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ArticleInternational journal of colorectal disease2015

Long-term surveillance of locally advanced rectal cancer patients with neoadjuvant chemoradiation and aggressive surgical treatment of recurrent disease: a consecutive single-centre experience.

Matthias Zitt, Alexander DeVries, Josef Thaler, Reinhold Kafka-Ritsch, Wolfgang Eisterer, Peter Lukas, Dietmar Öfner

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Article in International journal of colorectal disease, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  2. Ten-year survival and pattern of recurrence in patients with locally recurrent rectal or sigmoid cancer undergoing resection.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2024
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Matthias ZittDepartment of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria. matthias.zitt@i-med.ac.at.
Alexander DeVriesDepartment of Radiotherapy-Radiooncology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
Josef ThalerDepartment of Internal Medicine V, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
Reinhold Kafka-RitschDepartment of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
Wolfgang EistererDepartment of Internal Medicine V, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
Peter LukasDepartment of Radiotherapy-Radiooncology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
Dietmar ÖfnerDepartment of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to analyse the long-term outcome of rectal cancer patients who submitted to preoperative chemoradiation with consecutive intensive follow-up and aggressive surgical treatment of recurrent disease.

methodsPatients with locally advanced (cT3-4 Nx M0-1) mid/low rectal cancer were treated at a tertiary university hospital with preoperative long-course chemoradiation followed by resection (according to a prospective study protocol). After resection, all patients were urged to participate in a standardised, risk-independent intensive follow-up program. All curatively treated patients (n = 153, 96 %) were included in our long-term analysis with respect to curative re-resection of recurrent disease.

resultsOf 153 patients, 143 (93 %) participated in our follow-up program: 63 % were surveyed longer than 5 years after primary therapy (mean follow-up 75 months, 95 % CI 67.8-82.2). Fifty-five (36 %) patients developed cancer recurrence (mean 27.8 months, 95 % CI 20.6-34.9, range 3-108), giving a disease-free survival rate of 68.5 and 60.7 % at 5 and 10 years; 21 (38 %) patients were re-resected curatively and 58 (38 %) patients died during the observation period, giving an overall survival rate of 70.8 and 57.5 % at 5 and 10 years. Multivariate analysis found tumour differentiation (P < 0.01), operative procedure (P < 0.05) and downstaging (P < 0.01) to be independent variables influencing overall survival.

conclusionsThe combination of multimodal therapy and aggressive surgical treatment of metastases including repeated re-resections in curative intention is relevant in order to chronify the disease. Thus, both intensive and extended follow-up beyond 5 years appear to be mandatory.

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ChemoradiotherapyNeoadjuvant TherapyDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingProspective StudiesRectal NeoplasmsSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeAggressive surgical therapy of recurrencePreoperative chemoradiationRectal cancer

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