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Trial reportPloS one2017

Evaluations of primary lesions by endoscopy clearly distinguishes prognosis in patients with gastric cancer who receive chemotherapy.

Tomomitsu Tahara, Tomoyuki Shibata, Masaaki Okubo, Tomohiko Kawamura, Noriyuki Horiguchi, Dai Yoshida, Takamitsu Ishizuka, Mitsuo Nagasaka, Yoshihito Nakagawa, Naoki Ohmiya

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10 authors.

Tomomitsu TaharaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3474-8274
Tomoyuki ShibataDepartment of Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Masaaki OkuboDepartment of Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Tomohiko KawamuraDepartment of Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Noriyuki HoriguchiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Dai YoshidaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Takamitsu IshizukaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Mitsuo NagasakaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Yoshihito NakagawaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
Naoki OhmiyaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChemotherapy may improve outcomes in gastric cancer (GC), especially for the patients with advanced stage. To explore useful predictive factor for GC performing chemotherapy, we compared the tumor responses assessed using computed tomography (CT) with endoscopy based criteria.

methods192 GC patients performing chemotherapy were retrospectively studied. CT based response assessment was performed after 2 courses of treatment. Endoscopic evaluation according to The Japanese classification of gastric carcinoma was also performed at same period. Data were correlated with overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS).

resultsMajority of the cases (n = 178, 93%) received S-1 based chemotherapy as the first line treatment. 55 (29%) and 91 (47%) cases were considered to be CT and endoscopic responders. Endoscopic responder was more clearly associated with better OS and PFS compared to CT based responder by the log-rank test (P<0.0001 vs. 0.01 and P<0.0001 vs. 0.008, respectively). The association was more striking among patients performing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (P<0.0001 vs. 0.15 and P<0.0001 vs. 0.1, respectively). Multivariate survival analysis using Cox's regression model revealed that endoscopic non-responder was the independent predictive factor, being more strongly associated with worse OS when compared to CT non-responder (hazard ratio: 4.60 vs. 1.77, 95% confidence interval: 2.83-7.49 vs.1.08-2.89, P<0.0001 vs. 0.02). More advanced T, N stage and cases who had peritoneal dissemination were significantly associated with endoscopic non-responder (all P values <0.01).

conclusionEndoscopy based evaluation of primary lesions are clearly associated with prognosis in patients with GC who perform chemotherapy.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleGastroscopyHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyPrognosisRetrospective StudiesStomach NeoplasmsTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment Outcome

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PMID28288188
PMCPMC5348012

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