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ArticleBJS open2021

Outcome of microscopically non-radical oesophagectomy for oesophageal and oesophagogastric junctional cancer: nationwide cohort study.

P Hollertz, M Lindblad, P Sandström, I Halldestam, D Edholm

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P HollertzDepartment of Surgery, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
M LindbladDivision of Surgery, Centre for Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
P SandströmDepartment of Surgery, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
I HalldestamDepartment of Surgery, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
D EdholmDepartment of Surgery, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.

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Abstract

backgroundMicroscopically non-radical (R1) oesophageal cancer resection has been associated with worse survival. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for R1 resection and to investigate how this affects long-term survival.

methodsThe Swedish National Register for Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer was used to identify all patients who underwent oesophageal cancer resection with curative intent between 2006 and 2017. Risk factors for R1 resection were assessed by multivariable logistic regression analysis, and factors predicting 5-year survival identified by multivariable Cox regression.

resultsThe study included 1460 patients. Surgical margins were involved microscopically in 142 patients (9.7 per cent). The circumferential resection margin was involved in 114 (7.8 per cent), the proximal margin in 53 (3.6 per cent), and the distal margin in 29 (2.0 per cent). In 30 specimens (2.1 per cent), two or all three margins were involved. Independent risk factors for R1 resection were male sex, low BMI, absence of neoadjuvant treatments, and clinical T4 disease. The 5-year survival rate for the entire cohort was 42.2 per cent, but only 18.0 per cent for those who had an R1 resection. Independent risk factors for death within 5 years of resection were male sex, age above 60 years, normal BMI, ASA fitness grade III, intermediate-level education, R1 resection (hazard ratio 1.80, 95 per cent c.i. 1.40 to 2.32), clinical T3 disease, and clinical lymph node metastasis.

conclusionR1 resection is common and predicts poor 5-year survival. Absence of neoadjuvant treatment is a risk factor for R1 resection.

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Esophageal NeoplasmsEsophagectomyCohort StudiesEsophagogastric JunctionHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective Studies

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PMID33972990
PMCPMC8110895

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