In:
Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Vol. 22, No. 19 ( 2004-10-01), p. 3958-3964
Abstract:
To document the clinical nature and prognosis of locally recurrent rectal cancer after total mesorectal excision (TME) with or without 5 × 5 Gy preoperative radiotherapy (PRT) and to identify patient-, disease-, and treatment-related factors associated with differences in prognosis after local recurrence. Patients and Methods For 96 Dutch patients with a local recurrence who participated in a multicenter randomized clinical trial, data on treatments and follow-up were gathered from surgeons and radiation and medical oncologists. Twenty-three patients (24%) had previously been treated with PRT plus TME, and 73 patients (76%) had been treated with TME alone. Eighty-one patients (84%) were followed until death; median follow-up time of the alive patients after local recurrence was 21 months (range, 5 to 48 months). Results Survival after local recurrence in the PRT + TME group was significantly shorter than in the TME group (median survival, 6.1 v 15.9 months; hazard ratio for death, 2.1; P = .008). Patients with a local recurrence in the PRT + TME group had distant metastases more often (74% v 40%; P = .004), underwent surgical resection of local recurrence less often (17% v 35%; P = .11), and received radiotherapy for local recurrence at a total dose ≥ 45 Gy less often (4% v 42%; P = .001) than patients without PRT. In a multivariate analysis, the difference in survival after local recurrence between randomization groups was no longer statistically significant (hazard ratio for death of PRT, 1.53; P = .16). Conclusion The clinical nature and prognosis of patients with locally recurrent rectal cancer has changed since the introduction of PRT. The majority of patients who present with a local recurrence after previous PRT have simultaneous distant metastases, and median survival has decreased to 6 months.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0732-183X
,
1527-7755
DOI:
10.1200/JCO.2004.01.023
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Publication Date:
2004
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2005181-5
