Heger, Ulrike; Blank, Susanne; Wiecha, Christiane; Langer, Rupert; Weichert, Wilko; Lordick, Florian; Bruckner, Thomas; Dobritz, Martin; Burian, Maria; Springfeld, Christoph; Grenacher, Lars; Siewert, Jörg-Rüdiger; Büchler, Markus; Ott, Katja (2014). Is preoperative chemotherapy followed by surgery the appropriate treatment for signet ring cell containing adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric junction and stomach? Annals of surgical oncology, 21(5), pp. 1739-1748. Springer 10.1245/s10434-013-3462-z
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BACKGROUND
Recent data suggest primary resection as the preferable approach in patients with signet ring cell gastric cancer (SRC). The aim of our retrospective exploratory study was to evaluate the influence of SRC on prognosis and response in esophagogastric adenocarcinoma treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
METHODS
A total of 723 locally advanced esophagogastric adenocarcinomas (cT3/4 N any) documented in a prospective database from two academic centers were classified according to the WHO definition for SRC (more than 50 % SRC) and analyzed for their association with response and prognosis after neoadjuvant treatment.
RESULTS
A total of 235 tumors (32.5 %) contained SRC. Median survival of SRC was 26.3 compared with 46.6 months (p < 0.001) for non-SRC. SRC were significantly associated with female gender, gastric localization, advanced ypT and R1/2 categories, and lower risk of surgical complications and anastomotic leakage (each p < 0.001). Clinical (21.1 vs. 33.7 %, p = 0.001) and histopathological response (less than 10 % residual tumor: 16.3 vs. 28.9 %, p < 0.001) were significantly less frequent in SRC. Clinical response (p = 0.003) and complete histopathological response (pCR) (3.4 %) (p = 0.003) were associated with improved prognosis in SRC. Clinical response, surgical complications, ypTN categories, but not SRC were independent prognostic factors in forward Cox regression analysis in R0 resected patients. Risk of peritoneal carcinomatosis was increased (p < 0.001), while local (p = 0.015) and distant metastases (p = 0.02) were less frequent than in non-SRC.
CONCLUSIONS
Prognosis of SRC is unfavorable. Although response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is rare in SRC, it is associated with improved outcome. Thus, chemotherapy might not generally be abandoned in SRC. A stratification based on SRC should be included in clinical trials.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Pathology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Langer, Rupert |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1068-9265 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Doris Haefelin |
Date Deposited: |
23 Feb 2015 13:27 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:41 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1245/s10434-013-3462-z |
PubMed ID: |
24419755 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.63539 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/63539 |
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