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ArticleClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2020

Different variables predict the outcome of patients with synchronous versus metachronous metastases of colorectal cancer.

G A Colloca, A Venturino, D Guarneri

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Article in Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

G A CollocaDepartment of Oncology, Ospedale Civile di Sanremo, Via G. Borea n. 56, 18038, Sanremo (Imperia), Italy. g.colloca@katamail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0903-6793
A VenturinoDepartment of Oncology, Ospedale Civile di Sanremo, Via G. Borea n. 56, 18038, Sanremo (Imperia), Italy.
D GuarneriDepartment of Oncology, Ospedale Civile di Sanremo, Via G. Borea n. 56, 18038, Sanremo (Imperia), Italy.
Ospedale di Sanremo · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTiming of metastasis is a controversial prognostic factor for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), as well as the performance of the common prognostic variables within patients with synchronous (SMs) or metachronous metastases (MMs). The aim of the current study is to evaluate outcome by the timing of metastases and to explore different tumor characteristics associated with SMs and MMs.

methodsData were collected from the clinical records of patients with mCRC, which were referred to the Department of Oncology of the Ospedale Civile di Sanremo from 2006 to 2011. A comparison of the characteristics of tumors of patients, overall and by the timing of metastases, and a Cox regression analysis have been performed to select the most relevant prognostic factors. Finally, the characteristics of the variables associated with the outcome were analyzed through a logistic regression.

resultsTwo hundreds fifteen patients with SMs and two hundreds ten with MMs were included. Patients with SMs reported a poor prognosis (18.5 versus 62.8 months; p value < 0.001). Among patients with SMs there was a significant difference in overall survival between patients with a CEA-positive or negative disease, while no difference was present among patients with MMs. After multivariate analysis, only within the SMs group the occurrence of liver metastases was related to a CEA-positive disease.

conclusionsWithin the cohort of SMs high CEA levels, occurrence of liver metastases and right-sided colon tumors were associated with a very poor prognosis, whereas no relationship was detectable in the group of patients with MMs.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoembryonic AntigenColonic NeoplasmsFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLiver NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedPeritoneal NeoplasmsRectal NeoplasmsRegression AnalysisCarcinoembryonic AntigenCarcinoembryonic antigenColorectal cancerOverall survivalRight-sided colon cancerSynchronous metastases

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