scholarly journals Postoperative Adjuvant Chemotherapy Cancel Out the Negative Survival Impact on Stage II/III Gastric Cancer Patients With Postoperative Complications

Author(s):  
Li-li Shen ◽  
Jun Lu ◽  
Jia Lin ◽  
Bin-bin Xu ◽  
Zhen Xue ◽  
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Abstract Purpose The potential additive influence of adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) on prognosis of patients with stage II/III gastric cancer (GC) who experienced complications after radical surgery is unclear.Methods The whole group was divided into a postoperative complication (PC) group and a postoperative non-complication (NPC) group, and the overall survival (OS) rate, recurrence-free survival (RFS) rate and recurrence rate were compared between the two groups of patients. Results A total of 1563 patients between January 2010 and December 2015 in our center were included in this analysis. There were 268 patients (17.14%) in the PC group and 1295 patients (82.86%) in the NPC group. The 5-year OS rate of the PC group was 55.2%, the NPC group was 63.3%; and the 5-year RFS rate of the PC group was 53.7%, the non-PC group was 58.8%. Recurrence patterns showed no significant difference between the two group (all p>0.05). Adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) significantly improved the OS and RFS rates of patients with and without PCs (both p<0.05), and it showed no significant difference between the PC group and the NPC group who received AC (both p> 0.05). Stratified analysis showed that AC only improve the OS or RFS rates of stage III patients (both p<0.05). Further stratified analysis of the time interval (TI) from operation to initiation of AC in the PC group showed that a TI after 6 weeks (≥6eeks) improved only the OS and RFS rates of stage III patients, while when a TI within 6 weeks (<6weeks), a benefit was observed in stage II and III patients (both p<0.05).Conclusion AC can abolish the negative effect of PCs on the long-term survival of patients with stage III GC; for stage II patients, the above offset effect is affected by the TI. Delaying AC initiation after 6 weeks may not improve the survival of patients experienced stage II GC with complications.

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Ming Huang ◽  
Jian-Xian Lin ◽  
Chao-Hui Zheng ◽  
Ping Li ◽  
Jian-Wei Xie ◽  
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Objectives. To investigate the prognostic impact of the number of dissected lymph nodes (LNs) in gastric cancer after curative distal gastrectomy.Methods. The survival of 634 patients who underwent curative distal gastrectomy from 1995 to 2004 was retrieved. Long-term surgical outcomes and associations between the number of dissected LNs and the 5-year survival rate were investigated.Results. The number of dissected LNs was one of the most important prognostic indicators. Among patients with comparable T category, the larger the number of dissected LNs was, the better the survival would be (). The linear regression showed that a significant survival improvement based on increasing retrieved LNs for stage II, III and IV (). A cut-point analysis yields the greatest variance of survival rate difference at the levels of 15 LNs (stage I), 25 LNs (stage II) and 30 LNs (stage III).Conclusion. The number of dissected LNs is an independent prognostic factor for gastric cancer. To improve the long-term survival of patients with gastric cancer, removing at least 15 LNs for stage I, 25 LNs for stage II, and 30 LNs for stage III patients during curative distal gastrectomy is recommended.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-Bin Wang ◽  
You-Xin Gao ◽  
Ning-Zi Lian ◽  
Yu-Bin Ma ◽  
Ping Li ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: We previously demonstrated that CDK5RAP3 acts as a tumour suppressor in gastric cancer through negative regulation of the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway, but its function in chemotherapeutic responsiveness of gastric cancer has not been investigated. In this study, we aimed to examine the clinical significance of CDK5RAP3 to predict chemotherapeutic responsiveness in gastric cancer.Methods: A collection of 188 pairs of tumour tissue microarray specimens from Fujian Medical University were employed for the discovery set, and 310 tumour tissue samples of gastric cancer patients were employed for the internal validation set. Eight-five tumour tissue samples from Qinghai University Hospital were used as the external validation set 1. Transcriptomic and clinical data of 299 gastric cancer patients from TCGA were used as the external validation set 2. CDK5RAP3 expression, microsatellite instability (MSI) status, and tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) were examined with immunohistochemistry. Clinical outcomes of patients were compared with Kaplan-Meier curves and the Cox model.Results: In a multi-centre evaluation, increased CDK5RAP3 indication of better prognosis depends mainly on MSI-L/MSS status or TILhigh. High CDK5RAP3 expression predicts sensitive therapeutic responsiveness to postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer. In a stratification analysis based on CDK5RAP3 combined with TIL or MSI status, patients with CKD5RAP3low TILlow showed no significant difference in prognosis after receiving chemotherapy, whereas patients with CKD5RAP3low TILhigh, CKD5RAP3high TILlow, and CKD5RAP3high TILhigh had better responsiveness to chemotherapy. In addition, patients with CKD5RAP3high MSI-L/MSS status benefitted the most from adjuvant chemotherapy among all patients evaluated. Conclusions: CKD5RAP3 can be used as an effective marker to evaluate individualized chemotherapy regimens in gastric cancer patients dependent on their TIL and MSI status.


2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 108-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Matsuyama ◽  
Shigeyuki Tamura ◽  
Kazumasa Fujitani ◽  
Yutaka Kimura ◽  
Takeshi Tsuji ◽  
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108 Background: An adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 has become the standard treatment for patients (pts) with stage II/III gastric cancer (GC) who have undergone gastrectomy with D2 dissection in Japan, but it is assumed that the survival benefit for stage III pts who received S-1 is modest. S-1 plus docetaxel has shown that the response rate and median overall survival (OS) were 56% and 14.3 months in pts with advanced GC. The aims of this phase II study were to evaluate the feasibility and safety of adjuvant S-1 plus docetaxel in pts with stage III GC with D2 surgery. Methods: Pts with pathological stage III GC who underwent gastrectomy with D2 dissection received oral S-1 (80 mg/m2/day) administration for 2 consecutive weeks and intravenous docetaxel (40 mg/m2) on day 1, repeated every 3 weeks (1 cycle). The treatment was started within 45 days after surgery, and repeated for 4 cycles, followed by S-1 administration until 1 year after surgery. The primary endpoint was feasibility of the 4 cycles administration of S-1 plus docetaxel; secondary endpoints were safety, progression-free survival (PFS), OS, and feasibility of S-1 administration until 1 year after surgery. Results: We enrolled 53 pts, 42 males and 11 females with a median age of 65 years (range, 43-78), between May 2007 and August 2008. Pathological stages included IIIA in 36 pts and IIIB in 17 pts. The feasibility of planned 4 cycles of treatment was 77.4% (95% CI 63.8-87.7%, p < 0.001) with 41 pts out of 53 pts. Grade 4 neutropenia was observed in 28% of pts with grade 3 febrile neutropenia in 9%. Non-hematological toxicities of grade 3 or more involved fatigue in 6%, anorexia in 9%, and nausea in 6%. No treatment-related deaths occurred. Reasons for discontinuation were recurrent cancer in 1 pt, adverse events in 10, and miscellaneous in 1, respectively. 3 year overall survival was 78.8% (95% CI 68.4-90.7) and 3 year disease free survival was 50.3% (95% CI 34.4-73.3). Conclusions: Adjuvant S-1 plus docetaxel therapy is feasible and has only moderate toxicity in stage III gastric cancer pts. We believe that this regimen will be a candidate for future phase III trials seeking the optimal adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III gastric cancer patients.


2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 105-105
Author(s):  
Yukio Maezawa ◽  
Tsutomu Sato ◽  
Toru Aoyama ◽  
Kazuki Kano ◽  
Kenki Segami ◽  
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105 Background: ACTS-GC trial demonstrated that S-1 is effective as adjuvant chemotherapy for Japanese patients who have undergone curative D2 gastrectomy for gastric cancer and were diagnosed with pathological stage II disease. However, stages T1N2M0 and T1N3M0, which are classified as part of Stage II, were excluded from the ACTS-GC trial. The aim of the present study was to identify the unfavorable subset of patients with T1N2M0 and T1N3M0 gastric cancer for whom surgery alone is the standard treatment. Methods: The present study examined 59 patients who were diagnosed with T1N2M0 or T1N3M0 gastric cancer at Kanagawa Cancer Center and Yokohama City University Hospital between January 2000 and June 2010. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify risk factors for overall survival using a Cox proportional hazards model. Results: When overall survival was compared by the log-rank test, a significant difference was observed with regard to macroscopic tumor diameter. A macroscopic tumor diameter greater than 30mm was regarded as a critical point of classification considering the survival. Mulitivariate Cox’s proportional hazard analyses demonstrated that macroscopic tumor diameter was the only significant independent prognosticator. The five-year survival was 60.0% in patients with a macroscopic tumor diameter < 30mm, and 84.6% in those with a macroscopic tumor diameter > 30mm (P = 0.027). Conclusions: Among T1N2M0 and T1N3M0 gastric cancer patients for whom surgery alone is the standard treatment, having a small T1N2-3 tumor of less than 30 mm in diameter was the sole risk factor for gastric cancer survival. These tumors might be another target for adjuvant chemotherapy.


1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2757-2763 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Lise ◽  
D Nitti ◽  
A Marchet ◽  
T Sahmoud ◽  
M Buyse ◽  
...  

PURPOSE In a randomized clinical trial (European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer [EORTC] no. 40813) on adjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer, results obtained after administration of the FAM2 regimen (fluorouracil [5-FU], doxorubicin, and mitomycin) were compared with results obtained after surgery alone to assess the effect of this regimen on overall survival, time to progression, and disease-free interval. PATIENTS AND METHODS Three hundred fourteen patients who had undergone curative resection for stage II or stage III (International Union Against Cancer [UICC] 1978) gastric adenocarcinoma were randomized to receive chemotherapy (treatment arm) or no further treatment (control arm). The chemotherapy schedule was repeated every 43 days for seven cycles. The log-rank test and the Cox model were used for statistical analysis. RESULTS Of 314 patients, 159 comprised the control group and 155 the FAM2 group. Nineteen FAM2 patients never received chemotherapy. The median number of cycles was five. Of the patients started on adjuvant treatment, severe hematologic and nonhematologic toxicity (grades 3 or 4, World Health Organization [WHO] scale) occurred, respectively, in 6% to 9% and in 1% to 29% of cases. The overall 5-year survival rate was 70% for stage II and 32% for stage III patients. No statistically significant difference was found between overall survival of the two treatment arms (P = .295). However, time to progression was significantly delayed in the FAM2 arm (P = .020) and disease-free survival showed borderline significance (P = .068). CONCLUSION FAM2, in view of its high toxicity, cannot be advocated as standard adjuvant treatment for gastric cancer. Large-scale clinical trials using more active, less toxic regimens are required to demonstrate whether adjuvant chemotherapy provides any real benefit.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoyuki Matunaga ◽  
Ryo Ishiguro ◽  
Wataru Miyauchi ◽  
Yuji Shishido ◽  
Kozo Miyatani ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: This study was conducted to assess the long-term outcomes of elderly patients among propensity-score-matched gastric cancer patients after curative gastrectomy and to propose the proper management of elderly gastric cancer patients.Methods: We enrolled 626 patients with gastric cancer who underwent curative gastrectomy at our institution between January 2004 and December 2015. To minimize selection bias among 2 groups, propensity score matching was performed.Results: Patients were divided into an elderly group over 75 years old (EP group; n=186) and a non-elderly group (NEP group; n=440). After propensity score matching, patients were divided into EP group (n=186) and NEP group (n=186). Five-year overall survival was significantly lower in the EP group than in the NEP group, consistent with a subgroup analysis of each stage. However, the 5-year disease-specific survival among all enrolled patients and those with stage I and II disease did not differ significantly. Moreover, in the subgroup of stage III patients, 5-year disease-specific survival was significantly lower in the EP group (23.0%) than in the NEP group (59.4%; P=0.004). Because elderly patients with stage III disease had an extremely poor prognosis, we decided to compare the two groups with stage III. The EP group contained significantly fewer patients with D2 lymphadectomy (P=0.002) and adjuvant chemotherapy (P<0.001) than the NEP group. Multivariate analysis revealed that older age and lymphatic invasion were independent prognostic factors. C-reactive protein to albumin ratio was significantly higher in patients in the EP group than in the NEP group (P=0.046), and the prognostic nutritional index was significantly lower in EP group patients than NEP group patients (P=0.045). Conclusions: Elderly gastric cancer patients with stage III disease showed poorer disease-specific survival compared with non-elderly patients, which may be due to fewer D2 lymphadenectomies, a lack of adjuvant chemotherapy, and a poorer nutritional and inflammatory background. The safe induction of standard lymphadenectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy with perioperative aggressive nutritional support may improve the prognosis of elderly gastric cancer patients with stage III disease.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Yu ◽  
Zicheng Zhang ◽  
Qianhao Meng ◽  
Yue Ma ◽  
Xiaona Fan ◽  
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ObjectiveTo compare the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy with six or eight cycles of S-1 plus oxaliplatin (SOX) or Capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (XELOX) after D2 resection of GC.Design and participantsWe collected 470 cases of patients with TNM stage II and III GC who underwent D2 gastrectomy in the Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital from January 2007 to December 2017 and received six or eight cycles of SOX or XELOX regimen. This study was designed to evaluate the prognosis of patients receiving six or eight cycles of SOX or XELOX chemotherapy and identify the appropriate number of chemotherapy cycles.ResultsAmong the 470 study participants [340 (72.3%) males; median age, 50 years (range, 24-76 years)], 355 and 115 received XELOX or SOX regimen chemotherapy, respectively. The number of 152 patients included in this study who received 6 and 8 cycles of chemotherapy in stage II and stage III without considering chemotherapy regimens were 125 and 27. The median DFS was, respectively, 14.9 months and 26.8 months (P = 0.08), the median OS was, respectively, 30.2 months and 30.8 months (P = 0.5), the difference was not statistically significant. Comprehensive survival analysis of XELOX and SOX group showed no significant difference for DFS (P = 0.29) and OS (P = 0.61). The total number of stage III GC patients who received six and eight cycles of chemotherapy was 92 and 19, respectively. The median DFS of patients who received six and eight cycles of chemotherapy was 14.6 and 23.2 months (P = 0.3), respectively. The median OS of patients who received six and eight cycles of chemotherapy was 26 and 30.6 months (P = 0.9), respectively. Comprehensive analysis of DFS (P=0.73) and OS (P=0.6) shows no difference between the XELOX group SOX groups. Subgroup analysis revealed significant differences in the gender (P = 0.05) and histological classification (P &lt; 0.05) distribution.ConclusionRegardless of the XELOX regimen or the SOX regimen, similar survival benefits are observed in patients receiving six or eight chemotherapy cycles irrespective of the regimen used. The XELOX and SOX regimens are well tolerated in patients undergoing D2 resection of GC.


2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS4142-TPS4142
Author(s):  
Minkyu Jung ◽  
Seok Yun Kang ◽  
Bong-Seog Kim ◽  
Ki Hyang Kim ◽  
Kyung Hee Lee ◽  
...  

TPS4142 Background: Complete surgical resections remains the only chance for cure in patients with gastric cancer, but approximately from 40% to 80% of patients still have recurrences and most patients ultimately die from their disease. The recent adjuvant trials in gastric cancer showed significantly improved survival in patients with adjuvant chemotherapy than those with surgery alone. However, further studies need for the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy following D2 dissected gastric cancer patients, especially in advanced gastric cancer. S-1 is an oral anticancer drug, a prodrug of fluorouracil, very effective in gastric cancer. Docetaxel is the first drug that showed survival benefits when added to the two drugs in advanced gastric cancer patients. And docetaxel is also synergistic anti-cancer effect with S-1 in advanced gastric cancer. Base on this background, the aim of this study is to detect a significant increase in 3 –year disease free survival (DFS) of adjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel and S-1(DS) relative to those with S-1 and cisplatin (SP) in patients with stage III gastric cancer Methods: This study is an open-label, phase 3, randomized controlled trial, multicenter in South Korea. Patients with stage III (AJCC 7th edition) gastric cancer who had had curative D2 gastrectomy is randomly assigned to receive adjuvant chemotherapy of eight 3-week cycles of intravenous docetaxel (35 mg/m2 on day 1 and 8 of each cycle) plus oral S-1 (35 mg/m2 twice daily on days 1 to 14 of each cycle) for 6 months (DS) or chemotherapy of eight 3-week cycles of oral S1 plus intravenous cisplatin (60 mg/m2). After satisfying the screening criteria, patients have been randomized to the SD or SP arm in a 1:1 ratio. The randomization is stratified by institution and stage of disease (IIIA vs. IIIB vs. IIIC). The each stratum has been randomized by using the method of randomly permuted block. The primary endpoint is 3 year DFS, will analyze by intention to treat. A total of 290 patients will be enrolled, 67 patients have been treated to day, with continuing accrual. The trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01283217).


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