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ArticleAlimentary pharmacology & therapeutics2025

Outcome After Surgery for Colon Cancer in a National Cohort of Patients With and Without Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Erik Lundqvist, Karin Westberg, Sol Erika Boman, Ida H Myrberg, Åsa H Everhov, Pär Myrelid, Bengt Glimelius, Anna Martling, Caroline Nordenvall

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  1. Tumor-stroma ratio in colitis-associated colorectal cancer.Upsala journal of medical sciences · 2025
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Erik LundqvistDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5312-1023
Karin WestbergDivision of Surgery, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sol Erika BomanDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ida H MyrbergClinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Åsa H EverhovClinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0311-8894
Pär MyrelidDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7518-9213
Bengt GlimeliusDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anna MartlingDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Caroline NordenvallDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5112-8894

Funding

ALF project Region StockholmBengt Ihres FoundationCancerfondenCancerföreningen i StockholmForskningsrådet i Sydöstra SverigeInsamlingsstiftelsen Cancer- och Allergifonden
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTo estimate the impact of inflammatory bowel disease on survival in a national cohort of patients following surgical resection for colon cancer, and to describe the surgical treatment of colon cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

methodsUsing the Colorectal Cancer Database, we included all patients ≥ 15 years of age with a diagnosis of stages I-III colon cancer treated with curative intent 2007-2021. We used Cox proportional hazards models to compare overall survival, recurrence-free survival and cancer-specific survival between patients with and without inflammatory bowel disease. Multivariable analyses were adjusted for sex, age, date of colon cancer surgery, Charlson Comorbidity Index and primary sclerosing cholangitis.

resultsAmong 35,640 patients with colon cancer, 675 (1.9%) had inflammatory bowel disease. Median age at colon cancer diagnosis was 68 years in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and 75 in those without; proportions of male sex were 55% and 49%, respectively. In patients with inflammatory bowel disease, surgical therapy was proctocolectomy in 10%, subtotal colectomy in 29% and segmental resection in 61%. From adjusted analyses, patients with inflammatory bowel disease had worse overall survival (HR = 1.38; 95% CI: 1.21-1.57), recurrence-free survival (HR = 1.33; 95% CI: 1.18-1.50) and cancer-specific survival (HR = 1.46; 95% CI: 1.23-1.73) than patients without.

conclusionInflammatory bowel disease negatively influences the prognosis of colon cancer. Proctocolectomy was performed only in a minority of those with inflammatory bowel disease. Outcomes need to be improved in patients with inflammatory bowel disease developing colon cancer.

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Colonic NeoplasmsInflammatory Bowel DiseasesAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCohort StudiesColectomyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProportional Hazards ModelsTreatment Outcomecolorectal cancerinflammatory bowel diseasesurgerysurvival

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