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Prognostic Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio Regarding Recurrence and Survival in Rectal Cancer Patients Treated with Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy

BACKGROUND/AIMS: To evaluate the prognostic impact of the lymph node ratio (LNR: the ratio of positive lymph nodes to the total number of lymph nodes examined) on disease recurrence and survival among rectal cancer patients who received curative surgery and postoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT). MET...

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Autores principales: Kim, Ji-Yoon, Chung, Su-Mi, Choi, Byung-Ock, Lee, In-Kyu, An, Chang-Hyeok, Won, Jong-Man, Ryu, Mi-Ryeong
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Gastroenterology; the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; the Korean Association for the Study of the Liver; the Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility; Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases; Korean College of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research; Korean Pancreatobiliary Association; Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22570749
http://dx.doi.org/10.5009/gnl.2012.6.2.203
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author Kim, Ji-Yoon
Chung, Su-Mi
Choi, Byung-Ock
Lee, In-Kyu
An, Chang-Hyeok
Won, Jong-Man
Ryu, Mi-Ryeong
author_facet Kim, Ji-Yoon
Chung, Su-Mi
Choi, Byung-Ock
Lee, In-Kyu
An, Chang-Hyeok
Won, Jong-Man
Ryu, Mi-Ryeong
author_sort Kim, Ji-Yoon
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description BACKGROUND/AIMS: To evaluate the prognostic impact of the lymph node ratio (LNR: the ratio of positive lymph nodes to the total number of lymph nodes examined) on disease recurrence and survival among rectal cancer patients who received curative surgery and postoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT). METHODS: Between 1995 and 2008, 124 patients with pathologic T3-4 or node-positive rectal cancer underwent curative surgery and postoperative CRT. Postoperative radiotherapy was delivered at a median dose of 50.4 Gy (range, 45 to 59.4 Gy) for 6 weeks. Chemotherapy consisted of a bolus injection of 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin in the first and last week of radiotherapy (91.9%) or daily capecitabine during radiotherapy (8.1%). Further adjuvant chemotherapy was administered after chemoradiation. RESULTS: The median follow-up was 5.1 years. In the multivariate analysis, pathologic N (pN) stage and lymphovascular invasion were significantly associated with disease-free survival and disease-specific survival (p<0.05). However, when the LNR with a cutoff value of 0.2 was included as a covariate in the model, the LNR was highly significant (p<0.001), and the pN stage lost its significance (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The LNR predicts recurrence and survival more accurately than pN stage. The pN stage and the LNR should be considered together when estimating the risk of disease recurrence among rectal cancer patients.
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spelling pubmed-33431582012-05-08 Prognostic Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio Regarding Recurrence and Survival in Rectal Cancer Patients Treated with Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy Kim, Ji-Yoon Chung, Su-Mi Choi, Byung-Ock Lee, In-Kyu An, Chang-Hyeok Won, Jong-Man Ryu, Mi-Ryeong Gut Liver Original Article BACKGROUND/AIMS: To evaluate the prognostic impact of the lymph node ratio (LNR: the ratio of positive lymph nodes to the total number of lymph nodes examined) on disease recurrence and survival among rectal cancer patients who received curative surgery and postoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT). METHODS: Between 1995 and 2008, 124 patients with pathologic T3-4 or node-positive rectal cancer underwent curative surgery and postoperative CRT. Postoperative radiotherapy was delivered at a median dose of 50.4 Gy (range, 45 to 59.4 Gy) for 6 weeks. Chemotherapy consisted of a bolus injection of 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin in the first and last week of radiotherapy (91.9%) or daily capecitabine during radiotherapy (8.1%). Further adjuvant chemotherapy was administered after chemoradiation. RESULTS: The median follow-up was 5.1 years. In the multivariate analysis, pathologic N (pN) stage and lymphovascular invasion were significantly associated with disease-free survival and disease-specific survival (p<0.05). However, when the LNR with a cutoff value of 0.2 was included as a covariate in the model, the LNR was highly significant (p<0.001), and the pN stage lost its significance (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The LNR predicts recurrence and survival more accurately than pN stage. The pN stage and the LNR should be considered together when estimating the risk of disease recurrence among rectal cancer patients. The Korean Society of Gastroenterology; the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; the Korean Association for the Study of the Liver; the Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility; Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases; Korean College of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research; Korean Pancreatobiliary Association; Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer 2012-04 2012-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3343158/ /pubmed/22570749 http://dx.doi.org/10.5009/gnl.2012.6.2.203 Text en Copyright © 2012 by the Korean Society of Gastroenterology, the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, Korean College of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research, Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases, the Korean Association for the Study of the Liver, Korean Pancreatobiliary Association, and Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Article
Kim, Ji-Yoon
Chung, Su-Mi
Choi, Byung-Ock
Lee, In-Kyu
An, Chang-Hyeok
Won, Jong-Man
Ryu, Mi-Ryeong
Prognostic Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio Regarding Recurrence and Survival in Rectal Cancer Patients Treated with Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy
title Prognostic Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio Regarding Recurrence and Survival in Rectal Cancer Patients Treated with Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy
title_full Prognostic Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio Regarding Recurrence and Survival in Rectal Cancer Patients Treated with Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy
title_fullStr Prognostic Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio Regarding Recurrence and Survival in Rectal Cancer Patients Treated with Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy
title_full_unstemmed Prognostic Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio Regarding Recurrence and Survival in Rectal Cancer Patients Treated with Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy
title_short Prognostic Significance of the Lymph Node Ratio Regarding Recurrence and Survival in Rectal Cancer Patients Treated with Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy
title_sort prognostic significance of the lymph node ratio regarding recurrence and survival in rectal cancer patients treated with postoperative chemoradiotherapy
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22570749
http://dx.doi.org/10.5009/gnl.2012.6.2.203
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