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ArticleAnnals of surgical treatment and research2022

Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy determines the prognostic impact of anastomotic leakage in advanced rectal cancer.

Bo Young Oh, Yoon Ah Park, Jung Wook Huh, Yong Beom Cho, Seong Hyeon Yun, Hee Cheol Kim, Woo Yong Lee

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Article in Annals of surgical treatment and research, 2022. 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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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bo Young OhDepartment of Surgery, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1255-0961
Yoon Ah ParkDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3940-0197
Jung Wook HuhDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4485-0184
Yong Beom ChoDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9944-4706
Seong Hyeon YunDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9591-4088
Hee Cheol KimDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1610-5363
Woo Yong LeeDepartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9558-9019
Samsung Medical Center · KRHallym University Sacred Heart Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: The prognostic impact of anastomotic leakage (AL) in rectal cancer remains uncertain. We investigated the prognostic significance of AL in rectal cancer patients who underwent curative surgery, especially in terms of chemoradiotherapy. Methods: A total of 1,818 rectal cancer patients who underwent radical surgery from 2011 to 2015 were retrospectively evaluated. We categorized patients according to AL and compared survival outcomes between the groups before and after matching. In locally advanced rectal cancer patients, we classified patients according to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) or adjuvant chemotherapy (aCTx) and analyzed survival outcomes according to AL in each group. Results: Before matching, overall survival (OS) was significantly worse in the AL (+) group compared to the AL (-) group (P = 0.004). In matched patients, there were no differences in disease-free survival (DFS) and OS between groups (P = 0.423 and P = 0.083, respectively). In subgroup analysis for locally advanced rectal cancer, patients were classified as follows: nCRT (+) and aCTx (+) group; nCRT (+) and aCTx (-) group; nCRT (-) and aCTx (+) group; and nCRT (-) and aCTx (-) group. In the nCRT (-) and aCTx (+) group, patients with AL exhibited significantly worse DFS than patients without AL (P = 0.040). In the other 3 groups, there were no differences in DFS according to AL. Conclusion: In locally advanced rectal cancer, AL had an adverse effect on oncologic outcome in patients receiving aCTx without nCRT but not in patients receiving nCRT.

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Anastomotic leakNeoadjuvant therapyPrognosisRectal neoplasms

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PMCPMC9582617
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