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ArticleInternational journal of cancer2025

Benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy on recurrence free survival per consensus molecular subtype in stage III colon cancer.

Simone van de Weerd, Arezo Torang, Inge van den Berg, Veerle Lammers, Saskia van den Bergh, Nelleke Brouwer, Iris D Nagtegaal, Miriam Koopman, Geraldine R Vink, Frederieke H van der Baan and 5 more

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Simone van de WeerdAmsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Arezo TorangAmsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7912-3964
Inge van den BergDepartment of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7529-4686
Veerle LammersAmsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Saskia van den BerghAmsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Nelleke BrouwerDepartment of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2268-9668
Iris D NagtegaalDepartment of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Miriam KoopmanDepartment of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Geraldine R VinkDepartment of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Frederieke H van der BaanDepartment of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Han van KriekenDepartment of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Jan KosterAmsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jan N IjzermansDepartment of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Jeanine M L RoodhartDepartment of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1398-8970
Jan Paul MedemaAmsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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KWF Kankerbestrijding UvA2013-6331
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Abstract

The consensus molecular subtype (CMS) classification divides colon tumors into four subtypes holding promise as a predictive biomarker. However, the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on recurrence free survival (RFS) per CMS in stage III patients remains inadequately explored. With this intention, we selected stage III colon cancer (CC) patients from the MATCH cohort (n = 575) and RadboudUMC (n = 276) diagnosed between 2005 and 2018. Patients treated with and without adjuvant chemotherapy were matched based on tumor location, T- and N-stage (n = 522). Tumor material was available for 464 patients, with successful RNA extraction and CMS subtyping achieved in 390 patients (surgery alone group: 192, adjuvant chemotherapy group: 198). In the overall cohort, CMS4 was associated with poorest prognosis (HR 1.55; p = .03). Multivariate analysis revealed favorable RFS for the adjuvant chemotherapy group in CMS1, CMS2, and CMS4 tumors (HR 0.19; p = .01, HR 0.27; p < .01, HR 0.19; p < .01, respectively), while no significant difference between treatment groups was observed within CMS3 (HR 0.68; p = .51). CMS subtyping in this non-randomized cohort identified patients with poor prognosis and patients who may not benefit significantly from adjuvant chemotherapy.

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Colonic NeoplasmsNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorChemotherapy, AdjuvantDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisBiomarkers, Tumoradjuvant chemotherapybiomarkerCMScolorectal cancerstage III

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