Seung-Yong Jeong1, Ji Won Park1, Byung Ho Nam2, Sohee Kim2, Sung-Bum Kang3, Seok-Byung Lim4, Hyo Seong Choi5, Duck-Woo Kim3, Hee Jin Chang5, Dae Yong Kim5, Kyung Hae Jung6, Tae-You Kim7, Gyeong Hoon Kang8, Eui Kyu Chie9, Sun Young Kim5, Dae Kyung Sohn5, Dae-Hyun Kim5, Jae-Sung Kim10, Hye Seung Lee11, Jee Hyun Kim12, Jae Hwan Oh13. 1. Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Colorectal Cancer Center, Seoul National University Cancer Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. 2. Biometric Research Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, South Korea. 3. Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea. 4. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. 5. Center for Colorectal Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, South Korea. 6. Department of Oncology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. 7. Division of Medical Oncology and Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. 8. Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. 9. Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. 10. Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea. 11. Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea. 12. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea. 13. Center for Colorectal Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, South Korea. Electronic address: jayoh@ncc.re.kr.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Compared with open resection, laparoscopic resection of rectal cancers is associated with improved short-term outcomes, but high-level evidence showing similar long-term outcomes is scarce. We aimed to compare survival outcomes of laparoscopic surgery with open surgery for patients with mid-rectal or low-rectal cancer. METHODS: The Comparison of Open versus laparoscopic surgery for mid or low REctal cancer After Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (COREAN) trial was an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial done between April 4, 2006, and Aug 26, 2009, at three centres in Korea. Patients (aged 18-80 years) with cT3N0-2M0 mid-rectal or low-rectal cancer who had receivedpreoperative chemoradiotherapy were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive either open or laparoscopic surgery. Randomisation was stratified by sex and preoperative chemotherapy regimen. Investigators were masked to the randomisation sequence; patients and clinicians were not masked to the treatment assignments. The primary endpoint was 3 year disease-free survival, with a non-inferiority margin of 15%. Analysis was by intention to treat. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00470951. FINDINGS: We randomly assigned 340 patients to receive eitheropen surgery (n=170) or laparoscopic surgery (n=170). 3 year disease-free survival was 72·5% (95% CI 65·0-78·6) for the open surgery group and 79·2% (72·3-84·6) for the laparoscopic surgery group, with a difference that was lower than the prespecified non-inferiority margin (-6·7%, 95% CI -15·8 to 2·4; p<0·0001). 25 (15%) patients died in the open group and 20 (12%) died in the laparoscopic group. No deaths were treatment related. INTERPRETATION: Our results show that laparoscopic resection for locally advanced rectal cancer after preoperativechemoradiotherapy provides similar outcomes for disease-free survival as open resection, thus justifying its use. FUNDING: National Cancer Center, South Korea.
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BACKGROUND: Compared with open resection, laparoscopic resection of rectal cancers is associated with improved short-term outcomes, but high-level evidence showing similar long-term outcomes is scarce. We aimed to compare survival outcomes of laparoscopic surgery with open surgery for patients with mid-rectal or low-rectal cancer. METHODS: The Comparison of Open versus laparoscopic surgery for mid or low REctal cancer After Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (COREAN) trial was an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial done between April 4, 2006, and Aug 26, 2009, at three centres in Korea. Patients (aged 18-80 years) with cT3N0-2M0 mid-rectal or low-rectal cancer who had received preoperative chemoradiotherapy were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive either open or laparoscopic surgery. Randomisation was stratified by sex and preoperative chemotherapy regimen. Investigators were masked to the randomisation sequence; patients and clinicians were not masked to the treatment assignments. The primary endpoint was 3 year disease-free survival, with a non-inferiority margin of 15%. Analysis was by intention to treat. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00470951. FINDINGS: We randomly assigned 340 patients to receive either open surgery (n=170) or laparoscopic surgery (n=170). 3 year disease-free survival was 72·5% (95% CI 65·0-78·6) for the open surgery group and 79·2% (72·3-84·6) for the laparoscopic surgery group, with a difference that was lower than the prespecified non-inferiority margin (-6·7%, 95% CI -15·8 to 2·4; p<0·0001). 25 (15%) patients died in the open group and 20 (12%) died in the laparoscopic group. No deaths were treatment related. INTERPRETATION: Our results show that laparoscopic resection for locally advanced rectal cancer after preoperative chemoradiotherapy provides similar outcomes for disease-free survival as open resection, thus justifying its use. FUNDING: National Cancer Center, South Korea.
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