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Prognostic Discrimination of Alternative Lymph Node Classification Systems for Patients with Radically Resected Non-Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study from a Single Tertiary Referral Center

SIMPLE SUMMARY: We compared the predictive and prognostic performance of different lymph node classification systems regarding overall survival in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Distinct lymph node ratio (LNR) and Log odds of positive lymph nodes (LODDS) classifications demonstrated prognost...

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Autores principales: Prassas, Dimitrios, Verde, Pablo Emilio, Pavljak, Carlo, Rehders, Alexander, Krieg, Sarah, Luedde, Tom, Knoefel, Wolfram Trudo, Krieg, Andreas
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34359803
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13153898
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author Prassas, Dimitrios
Verde, Pablo Emilio
Pavljak, Carlo
Rehders, Alexander
Krieg, Sarah
Luedde, Tom
Knoefel, Wolfram Trudo
Krieg, Andreas
author_facet Prassas, Dimitrios
Verde, Pablo Emilio
Pavljak, Carlo
Rehders, Alexander
Krieg, Sarah
Luedde, Tom
Knoefel, Wolfram Trudo
Krieg, Andreas
author_sort Prassas, Dimitrios
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: We compared the predictive and prognostic performance of different lymph node classification systems regarding overall survival in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Distinct lymph node ratio (LNR) and Log odds of positive lymph nodes (LODDS) classifications demonstrated prognostic superiority over the N category only in patients with Stage III CRC. ABSTRACT: Background: Lymph node ratio (LNR) and the Log odds of positive lymph nodes (LODDS) have been proposed as a new prognostic indicator in surgical oncology. Various studies have shown a superior discriminating power of LODDS over LNR and lymph node category (N) in diverse cancer entities, when examined as a continuous variable. However, for each of the classification systems various cut-off values have been defined, with the question of the most appropriate for patients with CRC still remaining open. The present study aimed to compare the predictive impact of different lymph node classification systems and to define the best cut-off values regarding accurate evaluation of overall survival in patients with resectable, non-metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). Methods: CRC patients who underwent surgical resection from 1996 to 2018 were extracted from our medical data base. Cox proportional hazards regression models and C-statistics were performed to assess the discriminative power of 25 LNR and 26 LODDS classifications. Regression models were adjusted for age, sex, extent of the tumor, differentiation, tumor size and localization. Results: Our study group consisted of 654 consecutive patients with non-metastatic CRC. C-statistic revealed 2 LNR and 5 LODDS classifications that demonstrated superior prognostic performance in patients with UICC III CRC, compared to the N category. No clear advantage of one classification over another could be demonstrated in any other patient subgroup. Conclusions: Distinct LNR and LODDS classifications demonstrate a prognostic superiority over the N category only in patients with Stage III radically resected CRC.
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spelling pubmed-83455522021-08-07 Prognostic Discrimination of Alternative Lymph Node Classification Systems for Patients with Radically Resected Non-Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study from a Single Tertiary Referral Center Prassas, Dimitrios Verde, Pablo Emilio Pavljak, Carlo Rehders, Alexander Krieg, Sarah Luedde, Tom Knoefel, Wolfram Trudo Krieg, Andreas Cancers (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: We compared the predictive and prognostic performance of different lymph node classification systems regarding overall survival in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Distinct lymph node ratio (LNR) and Log odds of positive lymph nodes (LODDS) classifications demonstrated prognostic superiority over the N category only in patients with Stage III CRC. ABSTRACT: Background: Lymph node ratio (LNR) and the Log odds of positive lymph nodes (LODDS) have been proposed as a new prognostic indicator in surgical oncology. Various studies have shown a superior discriminating power of LODDS over LNR and lymph node category (N) in diverse cancer entities, when examined as a continuous variable. However, for each of the classification systems various cut-off values have been defined, with the question of the most appropriate for patients with CRC still remaining open. The present study aimed to compare the predictive impact of different lymph node classification systems and to define the best cut-off values regarding accurate evaluation of overall survival in patients with resectable, non-metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). Methods: CRC patients who underwent surgical resection from 1996 to 2018 were extracted from our medical data base. Cox proportional hazards regression models and C-statistics were performed to assess the discriminative power of 25 LNR and 26 LODDS classifications. Regression models were adjusted for age, sex, extent of the tumor, differentiation, tumor size and localization. Results: Our study group consisted of 654 consecutive patients with non-metastatic CRC. C-statistic revealed 2 LNR and 5 LODDS classifications that demonstrated superior prognostic performance in patients with UICC III CRC, compared to the N category. No clear advantage of one classification over another could be demonstrated in any other patient subgroup. Conclusions: Distinct LNR and LODDS classifications demonstrate a prognostic superiority over the N category only in patients with Stage III radically resected CRC. MDPI 2021-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8345552/ /pubmed/34359803 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13153898 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Prassas, Dimitrios
Verde, Pablo Emilio
Pavljak, Carlo
Rehders, Alexander
Krieg, Sarah
Luedde, Tom
Knoefel, Wolfram Trudo
Krieg, Andreas
Prognostic Discrimination of Alternative Lymph Node Classification Systems for Patients with Radically Resected Non-Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study from a Single Tertiary Referral Center
title Prognostic Discrimination of Alternative Lymph Node Classification Systems for Patients with Radically Resected Non-Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study from a Single Tertiary Referral Center
title_full Prognostic Discrimination of Alternative Lymph Node Classification Systems for Patients with Radically Resected Non-Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study from a Single Tertiary Referral Center
title_fullStr Prognostic Discrimination of Alternative Lymph Node Classification Systems for Patients with Radically Resected Non-Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study from a Single Tertiary Referral Center
title_full_unstemmed Prognostic Discrimination of Alternative Lymph Node Classification Systems for Patients with Radically Resected Non-Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study from a Single Tertiary Referral Center
title_short Prognostic Discrimination of Alternative Lymph Node Classification Systems for Patients with Radically Resected Non-Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study from a Single Tertiary Referral Center
title_sort prognostic discrimination of alternative lymph node classification systems for patients with radically resected non-metastatic colorectal cancer: a cohort study from a single tertiary referral center
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34359803
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13153898
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