Lucila Soares da Silva Rocha , Camila Motta Venchiarutti Moniz , Marilia Polo Mingueti e Silva , Guilherme Fialho de Freitas , Virgilio Souza e Silva , Paulo Marcelo Gehm Hoff , Rachel P. Riechelmann
{"title":"Effects of Palliative Chemotherapy in Unresectable or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients With Poor Performance Status","authors":"Lucila Soares da Silva Rocha , Camila Motta Venchiarutti Moniz , Marilia Polo Mingueti e Silva , Guilherme Fialho de Freitas , Virgilio Souza e Silva , Paulo Marcelo Gehm Hoff , Rachel P. Riechelmann","doi":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer in both genders and often presents as a metastatic, unresectable, or recurrent disease in early follow-up. It is uncertain the benefit of oxaliplatin-based palliative chemotherapy (CT) in the first line of treatment in patients with compromised performance status (PS), Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 3 and 4. These patients are systematically excluded from clinical trials but may be treated in clinical practice.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We conducted a prospective observational cohort whose primary outcome was improving at least 2 points in the worst symptom in the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System Scale (ESAS-r), without grade 3 to 4 toxicity, comparing baseline and fourth week of treatment. Secondary endpoints included quality of life using the European Quality of Life-5 dimensions questionnaire, toxicity, response rate, clinical improvement of ECOG PS, and overall survival (OS).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We included 28 patients, and 12 (42.8%) achieved the primary endpoint. Median overall survival was 86 days, 46% of patients did not respond to the fourth-week reevaluation due to clinical deterioration, and 17.8% presented toxicity grade ≥3, with 5 patients dying from toxicity. In addition, ECOG PS 4 or cholestasis had poorer overall survival. Finally, 25% and 53.6% of patients received these treatments in the last 14 and 30 days of life, respectively.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>In the present study, palliative multiagent chemotherapy in poor performance status patients with non-molecularly selected colorectal cancer tended to impact tumor symptoms control; however, there is no benefit in OS and a considerable risk of toxicity and treatment-related death.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10373,"journal":{"name":"Clinical colorectal cancer","volume":"22 3","pages":"Pages 291-297"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10114124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jeongseok Jeon , Da Bin Lee , Sang Joon Shin , Dai Hoon Han , Jee Suk Chang , Yoon Dae Han , Hyunwook Kim , Joon Seok Lim , Han Sang Kim , Joong Bae Ahn
{"title":"Effect of High-Versus Low-Frequency of Abdominopelvic Computed Tomography Follow-Up Testing on Overall Survival in Patients With Stage II Or III Colon Cancer","authors":"Jeongseok Jeon , Da Bin Lee , Sang Joon Shin , Dai Hoon Han , Jee Suk Chang , Yoon Dae Han , Hyunwook Kim , Joon Seok Lim , Han Sang Kim , Joong Bae Ahn","doi":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.05.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.05.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Intensive surveillance of colon cancer by using the abdominopelvic computed tomography (AP-CT) is common in real world practice; however, it is still unclear whether high-frequency surveillance using AP-CT in patients with these risk factors is superior to that in the low-frequency surveillance.</p></div><div><h3>Patients and Methods</h3><p>We retrospectively reviewed 1803 patients with stage II-III colon cancer receiving curative surgery between January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2015. We evaluated the average scan-to-scan intervals of postoperative AP-CT testing and assigned patients with an interval of 5 to 8 and 9 to 13 months to the high-frequency (HF) and low-frequency (LF) groups, respectively. The cutoff value of preoperative and postoperative CEA levels was 5 ng/mL. We also applied propensity score matching (PSM) and inverse probability of treatment weighting to adjust clinicopathologic differences between the 2 groups.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We matched 1:1 for each surveillance group yielding a cohort of 776 matched patients. After PSM, Baseline demographics were overall well balanced between 2 groups. Stage III (OR, 2.00; 95% Confidence interval [CI], 1.21-3.30) and postoperative CEA elevation (OR, 2.30; 95% CI, 1.08-4.92) were independent risk factors of recurrence in multivariate analyses. Patient in the HF group had more surgery plus chemo- or radiotherapy as postrecurrence treatment than patient in the LF group (46.2% vs. 23.1%, <em>P</em> = .017). This trend was retained after PSM, although it is not significant (44.4% vs. 23.1%, <em>P</em> = .060). However, survival outcomes of high-frequency AP-CT surveillance were not superior to those of low-frequency surveillance in all subgroups, including stage III (HR 0.99, 95% CI 0.40-2.47) and postoperative CEA elevation (HR 1.36, 95% CI 0.45-4.11).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>High-frequency AP-CT testing is associated with a higher proportion of surgery plus chemo- or radiotherapy as postrecurrence treatment, without improvement in 5-year overall survival.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10373,"journal":{"name":"Clinical colorectal cancer","volume":"22 3","pages":"Pages 307-317"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10118907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlo Sposito , Filippo Pietrantonio , Marianna Maspero , Fabrizio Di Benedetto , Marco Vivarelli , Giuseppe Tisone , Luciano De Carlis , Renato Romagnoli , Salvatore Gruttadauria , Michele Colledan , Salvatore Agnes , Giuseppe Ettorre , Umberto Baccarani , Guido Torzilli , Stefano Di Sandro , Domenico Pinelli , Lucio Caccamo , Andrea Sartore Bianchi , Carlo Spreafico , Valter Torri , Vincenzo Mazzaferro
{"title":"Improving Outcome of Selected Patients With Non-Resectable Hepatic Metastases From Colorectal Cancer With Liver Transplantation: A Prospective Parallel Trial (COLT trial)","authors":"Carlo Sposito , Filippo Pietrantonio , Marianna Maspero , Fabrizio Di Benedetto , Marco Vivarelli , Giuseppe Tisone , Luciano De Carlis , Renato Romagnoli , Salvatore Gruttadauria , Michele Colledan , Salvatore Agnes , Giuseppe Ettorre , Umberto Baccarani , Guido Torzilli , Stefano Di Sandro , Domenico Pinelli , Lucio Caccamo , Andrea Sartore Bianchi , Carlo Spreafico , Valter Torri , Vincenzo Mazzaferro","doi":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.01.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Patients with unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases (CLM) receiving palliative chemotherapy have a 5-year overall survival (OS) of less than 30%. Liver transplantation (LT) can improve OS up to 60%-83% (SECA-I and SECA-II trials). The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy of LT in liver-only metastatic CRC compared with a matched cohort of patients included in a phase III trial on triplet chemotherapy + antiEGFR.</p></div><div><h3>Patients and Methods</h3><p>The COLT trial is an investigator-driven, multicenter, non-randomized, open-label, controlled, prospective, parallel trial (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03803436). Hyperselected patients with liver-limited unresectable CLM, <em>RAS</em> and <em>BRAF</em> wild-type and curatively removed primary colon cancer are included. The observed post-transplant outcomes will be prospectively compared 1:5 with those obtained in a matched cohort from the TRIPLETE trial (NCT03231722).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Primary endpoint is to compare the 3 and 5-years OS of patients enrolled in the COLT trial with COLT-eligible population enrolled in the TRIPLETE trial. An expected gain in OS of 40% at 5-years is predicted for the COLT population (the expected OS at 5-years in COLT vs. TRIPLETE is 70% vs. 30%). Secondary endpoints are to compare the 5-years disease-free survival and to assess the safety of LT (Dindo-Clavien Classification and the Comprehensive Complication Index).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>LT offers the longest OS reported in selected patients with CLM. Improving the selection strategies can give patients a 5-year OS similar to other indications for LT and a better outcome than those undergoing chemotherapy alone.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10373,"journal":{"name":"Clinical colorectal cancer","volume":"22 2","pages":"Pages 250-255"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9672382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joseph Sgouros , Stefania Gkoura , Nikolaos Spathas , Fotios Tzoudas , Konstantinos Karampinos , Nikolaos Miaris , Anastasios Visvikis , Nick Dessypris , Davide Mauri , Gerasimos Aravantinos , Ilias Theodoropoulos , George Stamoulis , Epaminondas Samantas
{"title":"Incidence of Disease Recurrence in Patients With Colon and Upper Rectum Adenocarcinoma Stage II and III Receiving Adjuvant Capecitabine Monotherapy: Do Number of Chemotherapy Cycles and Relative Dose Intensity of the Drug Play a Role?","authors":"Joseph Sgouros , Stefania Gkoura , Nikolaos Spathas , Fotios Tzoudas , Konstantinos Karampinos , Nikolaos Miaris , Anastasios Visvikis , Nick Dessypris , Davide Mauri , Gerasimos Aravantinos , Ilias Theodoropoulos , George Stamoulis , Epaminondas Samantas","doi":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.02.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.02.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction/Background</h3><p>Adjuvant capecitabine<span><span> monotherapy is an option for colon and upper </span>rectum adenocarcinoma patients, providing they have stage II disease with an intermediate risk of recurrence, or stage III but they are above 70’s or they have comorbidities. We wanted to examine whether the number of chemotherapy cycles and the relative dose intensity (RDI) of capecitabine monotherapy in the adjuvant setting are affecting disease recurrence.</span></p></div><div><h3>Patients and Methods</h3><p>We included patients with completely resected stage II and III colon and upper rectum cancer<span> who received adjuvant capecitabine monotherapy, from 2003 until May 2020. Patients with early relapse, i.e. during chemotherapy or within 6 months after the completion of adjuvant chemotherapy<span>, and those with rectal cancer who received radiotherapy were excluded. Patients were divided into 3 groups based on the number of chemotherapy cycles received and the RDI. Group A included patients with ≤4 cycles of chemotherapy, group B patients with >4 cycles of chemotherapy and RDI ≤80%, and group C patients with >4 cycles of chemotherapy and RDI >80%. Study’s endpoint, was recurrence free survival (RFS).</span></span></p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Two hundred twenty six patients with stage II and III disease (164 and 62 respectively) were included. Sixteen, 166 and 44 were included in groups A, B and C respectively. After a median follow-up of 41 months, 21 patients (9,3%) had relapsed. Patients belonging to group C were found to have a trend for lower relapse rate compared to patients belonging to group A or group B.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Number of adjuvant capecitabine cycles and RDI might play a role in RFS in patients with stage II and III colon and upper rectum adenocarcinoma.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10373,"journal":{"name":"Clinical colorectal cancer","volume":"22 2","pages":"Pages 238-244"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9674437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ryan J. Beechinor , Mustafa F. Abidalhassan , Deborah F. Small , Huong K. Hoang , Ramit Lamba , Thomas W Loehfelm , Cameron C. Foster , Michael Z. Koontz , Edward Jae-Hoon Kim , May Cho , Sepideh Gholami
{"title":"A Case of Heavily Pretreated HER2+ Colorectal Liver Metastases Responsive to Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy","authors":"Ryan J. Beechinor , Mustafa F. Abidalhassan , Deborah F. Small , Huong K. Hoang , Ramit Lamba , Thomas W Loehfelm , Cameron C. Foster , Michael Z. Koontz , Edward Jae-Hoon Kim , May Cho , Sepideh Gholami","doi":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.02.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.02.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p></p><ul><li><span><p><strong>What is Already Known About This Subject?</strong><span><span><span>Hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) pumps represent 1 promising </span>treatment strategy for patients presenting with liver only or predominant tumors. </span>HAI<span> therapy is a form of locoregional therapy which administers chemotherapy directly into the hepatic artery, thus limits systemic exposure and spares other organs from toxicity. According to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines (NCCN), placement of a HAI pump, in combination with systemic chemotherapy, has a category 2B recommendation for centers with the requisite expertise to perform this procedure. However, the utility of HAI pumps for patients with previously treated relapsed/refractory colorectal cancer (CRC) with colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) remains unclear.</span></span></p></span></li><li><span><p><strong>What are the New Findings?</strong><span>Here, we describe a case of heavily pretreated patient with CRC and CRLM unusually responsive to HAI chemotherapy. Our patient had a progression free survival<span> (PFS) of 20.2 months with HAI therapy, versus a PFS of 3 to 6 months with systemic chemotherapy therapy. Furthermore, in this case, the patient has been able to stay off systemic therapy for over a year by the time of this publication. Based on the patient's response, HAI therapy may slow the rate of disease progression compared to other therapies, as it might “reset the clock” as it did for this patient's very aggressive biology.</span></span></p></span></li><li><span><p><strong>How Might it Impact on Clinical Practice in the Foreseeable Future?</strong>We believe this to be the first published case report of a patient with previously treated HER2+ CRC who had progressed on anti-HER2 therapy, who had a substantial response from treatment with FUDR HAI chemotherapy. Our report adds to the dearth of the literature in this patient population, and supports use of HAI chemotherapy as a potential treatment strategy for patients with relapsed, refractory CRLM. This case suggests that HAI chemotherapy with FUDR in combination with systemic therapy has the potential to provide long-term responses even for patients with CRLM refractory to multiple lines of chemotherapy.</p></span></li></ul></div>","PeriodicalId":10373,"journal":{"name":"Clinical colorectal cancer","volume":"22 2","pages":"Pages 245-249"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9728794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Jiménez-Fonseca , J. Sastre , P. García-Alfonso , M.A. Gómez-España , A. Salud , S. Gil , F. Rivera , J.J. Reina , G. Quintero , M. Valladares-Ayerbes , M.J. Safont , A. La Casta , L. Robles-Díaz , B. García-Paredes , R. López López , M. Guillot , J. Gallego , V. Alonso-Orduña , E. Diaz-Rubio , E. Aranda
{"title":"Association of Circulating Tumor Cells and Tumor Molecular Profile With Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Previously Untreated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of the Phase III VISNÚ-1 and Phase II VISNÚ-2 Randomized Trials","authors":"P. Jiménez-Fonseca , J. Sastre , P. García-Alfonso , M.A. Gómez-España , A. Salud , S. Gil , F. Rivera , J.J. Reina , G. Quintero , M. Valladares-Ayerbes , M.J. Safont , A. La Casta , L. Robles-Díaz , B. García-Paredes , R. López López , M. Guillot , J. Gallego , V. Alonso-Orduña , E. Diaz-Rubio , E. Aranda","doi":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.02.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.02.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p><span>The bCTC count is a well-established prognostic biomarker in </span>mCRC, as well as in other tumor types. The aim of this analysis was to evaluate the prognostic/predictive role of the bCTC count (≥3 vs. <3) in previously untreated mCRC.</p></div><div><h3>Patients and Methods</h3><p>The study involved 589 untreated mCRC patients included in the intention-to-treat population of 2 randomized clinical trials (phase III VISNU-1 [NCT01640405] and phase II VISNU-2 [NCT01640444] studies).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p><span>Of the 589 patients, 349 (59.2%) had bCTC≥3 and 240 (40.7%) had bCTC<3. Multivariate analysis<span> showed that the bCTC count is an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (OS) (HR 0.59, 95% CI 0.48-0.72; </span></span><em>P</em> = 0.000) and potential for progression-free survival (PFS) (<em>P</em><span> = 0.0549). Median OS was 32.9 and 19.5 months in patients with bCTC<3 and bCTC≥3 (</span><em>P</em> <0.001), respectively. This effect was also observed comparing OS in RASwt patients from both studies. Other prognostic factors were: ECOG-PS, primary tumor site, number of metastatic sites and surgery of the primary tumor. Median OS was lower for patients treated with anti-VEGF versus anti-EGFR (22.3 vs. 33.3 months, <em>P</em><span> <0.0001) while there were no significant differences in PFS according to the targeted treatment received.</span></p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This post-hoc analysis of 2 randomized studies confirms the poor prognosis of patients with bCTC≥3 but this is not associated with other adverse independent prognostic factors such as RAS/BRAF mutations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10373,"journal":{"name":"Clinical colorectal cancer","volume":"22 2","pages":"Pages 222-230"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10048540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Debora Basile , Gerardo Rosati , Francesca Bergamo , Silvio Ken Garattini , Maria Banzi , Maria Zampino , Silvia Bozzarelli , Paolo Marchetti , Fabio Galli , Francesca Galli , Raffaella Longarini , Alberto Zaniboni , Daris Ferrari , Sabino De Placido , Luca Giovanni Frassineti , Mario Nicolini , Saverio Cinieri , Michele Priscindiaro , Pina Ziranu , Riccardo Caccialanza , Giuseppe Aprile
{"title":"Prognostic Value of Body Mass Index in Stage II/III Colon Cancer: Posthoc Analysis From the TOSCA Trial","authors":"Debora Basile , Gerardo Rosati , Francesca Bergamo , Silvio Ken Garattini , Maria Banzi , Maria Zampino , Silvia Bozzarelli , Paolo Marchetti , Fabio Galli , Francesca Galli , Raffaella Longarini , Alberto Zaniboni , Daris Ferrari , Sabino De Placido , Luca Giovanni Frassineti , Mario Nicolini , Saverio Cinieri , Michele Priscindiaro , Pina Ziranu , Riccardo Caccialanza , Giuseppe Aprile","doi":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.01.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.01.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>High body mass index (BMI) plays a key role in the development of colon cancer (CC). Our post-hoc analysis from the TOSCA trial analyzed the association between BMI and survival outcomes in terms of relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) in stage II/III CC patients.</p></div><div><h3>Patients and methods</h3><p>Patients enrolled in the TOSCA trial between 2007-2013 with BMI data entered the study. The prognostic impact of BMI on survival outcomes was investigated through uni- and multivariable Cox regression analyses.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Overall, 1455 patients with stage II/III CC patients were included. The median follow-up was of 61.5 months; 16.1% of patients relapsed, 11.2% died and 19.5% patients relapsed or died. No impact of BMI on RFS was detected at univariate or multivariable analyses. By univariate analysis for OS, a significantly impact of a BMI > 30 kg/m<sup>2</sup> was reported (HR [>30 vs <25] 1.57, 95% CI 1.00-2.47, <em>p</em> = 0.049; HR [>30 vs <30] 1.55, 95% CI 1.01-2.37, <em>p</em> = 0.045). Multivariable analyses did not confirm this data. In the subgroup of stage III patients, a negative survival impact of BMI was found in univariate and multivariable models both for RFS and for OS.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>In our study, obesity with BMI > 30 kg/m<sup>2</sup> was an independent prognostic factor for RFS and OS in CC patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy, regardless of its duration (3 or 6 months). However, the prognostic impact of adiposity and body composition measurement should be considered to better classify patients with high visceral fat and refine their risk assessment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10373,"journal":{"name":"Clinical colorectal cancer","volume":"22 2","pages":"Pages 190-198"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9672894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carla Barberan Parraga , Roshni Singh , Rachel Lin , Leonardo Tamariz , Ana Palacio
{"title":"Colorectal Cancer Screening Disparities Among Race: A Zip Code Level Analysis","authors":"Carla Barberan Parraga , Roshni Singh , Rachel Lin , Leonardo Tamariz , Ana Palacio","doi":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening can prevent disease by early identification. Existing disparities in CRC screening have been associated with factors including race, socioeconomic status, insurance, and even geography. Our study takes a deeper look into how social determinants related to zip code tabulation areas affect CRC screenings.</p></div><div><h3>Materials and Methods</h3><p>We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of CRC screenings by race at a zip code level, evaluating for impactful social determinant factors such as the social deprivation index (SDI). We used publicly available data from CDC 500 Cities Project (2016-2019), PLACES Project (2020), and the American Community Survey (2019). We conducted multivariate and confirmatory factor analyses among race, income, health insurance, check-up visits, and SDI.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Increasing the tertile of SDI was associated with a higher likelihood of being Black or Hispanic, as well as decreased median household income (<em>P</em> < .01). Lower rates of regular checkup visits were found in the third tertile of SDI (<em>P</em> < .01). The multivariate analysis showed that being Black, Hispanic, lower income, being uninsured, lack of regular check-ups, and increased SDI were related to decreased CRC screening. In the confirmatory factor analysis, we found that SDI and access to insurance were the variables most related to decreased CRC screening.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Our results reveal the top 2 factors that impact a locality's CRC screening rates are the social deprivation index and access to health care. This data may help implement interventions targeting social barriers to further promote CRC screenings within disadvantaged communities and decrease overall mortality via early screening.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10373,"journal":{"name":"Clinical colorectal cancer","volume":"22 2","pages":"Pages 183-189"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9674399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mark P. Saunders , Rohan Iype , Caroline Kelly , Jana Crosby , Rachel Kerr , Andrea Harkin , Karen Allan , John McQueen , Sarah R Pearson , James Cassidy , Louise C. Medley , Sherif Raouf , Mark Harrison , Alison Brewster , Charlotte Rees , Richard Ellis , Anne L. Thomas , Mark Churn , Timothy Iveson , Noori Maka
{"title":"SCOT: Tumor Sidedness and the Influence of Adjuvant Chemotherapy Duration on Disease Free Survival (DFS)","authors":"Mark P. Saunders , Rohan Iype , Caroline Kelly , Jana Crosby , Rachel Kerr , Andrea Harkin , Karen Allan , John McQueen , Sarah R Pearson , James Cassidy , Louise C. Medley , Sherif Raouf , Mark Harrison , Alison Brewster , Charlotte Rees , Richard Ellis , Anne L. Thomas , Mark Churn , Timothy Iveson , Noori Maka","doi":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.02.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.02.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim</h3><p>Patients with loco-regional right-sided colorectal tumors have a worse overall survival (OS). Here we investigate the difference in disease free survival (DFS) between colorectal patients with right and left sided tumors in the SCOT study.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The SCOT study showed 3-months of oxaliplatin-containing adjuvant chemotherapy (OxFp) is non-inferior to 6-months for patients with stage III and high-risk stage II colorectal cancer. We divided the cohort into patients with left and right sided tumors, and evaluated the effect on DFS and the principle 3 versus 6-months analysis.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>6088 patients with Stage III/high risk Stage II colorectal cancers were randomized between 27<sup>th</sup> March 2008 and 29<sup>th</sup> November 2013 from 244 centers internationally. In February 2017 (3-years FU) information on sidedness was available for 3309 patients (1238 R-sided, 2071 L-sided). Patients with right-sided tumors had a significantly worse DFS (3-year DFS right: 73.3% (se = 1.3%), left: 80.2% (se = 0.9%) HR 1.423 (95% CI 1.237-1.637; <em>P</em> < .0001). Adjusting for T and N-stage reduced the HR to 1.230 (95% CI 1.066-1.420, <em>P</em> = .005). The data did not suggest that sidedness affected the impact of chemotherapy duration on 3-year DFS (R: HR 1.024 [0.831-1.261], L: HR 0.944 [0.783-1.139]). Test for heterogeneity, <em>P</em> = .571. Further sub-set analysis was limited due to cohort size.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This is the first study to show that unselected patients with right-sided tumors had a worse DFS compared to left-sided tumors. Tumor sidedness did not impact upon the 3-months versus 6-months comparison in SCOT.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10373,"journal":{"name":"Clinical colorectal cancer","volume":"22 2","pages":"Pages 231-237"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9674436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jason Liu , Colton Ladbury , Scott Glaser , Marwan Fakih , Andreas M. Kaiser , Yi-Jen Chen , Terence M. Williams , Arya Amini
{"title":"Patterns of Care for Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Treated with Total Neoadjuvant Therapy at Predominately Academic Centers between 2016-2020: An NCDB Analysis","authors":"Jason Liu , Colton Ladbury , Scott Glaser , Marwan Fakih , Andreas M. Kaiser , Yi-Jen Chen , Terence M. Williams , Arya Amini","doi":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.01.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clcc.2023.01.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Total neoadjuvant therapy<span> (TNT) has emerged as the preferred approach for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC), defined as T3/4 or any T with N+ disease. Our objective was to (1) determine the proportion of patients with LARC receiving TNT over time, (2) determine the most common method in which TNT is being delivered, and (3) determine what factors are associated with a greater likelihood of receiving TNT in the United States. Retrospective data was obtained from the National Cancer Database (NCDB) for patients diagnosed with rectal cancer between 2016 and 2020. Patients were excluded if they had M1 disease, T1-2 N0 disease, incomplete staging information, nonadenocarcinoma histology, received RT to a nonrectum site, or received a nondefinitive RT dose. Data were analyzed using </span></span>linear regression, χ</span><sup>2</sup><span> test, and binary logistic regression. Of the 26,375 patients included, most patients were treated at an academic facility (94.6%). Five thousand three (19.0%) patients received TNT, and 21,372 (81.0%) patients did not receive TNT. The proportion of patients receiving TNT increased significantly over time, from 6.1% in 2016 to 34.6% in 2020 (slope = 7.36, 95% CI 4.58-10.15, R</span><sup>2</sup> = 0.96, <em>P</em><span> = .040). The most common TNT regimen was multiagent chemotherapy followed by long-course chemoradiation (73.2% of cases from 2016-2020). There was a significant increase in utilization of short-course RT as part of TNT from 2.8% in 2016 to 13.7% in 2020 (slope = 2.74, 95% CI 0.37-5.11, R</span><sup>2</sup> = 0.82, <em>P</em> = .035). Factors associated with a lower likelihood of TNT usage included age >65, female gender, Black race, and T3 N0 disease. TNT use in the United States has increased significantly from 2016-2020, with approximately 34.6% of patients with LARC receiving TNT in 2020. The observed trend appears to be in line with the recent National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines recommending TNT as the preferred approach.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":10373,"journal":{"name":"Clinical colorectal cancer","volume":"22 2","pages":"Pages 167-174"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10048515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}