Laura Lorenzon1, Emanuela Pilozzi, Marco La Torre, Vincenzo Ziparo, Mario Ferri. 1. Surgical and Medical Department of the Clinical Sciences, Biomedical Technologies and Translational Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology University of Rome La Sapienza, Via di Grottarossa 1035-39, Rome, Italy. laura.lorenzon@uniroma1.it
Abstract
PURPOSE: According to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 7th edition, T4 colon cancers have been sub-divided into T4a and T4b, resulting in a stage II sub-classification (T3N0, T4aN0, and T4bN0). This study was aimed: (a) to investigate the impact of the AJCC 7th edition stage II sub-classification on the overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) of colon cancer patients who underwent surgical resection and (b) to compare the last three AJCC editions for identifying stage II patients with high-risk of progression. METHODS: One hundred seventy-eight stage II colon cancers out of 682 colorectal cancer patients who underwent surgical resection were selected. T4N0 were sub-divided in accordance with the AJCC 7th edition. Mean follow-up was 41.9 months. Kaplan-Meier method was employed to estimate the survival curves. RESULTS: OS analysis documented a significant difference between stage-sub-groups using the 6th edition; conversely, this difference was not seen if the 7th edition was applied (p = 0.03 and 0.12, respectively). Stage II DFS analysis reported a significant difference using both the AJCC 6th and 7th editions (p = 0.03 and 0.02, respectively). A significant difference was reported on stage II DSS analysis using the AJCC 6th edition (p = 0.03); however, when the 7th edition was applied, a substantial discrepancy between survival curves was noted with T3N0 and T4aN0 displaying similar outcomes (p = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS: The AJCC 7th edition is a reliable classification that might implement the identification of those stage II colon cancer patients with high-risk of progression, recurrence, and cancer mortality.
PURPOSE: According to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 7th edition, T4 colon cancers have been sub-divided into T4a and T4b, resulting in a stage II sub-classification (T3N0, T4aN0, and T4bN0). This study was aimed: (a) to investigate the impact of the AJCC 7th edition stage II sub-classification on the overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) of colon cancerpatients who underwent surgical resection and (b) to compare the last three AJCC editions for identifying stage II patients with high-risk of progression. METHODS: One hundred seventy-eight stage II colon cancers out of 682 colorectal cancerpatients who underwent surgical resection were selected. T4N0 were sub-divided in accordance with the AJCC 7th edition. Mean follow-up was 41.9 months. Kaplan-Meier method was employed to estimate the survival curves. RESULTS: OS analysis documented a significant difference between stage-sub-groups using the 6th edition; conversely, this difference was not seen if the 7th edition was applied (p = 0.03 and 0.12, respectively). Stage II DFS analysis reported a significant difference using both the AJCC 6th and 7th editions (p = 0.03 and 0.02, respectively). A significant difference was reported on stage II DSS analysis using the AJCC 6th edition (p = 0.03); however, when the 7th edition was applied, a substantial discrepancy between survival curves was noted with T3N0 and T4aN0 displaying similar outcomes (p = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS: The AJCC 7th edition is a reliable classification that might implement the identification of those stage II colon cancerpatients with high-risk of progression, recurrence, and cancer mortality.
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