Prognostic role of lymph node regression in patients with esophageal cancer undergoing neoadjuvant therapy.

IF 2.3 4区医学 Q3 ONCOLOGY

Pathology & Oncology Research Pub Date : 2024-10-11 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.3389/pore.2024.1611844

Pingrun Chen, Maojia Chen, Yijie Bu, Guowei Che, Chao Cheng, Yan Wang

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Abstract

Purpose: To clarify the prognostic value of lymph node regression (LNR) status including the lymph node regression grade (LNRG) and N downstaging in patients with esophageal cancer receiving neoadjuvant therapy based on available evidence.

Methods: Several databases were searched up to 25 March 2024. The main outcomes included overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS). Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were combined. Subgroup analyses based on the neoadjuvant therapy and pathological type were also conducted.

Results: In total, 14 retrospective studies with 3,212 participants were included. Nine and five studies explored the relationship between LNRG and N downstaging and survival, respectively. Pooled results indicated that complete LNR predicted significantly improved OS (HR = 0.47, 95% CI: 0.41-0.55, P < 0.001) and DFS (HR = 0.42, 95% CI: 0.32-0.55, P < 0.001) and subgroup analysis based on neoadjuvant therapy and pathological type manifested similar results. Besides, N downstaging was also significantly related to improved OS (HR = 0.40, 95% CI: 0.21-0.77, P = 0.006) and CSS (HR = 0.27, 95% CI: 0.12-0.60, P < 0.001).

Conclusion: LNR could serve as a novel and reliable prognostic factor in patients with esophageal cancer receiving neoadjuvant therapy and complete LNR and N downstaging predict better survival.

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接受新辅助治疗的食管癌患者淋巴结消退的预后作用。

目的：根据现有证据，明确接受新辅助治疗的食管癌患者淋巴结消退（LNR）状态（包括淋巴结消退分级（LNRG）和N降级）的预后价值：方法：检索了截至 2024 年 3 月 25 日的多个数据库。主要结果包括总生存期（OS）、无病生存期（DFS）和癌症特异性生存期（CSS）。合并了危险比（HRs）和95%置信区间（CIs）。此外，还根据新辅助疗法和病理类型进行了亚组分析：共有14项回顾性研究纳入了3212名参与者。9项和5项研究分别探讨了LNRG和N降期与生存率之间的关系。汇总结果显示，完全LNR预示着OS（HR=0.47，95% CI：0.41-0.55，P<0.001）和DFS（HR=0.42，95% CI：0.32-0.55，P<0.001）的显著改善，基于新辅助治疗和病理类型的亚组分析也显示出相似的结果。此外，N降期也与OS（HR = 0.40，95% CI：0.21-0.77，P = 0.006）和CSS（HR = 0.27，95% CI：0.12-0.60，P < 0.001）的改善显著相关：LNR可作为接受新辅助治疗的食管癌患者的一个新的、可靠的预后因素，完全LNR和N分期预示着较好的生存率。

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Pathology & Oncology Research 医学-病理学

CiteScore

6.30

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0.00%

发文量

134

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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