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ArticleOncotarget2017

Early morphological change for predicting outcome in metastatic colorectal cancer after regorafenib.

Hiroyuki Arai, Kunihisa Miyakawa, Tadamichi Denda, Takuro Mizukami, Yoshiki Horie, Naoki Izawa, Mami Hirakawa, Takashi Ogura, Takashi Tsuda, Yu Sunakawa and 1 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hiroyuki AraiDepartment of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
Kunihisa MiyakawaDepartment of Radiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
Tadamichi DendaDivision of Gastroenterology, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan.
Takuro MizukamiDepartment of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
Yoshiki HorieDepartment of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
Naoki IzawaDepartment of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
Mami HirakawaDepartment of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
Takashi OguraDepartment of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
Takashi TsudaDepartment of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
Yu SunakawaDepartment of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
Takako Eguchi NakajimaDepartment of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
St. Marianna University School of Medicine · JPChiba Cancer Center · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectiveIt is unclear whether early morphological change (EMC) is a predictive marker for regorafenib in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Therefore, the present study investigated whether EMC can predict the outcome of mCRC patients receiving regorafenib.

resultsThis study evaluated 68 patients. Among 52 patients with lung metastasis, 16 (31%) had cavity formation (CF). The median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with/without CF were 4.2/2.4 months (p<0.01) and 9.2/6.5 months (p=0.09), respectively. Among 45 patients with liver metastasis, 14 (31%) had active morphological response (MR). The median PFS and OS in patients with/without active MR were 5.3/2.4 months (p<0.01) and 13.6/6.9 months (p=0.02), respectively. Overall, 25 patients (37%) had EMC. The median PFS and OS in patients with/without EMC were 5.3/2.1 months (p<0.01) and 13.3/6.1 months (p<0.01), respectively. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis retrospective study included mCRC patients with lung and/or liver metastases receiving regorafenib. CF in lung metastasis and MR in liver metastasis were evaluated at the first post-treatment computed tomography scan. EMC was determined as CF and/or active MR. We compared PFS and OS between patients with and those without EMC.

conclusionsEMC could be a useful predictive marker for regorafenib in mCRC.

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colorectal cancerliver metastasislung metastasismorphological changeregorafenib

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