OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.52-4.77, p=0.0007) were associated with dose reduction and tx interruption/cessation. Conclusions: Gender and type of chemotherapy are predictors of neoadjuvant chemotherapy interruption or dose reduction in rectal cancer. Careful monitoring of these patients is warranted during neoadjuvant CRT. [Table: see text]


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina E Bailey ◽  
Eduardo Vilar ◽  
Y. Nancy You

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common and lethal cancer in men and women in the United States. At presentation, a significant proportion of patients with CRC are able to undergo resection with curative intent, but up to 50% of these patients will develop recurrent disease. Fortunately, recurrence rates for both colon and rectal cancer have improved with the introduction of multimodality therapies, which include chemotherapy, chemoradiation therapy, and radiation therapy. These therapies are adjuncts to surgery and can be administered before (i.e. neoadjuvant) or after (i.e. adjuvant) surgery. This review summarizes the current evidence for the use of adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapies in colon and rectal cancer. This review contains 2 figures, 7 tables, and 77 references. Keywords: Colon cancer, rectal cancer, neoadjuvant therapy, adjuvant therapy, total neoadjuvant therapy, induction chemotherapy in rectal cancer, chemoradiation, organ preservation, non-operative management


2018 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Banaszkiewicz ◽  
Tomasz Zwoliński ◽  
Krzysztof Tojek ◽  
Paweł Jarmocik ◽  
Arkadiusz Jawień

Colorectal cancer (CC) in Poland is the type of cancer with the highest dynamics of disease growth and is epidemiologically related to age. The analysis involved 353 patients operated on due to CC in senile and old age and compared with younger patients. It was found that people at this age are more often diagnosed with CC They were more often women, the patients did not differ in the stage of cancer, while they were significantly more often qualified for surgery due to urgent indications. In patients with colonic cancer, the resectability and radicality of the procedures in comparison with patients with rectal cancer was significantly higher, while there were more complications and deaths in the 30-day follow-up in this group. The overall survival in senile and old age was significantly worse. In the first year of follow-up after surgical treatment of patients in this group, complications and deaths were more frequently observed. However, in patients who survived 12 months after the operation, the overall survival rate did not significantly differ.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e14693-e14693
Author(s):  
Tomas Sanchez Villegas ◽  
Carlos Raul Villegas Mejia ◽  
Jose Arnoby Chacon Cardona

e14693 Background: The Colorectal Cancer is one of the most common cancer in the US and the fourth cancer for the developing countries like in our area. Methods: This is a preliminary and partial report of a retrospective analysis from our cancer records in Oncologos del Occidente a Private Oncologic Cancer Center from Colombia. Results: 663 patients (50% of final report) from January 1997 to June 2012 with Colon Cancer 306(46%), Rectal Cancer 309(47%) y Anal Cancer (7%); 51% female; median age 60(range 16-92. sd:13.929); Urban Area 91%. Clinical stage I (7%), IIA (19%), IIB (3%), IIIA (5%), IIIB (13%) and IIIC (10%), IV (11%), Adenocarcinoma 81%, Mucinous (8%); Well differentiated (63%), Poorly differentiated (7%); pretreatment Carcino-embryonic antigen mean 32.778 ng/ml (range 0.18-550.0), Adverse prognostic factors were Obstruction (39%), Ulceration (31%), Lymph Vascular Invasion (10%), T4 Stage (5%), Perforation (4%), Positive Surgical Margin (2%) with two factors 21% and three factors 7%; Low rectal cancer was 90%, Non-Surgical treatment was Chemotherapy (CT) (37%), CT/Radiotherapy (RT) (35%), CT and RT (8%), RT (3%), None (16%); preoperative treatment 37%, First line CT was based on 5FU/LV (52%); 20% relapsed and the main recurrence pattern was Local-marginal (25%), Liver (17%), Pelvic peritoneal (3%), Carcinomatosis (8%) and Lung (23); Rescue treatment was CT (10%), Surgery+CT (1%), CT+RT (1%) and Surgery (1%); the main rescue CT was Folfox 2%, 5FU/LV (3%), Capecitabine (3%), Mixed 6%; Surgical Lymph nodes mean excised was 10.037 (0-38 SD.7.554) and positive nodes mean was 1.972(0-29 SD 3.503); Overall Survival at 5 years for Colon cancer is 63% and 53% to 10 years and Rectal cancer to 5 and 10 years is 45% and 36% respectively (p=0.001). Conclusions: These results reflect the colorectal cancer behavior in a specific area of Colombia and the importance of a multidisciplinary work.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 393-393
Author(s):  
Leonor Benhaim ◽  
Armin Gerger ◽  
Pierre Oliver Bohanes ◽  
David Paez ◽  
Takeru Wakatsuki ◽  
...  

393 Background: Voltage-gated Na + channels (VGSCs) are involved in cells signalling and strongly contribute in the process of tumour progression. Two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the SCN1A gene encoding the α-subunit of VGSC recently showed an interesting gender-related association with survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). The current study was designed to confirm the association between SCN1A and time to recurrence (TTR) in patients with stage II and III CRC and determine the influence of the gender on this association. Methods: The study enrolled patients with histologically confirmed CRC high risk stage II and stage III treated from 1987 to 2007 with adjuvant 5-FU-based chemotherapy at the University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (USC/NCCC) or in the Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center (LAC/USCMC). Peripheral blood samples were collected for each patient at the date of diagnosis. Genotypes were determined after DNA extraction and PCR amplification by direct sequencing. Results: A total of 127 males and 107 females were enrolled in this study. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics according to the gender were similar. In univariate analysis female patients carrying the SCN1A rs3812718 TT genotype showed a significant shortened time to recurrence rate when compared to females with the alternate CT or CC genotype (HR: 2.26 [95%CI: 0.89, 5.70], p=0.039). This association remained significant in multivariate analysis. By contrast, in the male population, the shortened time to recurrence rate was oppositely associated with the CC genotype (HR: 0.49 [95%CI: 0.18, 1.38], p=0.048). For the SCN1A rs229877, in both female and male populations the CT genotype was associated with a trend for a shorter TTR. Conclusions: Our findings confirm that genomic SCN1A rs3812718 polymorphism is associated with TTR in patients with stage II and III CRC, supporting the hypothesis that this association is gender dependent. We furthermore verified the trend of a shorter recurrence rate for patients harboring the CT genotype in SCN1A rs229877 regardless of their gender.


2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 616-616
Author(s):  
Callisia Clarke ◽  
Michael Sangmin Lee ◽  
Ganiraju C. Manyam ◽  
Zhi-Qin Jiang ◽  
Feng Tian ◽  
...  

616 Background: Proteomic analysis continues to provide major insight into the pathophysiology of colorectal cancer (CRC). Recently, the Cancer Genome Atlas Project and others have utilized reverse-phase protein arrays (RPPAs) to identify critical protein markers and signaling pathways in a variety of tumor types. However, the prognostic relevance of many of these proteins remains unclear. We utilized RPPA to analyze stage 2 and 3 CRC to investigate the prognostic implications of the functional proteome. Methods: Protein extraction was performed on 232 snap frozen stage 2/3 samples from the MD Anderson Cancer Center with a median 5 year follow up. 163 validated proteins and phospho-proteins were analyzed by RPPA (with dichotomization by the median value), and used to identify protein predictors of tumor recurrence. Cox regression was used for univariate analysis with bootstrap validation, followed by inclusion of proteins with corrected p≤ 0.05 into multivariate model with clinical and pathologic variables, including stage, grade, and microsatellite status. Results: 12 proteins were found to be significant predictors of tumor recurrence on univariate analysis after bootstrap validation, which are notable for components of the energy balance/MTOR signaling pathway including AMPK, mTOR, PI3 Kinase p85, FoxO3a. On multivariate analysis, inclusive of known prognostic clinical and pathology variables, phospho-Bad (Ser112), FoxO3a, HER3, and phospho-S6 (Ser240-244) remained significant. Conclusions: Functional proteomic analysis has identified key proteomic features with prognostic importance independent of known clinical/pathological variables. Confirmation studies are ongoing to explore regulators of energy balance and apoptosis in colorectal cancer. [Table: see text]


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 3576-3576
Author(s):  
Gurprataap Singh Sandhu ◽  
Rebekah Anders ◽  
Amy Walde ◽  
Alexis Diane Leal ◽  
Gentry Teng King ◽  
...  

3576 Background: In contrast to the older population, the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in younger patients (aged < 50 years) has been increasing in the last three decades. Younger patients tend to present with more advanced disease, thought to be in part related to lack of routine screening colonoscopies. The goal of this study was to examine characteristics of young-onset CRC and potentially identify factors that may aid in earlier diagnosis and treatment. Methods: We collected data for patients available through the University of Colorado Cancer Center Cancer Registry. Inclusion criteria included: 1) Diagnosis of colon or rectal cancer between the years 2012-2018 and 2) age at diagnosis of less than 50 years. Pertinent data including baseline characteristics, clinical presentation, family history, pathology, molecular testing, staging, and treatment were collected. Results: 211 patients with young-onset CRC were available for review. Mean age at diagnosis was 42.4 years and 55.5% were males. A total of 42.1% had rectal cancer and a majority of the colon cancer diagnoses had left-sided tumors (66%). Regarding clinical presentation, 52.2% presented with rectal bleeding prior to diagnosis. Of those who presented with rectal bleeding, the average time from the onset of bleeding to diagnosis was 271.17 days. 42.9% of young-onset CRC were stage IV at the time of initial diagnosis. Evaluation of the pathology specimens showed that 89.6% were adenocarcinomas and 63.5% were grade 2 or higher. At diagnosis, the mean BMI was 26.6 and the mean CEA was 135.5. A total of 72.5% of young-onset patients had a positive family history of any cancer. KRAS or NRAS mutations were present in 49.6% of patients, BRAF V600E mutations were present in 3.8%, and 10.8% were MSI-H. Conclusions: Prolonged rectal bleeding history prior to diagnosis was noted in a significant proportion of young-onset patients with colorectal cancer. Patients and primary care physicians should be made aware of this finding in order to facilitate timely referral for colonoscopy which may lead to earlier diagnosis, less advanced disease at diagnosis, and improved outcomes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (29_suppl) ◽  
pp. 13-13
Author(s):  
Alaina Chodoff ◽  
Katherine Clegg Smith ◽  
Aishwarya Shukla ◽  
Amanda L. Blackford ◽  
Nita Ahuja ◽  
...  

13 Background: Survivorship care plans (SCPs) outline pertinent information about a cancer survivor’s treatment and follow-up care. We describe the content of colorectal cancer (CRC) SCPs, completed as part of a randomized controlled trial of SCPs, and evaluate whether follow-up recommendations are guideline concordant. Methods: We analyzed 74 CRC SCPs from an academic and community cancer center. Frequency distributions and descriptive statistics were calculated for the entire cohort and separately by recruiting site. Follow-up recommendations were compared to American Cancer Society (ACS), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines (Table). Results: Content routinely provided in SCPs (>80%) included patient demographics, cancer diagnosis, treatment details (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy) as well as treatment-related side effects. SCP content specified less frequently included cancer stage, cancer risk (predisposing conditions), and recommendations for genetic counseling/testing and health promotion. Nearly all SCPs from the community site provided uniform, guideline-concordant follow-up. At the academic site, on average, more than 15 follow-up recommendations were listed for each surveillance modality, except colonoscopy. Among the SCPs that specified the frequency of follow-up care, the rate of guideline-concordant recommendations was 15/42 (36%) for follow-up visits, 29/43 (67%) for imaging, 12/45 (27%) for laboratory and 39/39 (100%) for colonoscopy. Conclusions: SCPs consistently provided information about CRC diagnosis and treatment, but often omitted information about cancer risk, staging and prognosis. There was considerable variation between cancer centers in the follow-up recommendations suggested for CRC survivors. Future work to improve the consistency of SCP follow-up recommendations with guidelines may be needed. Clinical trial information: NCT03035773 . [Table: see text]


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Batuer Aikemu ◽  
Pei Xue ◽  
Hiju Hong ◽  
Hongtao Jia ◽  
Chenxing Wang ◽  
...  

BackgroundPersonalized and novel evidence-based clinical treatment strategy consulting for colorectal cancer has been available through various artificial intelligence (AI) supporting systems such as Watson for Oncology (WFO) from IBM. However, the potential effects of this supporting tool in cancer care have not been thoroughly explored in real-world studies. This research aims to investigate the concordance between treatment recommendations for colorectal cancer patients made by WFO and a multidisciplinary team (MDT) at a major comprehensive gastrointestinal cancer center.MethodsIn this prospective study, both WFO and the blinded MDT’s treatment recommendations were provided concurrently for enrolled colorectal cancers of stages II to IV between March 2017 and January 2018 at Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center. Concordance was achieved if the cancer team’s decisions were listed in the “recommended” or “for consideration” classification in WFO. A review was carried out after 100 cases for all non-concordant patients to explain the inconsistency, and corresponding feedback was given to WFO’s database. The concordance of the subsequent cases was analyzed to evaluate both the performance and learning ability of WFO.ResultsOverall, 250 patients met the inclusion criteria and were recruited in the study. Eighty-one were diagnosed with colon cancer and 189 with rectal cancer. The concordances for colon cancer, rectal cancer, or overall were all 91%. The overall rates were 83, 94, and 88% in subgroups of stages II, III, and IV. When categorized by treatment strategy, concordances were 97, 93, 89, 87, and 100% for neoadjuvant, surgery, adjuvant, first line, and second line treatment groups, respectively. After analyzing the main factors causing discordance, relative updates were made in the database accordingly, which led to the concordance curve rising in most groups compared with the initial rates.ConclusionClinical recommendations made by WFO and the cancer team were highly matched for colorectal cancer. Patient age, cancer stage, and the consideration of previous therapy details had a significant influence on concordance. Addressing these perspectives will facilitate the use of the cancer decision-support systems to help oncologists achieve the promise of precision medicine.


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