scholarly journals Primary anorectal melanoma: a case of 5 year disease-free survival

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 768
Author(s):  
Monica Urbani ◽  
Marina Troian ◽  
Gabriele Bellio ◽  
Marina Bortul

Anorectal melanoma is a rare cause of anorectal malignancies affecting mainly elderly people without significant gender differences, although there seems to be a white predominance. Diagnosis is often challenging, since symptoms are frequently nonspecific. Radical surgery is the mainstay of treatment, while adjuvant therapies are generally of limited value. Thus, prognosis is still grim, with a 5-year survival rate of less than 20%. We report the case of a 75-year-old white female presenting with mild anal pain and blood in stools. Diagnosed with an ulcerated melanoma of the perianal area, she eventually underwent an abdominoperineal resection and bilateral inguinal lymphadenectomy. To date, she is currently alive and disease-free. Given the lack of adequate international guidelines, we recommend defining a tailored treatment by thorough multidisciplinary discussion, as well as taking into account the patient personal preference.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 391-391
Author(s):  
Dean F. Bajorin ◽  
Johannes Alfred Witjes ◽  
Jürgen Gschwend ◽  
Michael Schenker ◽  
Begoña P. Valderrama ◽  
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391 Background: The standard of care (SOC) for patients (pts) with MIUC is radical surgery ± cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (chemo), but many pts are cisplatin-ineligible. There is no conclusive evidence supporting adjuvant chemo in pts who did not receive neoadjuvant chemo and in those with residual disease after neoadjuvant cisplatin. This phase 3 trial of adjuvant nivolumab (NIVO) vs placebo (PBO) in pts with MIUC after radical surgery ± neoadjuvant cisplatin (CheckMate 274) aims to address an unmet need in these pts. We report the initial results. Methods: This is a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, multicenter trial of NIVO vs PBO in pts with high-risk MIUC (bladder, ureter, or renal pelvis) after radical surgery. Pts were randomized 1:1 to NIVO 240 mg Q2W or PBO for ≤ 1 year of adjuvant treatment. Pts had radical surgery within 120 days ± neoadjuvant cisplatin or were ineligible/declined cisplatin-based chemo, evidence of UC at high risk of recurrence per pathologic staging, were disease-free by imaging, and ECOG PS ≤ 1. Primary endpoints: disease-free survival (DFS) in all randomized pts (ITT population) and in pts with tumor PD-L1 expression ≥ 1%. DFS was stratified by nodal status, prior neoadjuvant cisplatin, and PD-L1 status. Non–urothelial tract recurrence-free survival (NUTRFS) in ITT pts and in pts with PD-L ≥ 1% is a secondary endpoint. Safety is an exploratory endpoint. Results: In total, 353 pts were randomized to NIVO (PD-L1 ≥ 1%, n = 140) and 356 pts to PBO (PD-L1 ≥ 1%, n = 142). The primary endpoint of DFS was met in ITT pts (median follow-up, 20.9 mo for NIVO; 19.5 mo for PBO) and in pts with PD-L1 ≥ 1%. DFS and NUTRFS were improved with NIVO vs PBO in both populations (Table). DFS improvement with NIVO was generally consistent across subgroups. Grade 3–4 treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) occurred in 17.9% and 7.2% of pts in the NIVO and PBO arms, respectively. Conclusions: NIVO demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in DFS vs PBO for MIUC after radical surgery, both in ITT pts and pts with PD-L1 ≥ 1%. AEs were manageable and consistent with previous reports. These results support adjuvant NIVO as a new SOC for pts with MIUC with high risk for recurrence despite neoadjuvant chemo or those ineligible for and/or declining cisplatin-based chemo. Clinical trial information: NCT02632409 . Research Sponsor: Bristol Myers Squibb[Table: see text]


2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1303-1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dae Woo Lee ◽  
Keun Ho Lee ◽  
Jung Won Lee ◽  
Sung Taek Park ◽  
Jong Sup Park ◽  
...  

ObjectiveThe primary objective of the study was to compare the survival rate of patients who had received neoadjuvant chemotherapy with that of patients who had received radiation therapy for stage IIB cervical cancer. The secondary objective was to analyze the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on pathological prognostic factors.Materials and MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who had received therapy for stage IIB cervical cancer. Based on the primary therapy, 192 patients were divided into 2 groups; patients in the neoadjuvant chemotherapy group (n =103) underwent a type III radical hysterectomy after completion of the neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Patients in the other group (n = 89) were treated with radiation alone or a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.ResultsAfter neoadjuvant chemotherapy, the level of squamous cell carcinoma antigen, tumor size, lymph node involvement, and parametrium involvement were significantly decreased. However, 90.3% of the patients who had received neoadjuvant chemotherapy needed to have adjuvant therapy after radical surgery because of poor pathological prognostic factors. The rate of disease-free survival did not differ significantly between the 2 groups. However, the overall survival rate was significantly lower in the neoadjuvant chemotherapy group for patients who were 60 years or older (P = 0.03). The rates of disease-free survival and overall survival for patients who had a good (complete or partial) response to the neoadjuvant chemotherapy were not significantly higher than the rates for patients in the radiation therapy group.ConclusionsAlthough neoadjuvant chemotherapy improved pathological prognostic factors in patients with stage IIB cervical cancer, it was not sufficiently effective to decrease adjuvant therapy. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy also did not improve the rate of patient survival compared to the rate of patient survival in the radiation therapy group.


2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Singh ◽  
V. Goel ◽  
V. Talwar ◽  
S. Raina ◽  
S. Mitra ◽  
...  

Background: Cervical cancer is ranked as the most common cancer in Indian women, second most common cancer worldwide and the leading cause of death in the developing countries. In the developing countries majority of the patients are diagnosed at locally advanced stages. The standard treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer is concomitant chemoradiation (CTRT) using platinum based chemotherapy. However, some randomized studies have shown improved results for patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) followed by surgical resection in comparison to patient receiving radiation alone. The present study was designed to compare response to the treatment and survival of and NACT followed by radical surgery (RS) with CTRT in the patients of uterine cervix of a tertiary cancer care centre. Patients and Methods: Retrospective study was performed in locally advanced/advance stage patients of cervix UTERI registered in the institute between years 2009 to 2013. Patients were included in the two groups, group A consists of 89 patients who have received NACT + RS and 67 patients in group B who have received CTRT. Clinical records were reviewed with particular reference to presenting complaint, clinical stage, response to the therapy, disease free survival and overall survival. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 22. Results: In the neoadjuvant group (group A) (n=89) the median age of patients was 53 years (range 31-80 years), most of the patients (70%) were presented with complaint of postmenopausal bleeding. Of the total patients, 69 (77.5%) underwent to radical surgery and 5 (8.5%) received radiotherapy after NACT. From 69 patients, who had undergone to surgery, 54 (78.3%) had also received radiation. The overall response to induction chemotherapy was 84%. In the chemo radiation group (group B) (n=65) median age was 56 years (33-75 years). Vaginal bleeding (34%) followed by postmenopausal bleeding (32%) was major presenting complaint in this group. Overall response to the complete treatment was 91%. The median follow up time was 14.3 months in group A and 12.2 months in group B. The disease free survival for NACT group was 32 months (95% CI 26.8-36.5) whereas for CTRT group it was 28 months (95% CI 23.5-33) with 12 and 13 recurrences per group (p = .226). In NACT group overall survival was 46.2 months (95% CI 44-48.3) and for CTRT group it was 38.3 months (95%CI 36.6-40) with 3 and 2 deaths per group (p=.883). Conclusion: Present study shows comparable results, with no difference in survival between both the groups. However, NACT + RS group had showed better disease free and overall survival than another group. Further studies should be performed with larger number of patients and longer duration of follow up.


2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1176-1181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vandana Jain ◽  
Rupinder Sekhon ◽  
Shveta Giri ◽  
Rashmi Rekha Bora ◽  
Kanika Batra ◽  
...  

ObjectivesThe objective of our present study was to evaluate the efficacy of radical vaginectomy with or without radical hysterectomy in patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage I and II vaginal cancers.Materials and MethodsA retrospective study was carried out on 11 patients aged 35 to 78 years. All the patients underwent radical surgery for vaginal cancer from April 2010 till June 2015. Kaplan-Meier analyses were used to calculate the disease-free survival and overall survival at 12 months.ResultsThe mean age of patients was 53.2 years. Ten patients were with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage I, whereas one had stage II vaginal cancer. The histology was squamous cell cancer in 9 patients and small cell neuroendocrine cancer in 2 patients. The lesion was confined to the upper two third of the vagina in 8 cases, and the lower one third was involved in 3 cases. All the patients underwent radical surgery. Lymph node dissection was done in 9 patients out of whom lymph nodes were positive in 3 patients. Two patients had positive margins. Adjuvant treatment was given to patients with positive margins or positive nodes. Five patients did not require any adjuvant treatment, and 1 patient defaulted adjuvant treatment. One patient developed vesicovaginal fistula. Over a follow-up period ranging from 5 to 67 months, local recurrence developed in 1 patient, whereas no patient died of disease. One patient was lost to follow-up at 15 months. The 12-month disease-free survival was 88.9%, and 12-month overall survival was 100%.ConclusionsStage I and selected stage II vaginal cancer patients have good outcomes in terms of survival and local tumor control if managed judiciously by initial surgery followed by selective adjuvant therapy.


2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1119-1124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Fanfani ◽  
Anna Fagotti ◽  
Gabriella Ferrandina ◽  
Francesco Raspagliesi ◽  
Antonino Ditto ◽  
...  

Objective:To demonstrate the efficacy and feasibility of preoperative chemoradiation followed by radical surgery in a consecutive series of patients with stage IIIB cervical cancer.Methods:Between October 1997 and July 2007, 39 patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IIIB cervical cancer were consecutively staged and treated at the Catholic University of Rome and Campobasso and at the National Cancer Institute of Milan. Radical surgery was performed 5 to 6 weeks after the end of the cisplatinum-based neoadjuvant chemoradiation.Results:Clinical responses were observed in 35 patients (92.1%): 6 (15.8%) complete and 29 (76.3.8%) partial. Radical surgery was performed in 35 patients (89.7%). According to Chassagne classification, we observed 7 (20.0%) grade 3, 17 (48.6%) grade 2, and 28 (80%) grade 1 surgical complications. At pathological examination, 12 patients (34.3%) showed complete response, 7 patients (20.0%) had only a microscopic disease, 8 patients (22.8%) had a partial response, and the last 8 patients (22.8%) had no change in disease. We registered 11 (31.4%) operative and 4 (11.4%) early postoperative complications. Median follow-up was 33 months (range, 3-80 months). The percentages of 3-year disease-free survival and overall survival were 67.6% and 70.0%, respectively. Patients with complete response and microscopic disease showed better prognosis than patients with partial response and no change (3-year disease-free survival, 100% vs 31%; and 3-year overall survival, 100% vs 39%).Conclusions:Chemoradiation followed by radical hysterectomy could be administered in patients with stage IIIB cervical cancer with an acceptable rate of complications and with a survival outcome similar to that of chemoradiotherapy, allowing the assessment of pathological response with its implication on clinical outcomes.


2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vandana Jain ◽  
Rupinder Sekhon ◽  
Shveta Giri ◽  
Sudhir Rawal

Objectives: The objective of our present study was to evaluate the efficacy of radical vaginectomy with or without radical hysterectomy in patients with FIGO stage I and II vaginal cancers. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was carried out on 13 patients aged 35 – 78 years. All the patients underwent radical surgery for vaginal cancer from April 2010 till June 2015. Kaplan- meier analyses was used to calculate the disease free survival and overall survival at 12 months. Results: The mean age of patients was 54.9 years. Twelve patients were with FIGO stage I while one had stage II vaginal cancer. The histopathology was squamous cell cancer in 9 patients, small cell neuroendocrine cancer in two patients and malignant melanoma in 2 patients. The lesion was confined to upper 2/3 of vagina in 8 cases and lower 1/3 was involved in 5 cases. All the patients underwent radical surgery. Lymph node dissection was done in eleven patients out of whom lymph nodes were positive in 4 patients. Three patients had positive margins. Adjuvant treatment was given to patients with positive margins or positive nodes. Six patients did not require any adjuvant treatment and two patients defaulted adjuvant treatment. One patient developed Vesico-vaginal fistula. Over a follow up period ranging from 6 to 67 months, recurrence developed in two patients and one of them died of disease. The 12 months Disease free survival was 82.1% and 12 months Overall Survival was 90.9%. Conclusion: Stage I and selected stage II vaginal cancer patients have good outcomes in terms of survival and local tumor control if managed judiciously by initial surgery followed by selective adjuvant therapy.


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