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Use of automated assessment for determining associations of low muscle mass and muscle loss with overall survival in patients with colorectal cancer – A validation study
1 oktober 2024
Background
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Physical activity at diagnosis is associated with tumor downstaging after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer
16 september 2024
Background
Patients with rectal cancer are often treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, followed by a waiting period and surgical resection. Good or complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy might enable organ preservation, which highlights the need to increase response rates. Pre-clinical studies suggest that physical activity during neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy may improve tumor downstaging.
Purpose
To investigate whether physical activity and physical functioning of patients with rectal cancer at diagnosis are associated with tumor downstaging after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
Materials and methods
Patients were included if they participated in the Dutch Prospective ColoRectal Cancer Cohort, a nationwide cohort providing an infrastructure for scientific research, and received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer. Tumor downstaging was dichotomized into good/complete or moderate/poor downstaging. Physical activity (total physical activity, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and Dutch physical activity guideline adherence) and physical functioning were assessed using questionnaires. Logistic regression analyses were performed to examine associations of physical activity and physical functioning with tumor downstaging, adjusted for relevant confounders.
Results
268 patients (aged 62 ± 11 years, 33 % female) with rectal cancer were included. Patients with moderate (OR = 2.07; 95%CI = 1.07 – 4.07; p = 0.03) or high (OR = 2.05; 95%CI = 1.05 – 4.07; p = 0.04) levels of MVPA were more likely to have good/complete tumor downstaging than patients with low levels. No significant associations with tumor downstaging were found for total physical activity, Dutch physical activity guideline adherence, and physical functioning.
Conclusions
We found augmented tumor downstaging in patients with rectal cancer with moderate or high levels of self-reported MVPA before the start of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy compared to patients with low levels.
Survival and patient-reported outcomes of real-world high-risk stage II and stage III colon cancer patients after reduction of adjuvant CAPOX duration from 6 to 3 months.
1 september 2024
Aim:
Adjuvant chemotherapy has been advised for high-risk stage II and III colon cancer since 2004. After the IDEA study showed no clinically relevant difference in outcome, reduction of adjuvant CAPOX duration from 6 to 3 months was rapidly adopted in the Dutch treatment guideline in 2017. This study investigates the real-world impact of the guideline change on overall survival (OS) and patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
Methods:
Patients with high-risk stage II (pT4 +) and III (pN+) colon cancer were selected from the Netherlands Cancer Registry, based on surgical resection and adjuvant CAPOX before (2015-2016) versus after (2018-2019) the guideline change. Both groups were compared on OS, using multivariable Cox regression, and on PROs.
Results:
Patients treated before (n = 2330) and after (n = 2108) the guideline change showed similar OS (HR 1.02; 95 %CI [0.89-1.16]), also in high-risk stage III (pT4/N2, HR 1.06 [0.89-1.26]). After the guideline change, 90 % of patients were treated for 3 months with no inferior OS to those still receiving 6 months (HR 0.89 [0.66-1.20]). PROs 2 years after CAPOX completion, available for a subset of patients, suggest a lower neuropathy (n = 366; 26.2 [21.3-31.1] to 16.5 [14.4-18.6]) and better quality of life (n = 396; 80.9 [78.6-83.2] to 83.9 [82.8-84.9]), but no significant difference in workability (n = 120; 31.5 [27.9-35.1]) to 35.3 [33.8-36.7]), with reduction from 6 to 3 months of CAPOX.
Conclusion:
This real-world study confirmed that shorter adjuvant CAPOX did not compromise OS and may improve PROs, complementing the IDEA study and supporting 3 months of adjuvant CAPOX in daily clinical practice.
Bekijk deze publicatieDietary and lifestyle inflammation scores in relation to colorectal cancer recurrence and all-cause mortality: A longitudinal analysis
1 september 2024
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Associations between low- and high-fat dairy intake and recurrence risk in people with stage I-III colorectal cancer differ by sex and primary tumour location
1 september 2024
Abstract
We previously demonstrated that intake of low-fat dairy, but not high-fat dairy, was associated with a decreased colorectal cancer (CRC) recurrence risk. These risks, however, may differ by sex, primary tumour location, and disease stage. Combining data from two similar prospective cohort studies of people with stage I-III CRC enabled these subgroup analyses. Participants completed a food frequency questionnaire at diagnosis (n = 2283). We examined associations between low- and high-fat dairy intake and recurrence risk using multivariable Cox proportional hazard models, stratified by sex, and primary tumour location (colon and rectum), and disease stage (I/II and III). Upper quartiles were compared to lower quartiles of intake, and recurrence was defined as a locoregional recurrence and/or metastasis. During a median follow-up of 5.0 years, 331 recurrences were detected. A higher intake of low-fat dairy was associated with a reduced risk of recurrence (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.60, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.43-0.83), which seemed more pronounced in men (HR: 0.51, 95% CI: 0.34-0.77) than in women (HR: 0.84, 95% CI: 0.47-1.49). A higher intake of high-fat dairy was associated with an increased risk of recurrence in participants with colon cancer (HR: 1.60, 95% CI: 1.03-2.50), but not rectal cancer (HR: 0.88, 95% CI: 0.54-1.45). No differences in associations were observed between strata of disease stage. Concluding, our findings imply that dietary advice regarding low-fat dairy intake may be especially important for men with CRC, and that dietary advice regarding high-fat dairy intake may be specifically important in people with colon cancer.
Results from the UNITED study: a multicenter study validating the prognostic effect of the tumor-stroma ratio in colon cancer
16 april 2024
Background
The TNM (tumorenodeemetastasis) Evaluation Committee of Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and College of American Pathologists (CAP) recommended to prospectively validate the cost-effective and robust tumorestroma ratio (TSR) as an independent prognostic parameter, since high intratumor stromal percentages have previously predicted poor patient-related outcomes.
Patients and methods
The ‘Uniform Noting for International application of Tumor-stroma ratio as Easy Diagnostic tool’ (UNITED) study enrolled patients in 27 participating centers in 12 countries worldwide. The TSR, categorized as stromahigh (>50%) or stroma-low (50%), was scored through standardized microscopic assessment by certified pathologists, and effect on disease-free survival (DFS) was evaluated with 3-year median follow-up. Secondary endpoints were benefit assessment of adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) and overall survival (OS).
Results
A total of 1537 patients were included, with 1388 eligible stage II/III patients curatively operated between 2015 and 2021. DFS was significantly shorter in stroma-high (n ¼ 428) than in stroma-low patients (n ¼ 960) (3-year rates 70% versus 83%; P < 0.001). In multivariate analysis, TSR remained an independent prognosticator for DFS (P < 0.001, hazard ratio 1.49, 95% confidence interval 1.17-1.90). As secondary outcome, DFS was also worse in stage II and III stroma-high patients despite adjuvant treatment (3-year rates stage II 73% versus 92% and stage III 66% versus 80%; P ¼ 0.008 and P ¼ 0.011, respectively). In stage II patients not receiving ACT (n ¼ 322), the TSR outperformed the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) criteria in identifying patients at risk of events (event rate 21% versus 9%), with a higher discriminatory 3-year DFS rate (stroma-high 80% versus ASCO high risk 91%). A trend toward worse 5-year OS in stroma-high was noticeable (74% versus 83% stroma-low; P ¼ 0.102).
Conclusion
The multicenter UNITED study unequivocally validates the TSR as an independent prognosticator, confirming worse outcomes in stroma-high patients. The TSR improved current selection criteria for patients at risk of events, and stroma-high patients potentially experienced chemotherapy resistance. TSR implementation in pathology diagnostics and international guidelines is highly recommended as aid in personalized treatment.
Key words: colon cancer, tumor microenvironment, tumorestroma ratio, disease-free survival, pathology
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