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ArticleCancer medicine2020

Prognostic significance for colorectal carcinoid tumors based on the 8th edition TNM staging system.

Piqing Gong, Chunhua Chen, Zhan Wang, Xukun Zhang, Wenxin Hu, Zhiqian Hu, Xinxing Li

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Piqing GongDepartment of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Chunhua ChenDepartment of the VIP section, Changzheng Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Zhan WangDepartment of Oncology, Changzheng Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Xukun ZhangSchool of Data Science & Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Wenxin HuSchool of Data Science & Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Zhiqian HuDepartment of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Xinxing LiDepartment of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1129-0085
Second Military Medical University · CNEast China Normal University · CN

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Abstract

The aim of our study was to explore the value of the 8th edition TNM staging system on evaluating the prognosis of colorectal carcinoid. Colorectal carcinoid patients between 1988 and 2015 were selected in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) database for analysis. About 4286 patients with colorectal carcinoid tumors were identified, of which were carcinoid tumor NOS (n = 1726), neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) (n = 1346) and other carcinoid tumor (OCT) (n = 591). Worsening 10-year CSS rates with increasing N status, M status, and SEER historic stage were demonstrated across all three above groups (all P < .05). In carcinoid tumor NOS, significant differences in CSS were found with increasing combined 8th AJCC stages (P < .001), except for that between stage II and stage III (10-year CSS rate: 82.6% vs 84.3%, P = .68). While combined 8th TNM stage in NEC and OTC exhibited greater separations in CSS despite on-going overlaps between groups. For carcinoid tumor NOS, stage II (HR = 3.37; 95% CI: 0.97-11.76), and stage III (HR = 2.09; 95% CI: 0.51-8.66) conferred no significant difference in CSS compared with stage I, while stage IV had an increasing HR of 5.09 (95% CI: 1.08-24.08). Although combined 8th AJCC stage had a good ability to distinguish 10-year CSS of patients with NEC or OCT, detailed 8th AJCC stage did not seem to be applicable. Detailed 8th AJCC categories of advanced stages in all the three groups conferred increased HRs with overlapping CIs. However, in the early and middle status, HRs did not increase with the increase of stages, or there was no difference in HRs between adjacent stages. Combined 8th TNM stage was not practical for judging the survival outcomes of colorectal carcinoid tumor NOS, especially in patients with stages II and III, but it provided useful prognostic information for NEC and OCT. However, for all carcinoid tumors, the prognostic values of detailed 8th AJCC stage were not enough accurate in the clinic. More optimized staging methods should be developed and validated in the future.

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Neoplasm StagingAdultAgedBiopsyCarcinoid TumorCarcinoma, NeuroendocrineColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsRetrospective StudiesSEER ProgramTime FactorsUnited Statescolorectal carcinoidneuroendocrine carcinomaprognosisSEERTNM stage

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