Preoperative chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients with synchronous liver metastasis

  • Authors:
    • Nobuki Ichikawa
    • Toshiya Kamiyama
    • Hideki Yokoo
    • Shigenori Homma
    • Yoshiaki Maeda
    • Toshiki Shinohara
    • Yosuke Tsuruga
    • Keizo Kazui
    • Hiroaki Iijima
    • Tadashi Yoshida
    • Akinobu Taketomi
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  • Published online on: January 30, 2020     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2020.1992
  • Pages: 374-383
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Abstract

The response to preoperative chemotherapy is useful for predicting prognosis in unresectable and resectable disease. However, the prognostic benefit of chemotherapy prior to hepatectomy in patients with colorectal carcinoma and resectable or marginally resectable liver metastases remains unclear. The present study investigated the effect of preoperative chemotherapy on the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer and resectable or marginally resectable synchronous liver metastasis. A total of 106 patients were retrospectively reviewed, who underwent hepatectomy for colorectal metastasis. The prognosis of 64 patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) were compared with the 42 patients who did not (non‑NAC). Furthermore, a total of 43 patients who responded to chemotherapy were compared with the 21 who did not. Preoperative chemotherapy was administered for 5.7 months, wherein 50 patients (78%) received a single regimen, and 54 (84%) received oxaliplatin. There were more patients with <3 metastases and maximum diameters <5 cm in the non‑NAC group. The median survival time was 86.0 and 71.6 months in the NAC and non‑NAC groups, respectively (P=0.33). Subgroup analysis on the basis of tumor size and number showed no prognostic differences between the two groups. The median survival time was longer in responders than in non‑responders (85 vs. 56 months; P=0.01). However, the median relapse‑free survival was equivalent in both groups (16.4 and 10.7 months). Preoperative chemotherapy did not prolong survival. Furthermore, it did not prevent recurrence, even in clinical responders. Therefore, it should not be routinely offered to patients with resectable liver metastasis before their hepatectomy.
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Ichikawa N, Kamiyama T, Yokoo H, Homma S, Maeda Y, Shinohara T, Tsuruga Y, Kazui K, Iijima H, Yoshida T, Yoshida T, et al: Preoperative chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients with synchronous liver metastasis. Mol Clin Oncol 12: 374-383, 2020
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Ichikawa, N., Kamiyama, T., Yokoo, H., Homma, S., Maeda, Y., Shinohara, T. ... Taketomi, A. (2020). Preoperative chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients with synchronous liver metastasis. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 12, 374-383. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2020.1992
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Ichikawa, N., Kamiyama, T., Yokoo, H., Homma, S., Maeda, Y., Shinohara, T., Tsuruga, Y., Kazui, K., Iijima, H., Yoshida, T., Taketomi, A."Preoperative chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients with synchronous liver metastasis". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 12.4 (2020): 374-383.
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Ichikawa, N., Kamiyama, T., Yokoo, H., Homma, S., Maeda, Y., Shinohara, T., Tsuruga, Y., Kazui, K., Iijima, H., Yoshida, T., Taketomi, A."Preoperative chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients with synchronous liver metastasis". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 12, no. 4 (2020): 374-383. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2020.1992