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ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2024

Equivalent prognosis with no lymph node metastasis to pathological complete remission in patients with localized advanced esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant triplet chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil followed by curative surgery: a single-center retrospective cohort study.

Takashi Chinen, Hironori Yamaguchi, Hideyuki Ohzawa, Shiro Matsumoto, Kentaro Kurashina, Shin Saito, Yoshinori Hosoya, Hirofumi Fujii, Joji Kitayama, Naohiro Sata

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Takashi ChinenDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Hironori YamaguchiDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Hideyuki OhzawaDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Shiro MatsumotoDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Kentaro KurashinaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Shin SaitoDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Yoshinori HosoyaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Hirofumi FujiiDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Joji KitayamaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Naohiro SataDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Jichi Medical University · JP

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Abstract

Background: Adjuvant nivolumab therapy has become the standard therapy for patients with localized advanced esophageal cancer with non-pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by curative surgery. However, the necessity of this therapy for patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) with docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil (DCF) regimen followed by surgery is unclear, and the prognosis of grouping based on the presence or absence of pathological tumor and lymph node findings has not been analyzed. Therefore, our study aimed to address these questions. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included patients with cT1N1-3M0 and cT2-3N0-3M0 esophageal cancer according to the Japanese Classification of Esophageal Cancer, 11th edition, who received NAC with DCF followed by curative surgery between 2008 and 2020 at Jichi Medical University Hospital. We divided patients with ypT0-3N0-3M0 into four histological groups, namely ypT0N0, ypT+N0, ypT0N+, and ypT+N+, and we evaluated overall survival as the primary outcome and the prognostic relationship of lymph node metastasis as the secondary outcome. Results: A total of 101 patients were included in this study. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the curves of the ypT0N0 and ypT+N0 groups were almost identical, while they differed from the other two groups. The hazard ratio of ypN+ was 4.44 (95% confidence interval: 2.03-9.71; P<0.001). Conclusions: The prognosis of the ypT+N0 group after NAC with DCF followed by surgery was similar to that of pathological complete remission. Grouping patients according to pathological lymph node status is a reasonable predictor of prognosis.

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adjuvantChemotherapyesophagus neoplasmslymphatic metastasisneoadjuvant therapy

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