Ann Coloproctol.  2019 Apr;35(2):83-93. 10.3393/ac.2019.04.22.1.

Oncologic Outcomes in Patients Who Undergo Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy and Total Mesorectal Excision for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: A 14-Year Experience in a Single Institution

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  • 1Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. syjeong@snu.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study evaluated the oncologic outcomes of locally advanced rectal cancer patients who underwent preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by surgery and determined the prognostic significance of pathologic complete response (pCR).
METHODS
Between January 2002 and December 2015, 580 patients with rectal cancer who underwent surgery after neoadjuvant CRT were identified. Survival according to tumor response to CRT and pathologic stage was analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method, and the Cox proportional hazard model was used to identify factors associated with survival outcomes.
RESULTS
A total of 111 patients (23.7%) achieved pCR while the other 469 patients showed residual disease. Patients with pCR had a lower pretreatment carcinoembryonic antigen level and earlier cT classification than those with residual disease. With a median follow-up of 78 months, disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were significantly better in the pCR group than in the residual disease group. The 5-year DFS and 5-year OS for patients with ypStage 0, I, II, or III were 92.5%, 85.1%, 72.2%, 54.3% (P < 0.001) and 94.5%, 91.0%, 83.1%, 69.3%, respectively (P < 0.001). Pathologic AJCC stage after CRT was the most statistically significant independent predictor of OS (HR, 6.97 [95% confidence interval, 3.16-15.39] for stage III vs. stage 0) and DFS (HR, 7.30 [95% confidence interval, 3.63-14.67] for stage III vs. stage 0).
CONCLUSION
Rectal cancer patients who achieved pCR showed improved survival compared to those with residual disease after preoperative CRT. Moreover, pCR was an independent indicator of OS and DFS, and pathologic AJCC stage was correlated with survival after preoperative CRT.

Keyword

Rectal neoplasms; Chemoradiotherapy; Pathologic complete response; Survival

MeSH Terms

Carcinoembryonic Antigen
Chemoradiotherapy*
Classification
Disease-Free Survival
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Methods
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Proportional Hazards Models
Rectal Neoplasms*
Carcinoembryonic Antigen
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