scholarly journals Impact of Immunoscore on the Management of Stage II Colon Cancer Patients: A Physician Survey

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 5467
Author(s):  
Anup Kasi ◽  
Efrat Dotan ◽  
Graham M. Poage ◽  
Aurelie Catteau ◽  
Dewi Vernerey ◽  
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Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy use in stage II colon cancer is controversial. Current prognostic risk factors do not take the tumor immune microenvironment into account. Consideration of the Immunoscore, which measures the host immune response at the tumor site, may assist clinicians in reducing adjuvant chemotherapy use in patients who are unlikely to benefit from it. This study sought to determine the potential clinical utility of the Immunoscore, via its effect on medical oncologists’ recommendations for management of patients with stage II colon cancer. Methods: De-identified vignettes of 10 patients with stage II colon cancer were presented to 25 practicing medical oncologists. Each participant completed surveys indicating recommendations for adjuvant chemotherapy and surveillance strategies. An educational session was subsequently conducted, and the same patient profiles were re-presented but included immunoscore results. Participants were again asked to provide their recommendations. A participant was counted as influenced if their responses were altered after immunoscore test results were provided. Results: All but one participant (96%) altered a management recommendation for ≥1 case. For individual cases, a mean of 55% (range, 40–80%) of participants altered their recommendations for adjuvant chemotherapy and/or surveillance. For the immunoscore-high cases (low-risk of recurrence), recommendations for adjuvant chemotherapy use decreased from 60% to 31%. Conclusions: These results indicate a willingness by oncologists to integrate immunoscore information into clinical practice recommendations. Incorporation of immunoscore data resulted in the reduction of nonvalue care in the simulated population. Confirmation in prospective studies is planned.

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan L. Hagerty ◽  
John G. Aversa ◽  
Dana A. Dominguez ◽  
Jeremy L. Davis ◽  
Jonathan M. Hernandez ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 148-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Baptiste Bachet ◽  
Pierre Laurent-Puig ◽  
Aimery de Gramont ◽  
Thierry André

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. v64
Author(s):  
C. Saavedra Serrano ◽  
M. Villamayor Delgado ◽  
E. Corral de la Fuente ◽  
A. Barquín García ◽  
J. Serrano Domingo ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 428-434
Author(s):  
Xiayu Jiao ◽  
Joel W. Hay ◽  
Sarmad Sadeghi ◽  
Afsaneh Barzi

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 573-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie L. Koenig ◽  
Diego A.S. Toesca ◽  
Jeremy P. Harris ◽  
Chiaojung Jillian Tsai ◽  
Sigurdis Haraldsdottir ◽  
...  

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