Dincer Aydin1, Mehmet Ali Sendur2, Umut Kefeli3, Olcun Umit Unal4, Didem Tastekin5, Murat Akyol6, Eda Tanrikulu7, Aydin Ciltas8, Basak Bala Ustaalioglu9, Mukremin Uysal10, Onur Esbag11, Dogan Yazilitas12, Ozgur Tanrıverdi13, Ahmet Bilici14, Erkan Arpaci15, Veli Berk16, Tarkan Yetisyigit17, Nuriye Yildirim Ozdemir2, Ilhan Oztop4, Ahmet Alacacioglu6, Ozhan Aydin9, Melike Ozcelik18, Emre Yildirim18, Nur Dinc18, Mahmut Gumus19. 1. Department of Medical Oncology, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: dinceraydin79@yahoo.com. 2. Department of Medical Oncology, Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. 3. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey. 4. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. 5. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University Meram, Konya, Turkey. 6. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey. 7. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. 8. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. 9. Department of Medical Oncology, Haydarpasa Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. 10. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey. 11. Department of Medical Oncology, Ankara Oncology Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. 12. Department of Medical Oncology, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey. 13. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Muğla University, Muğla, Turkey. 14. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Medipol University, İstanbul, Turkey. 15. Department of Medical Oncology, Sakarya Education and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey. 16. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. 17. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey. 18. Department of Medical Oncology, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. 19. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) is a rare tumor of the gastrointestinal system with poor prognosis. Because these are rarely encountered tumors, the aim of this multicenter study was evaluation of prognostic factors and adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with curatively resected SBA. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 78 patients diagnosed with curatively resected SBA were involved in the retrospective study. Forty-eight patients received 1 of 3 different chemotherapy regimens, whereas 30 patients did not receive any adjuvant treatment. No adjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy cohorts were matched (1:1) by propensity scores based on the likelihood of receiving chemotherapy or the survival hazard from Cox modeling. Overall survival (OS) was compared with Kaplan-Meier estimates. RESULTS: Median age of 78 patients with curatively resected SBA was 58, and 59% of these were men. According to TNM classification, 8 (10%) of the patients were at stage I, 26 (34%) were at stage II, and 44 (56%) were at stage III. Median follow-up duration was 29 months. Three-year median disease-free survival (DFS) and OS were 62.5% and 67.0%, respectively. In univariate analysis, presence of vascular invasion, perineural invasion, lymph node involvement, and presence of positive surgical margin were significant predictors of poor survival. Multivariate analysis showed that the only adverse prognostic factor independently related with OS was the presence of positive surgical margin (hazard ratio, 0.37; 95% confidence interval, 0.11-1.26; P = .01). Neither DFS nor OS was found to be significantly improved by the adjuvant chemotherapy in both matched and unmatched cohorts. CONCLUSIONS: Only status of surgical margin was determined to be an independent prognostic factor in patients with SBA who underwent curative resection.
BACKGROUND:Small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) is a rare tumor of the gastrointestinal system with poor prognosis. Because these are rarely encountered tumors, the aim of this multicenter study was evaluation of prognostic factors and adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with curatively resected SBA. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 78 patients diagnosed with curatively resected SBA were involved in the retrospective study. Forty-eight patients received 1 of 3 different chemotherapy regimens, whereas 30 patients did not receive any adjuvant treatment. No adjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy cohorts were matched (1:1) by propensity scores based on the likelihood of receiving chemotherapy or the survival hazard from Cox modeling. Overall survival (OS) was compared with Kaplan-Meier estimates. RESULTS: Median age of 78 patients with curatively resected SBA was 58, and 59% of these were men. According to TNM classification, 8 (10%) of the patients were at stage I, 26 (34%) were at stage II, and 44 (56%) were at stage III. Median follow-up duration was 29 months. Three-year median disease-free survival (DFS) and OS were 62.5% and 67.0%, respectively. In univariate analysis, presence of vascular invasion, perineural invasion, lymph node involvement, and presence of positive surgical margin were significant predictors of poor survival. Multivariate analysis showed that the only adverse prognostic factor independently related with OS was the presence of positive surgical margin (hazard ratio, 0.37; 95% confidence interval, 0.11-1.26; P = .01). Neither DFS nor OS was found to be significantly improved by the adjuvant chemotherapy in both matched and unmatched cohorts. CONCLUSIONS: Only status of surgical margin was determined to be an independent prognostic factor in patients with SBA who underwent curative resection.