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ArticleJournal of pathology and translational medicine2018

Multiplicity of Advanced T Category-Tumors Is a Risk Factor for Survival in Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma.

Hye Eun Park, Seungyeon Yoo, Jeong Mo Bae, Seorin Jeong, Nam-Yun Cho, Gyeong Hoon Kang

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Article in Journal of pathology and translational medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Hye Eun ParkDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Seungyeon YooDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jeong Mo BaeDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Seorin JeongLaboratory of Epigenetics, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Nam-Yun ChoLaboratory of Epigenetics, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Gyeong Hoon KangDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Seoul National University · KRSeoul National University Hospital · KR

Funding

Korea Health Industry Development InstituteMinistry of Health and Welfare HI14C1277Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning 2016M3A9B6026921National Research Foundation of Korea
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrevious studies on synchronous colorectal carcinoma (SCRC) have reported inconsistent results about its clinicopathologic and molecular features and prognostic significance.

methodsForty-six patients with multiple advanced tumors (T2 or higher category) who did not receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy and who are not associated with familial adenomatous polyposis were selected and 99 tumors from them were subjected to clinicopathologic and molecular analysis. Ninety-two cases of solitary colorectal carcinoma (CRC) were selected as a control considering the distributions of types of surgeries performed on patients with SCRC and T categories of individual tumors from SCRC.

resultsSCRC with multiple advanced tumors was significantly associated with more frequent nodal metastasis (p = .003) and distant metastasis (p = .001) than solitary CRC. KRAS mutation, microsatellite instability, and CpG island methylator phenotype statuses were not different between SCRC and solitary CRC groups. In univariate survival analysis, overall and recurrence-free survival were significantly lower in patients with SCRC than in patients with solitary CRC, even after adjusting for the extensiveness of surgical procedure, adjuvant chemotherapy, or staging. Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that tumor multiplicity was an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (hazard ratio, 4.618; 95% confidence interval, 2.126 to 10.030; p < .001), but not for recurrence-free survival (p = .151).

conclusionsFindings suggested that multiplicity of advanced T category-tumors might be associated with an increased risk of nodal metastasis and a risk factor for poor survival, which raises a concern about the guideline of American Joint Committee on Cancer's tumor-node-metastasis staging that T staging of an index tumor determines T staging of SCRC.

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Clinical outcomeMultiple colorectal carcinomaSynchronous colorectal carcinomaT category

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