Stephan Paschke1, Holger Hebart2, Roland Goeb3, Ludger Staib4, Ullrich Fleck5, Doris Henne-Bruns1, Silvia Sander6, Karl-Heinrich Link7, Marko Kornmann1. 1. Clinic of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. 2. Center for Internal Medicine, Stauferklinikum, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. 3. Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Katholisches Krankenhaus St. Johann Nepomuk, Erfurt, Deutschland. 4. Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Städtisches Klinikum Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany. 5. Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Krankenhaus Luckenwalde, Luckenwalde, Germany. 6. Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. 7. Department of Surgery I, Asklepios Paulinen Klinik, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is still the need to optimize adjuvant treatment of colon cancer (CC). Standard adjuvant chemotherapy using 5-fluorouracil (FU) and folinic acid (FA) was compared with a combination including irinotecan (Folfiri). The aim of the present report was to analyze overall survival (OS) after long-term follow-up, to summarize final recurrence rates and toxicity data, and to identify possible clinical and pathological factors associated with prognosis. METHODS: Patients (CC stage IIb and III) were randomized to a 6-month treatment with FUFA or Folfiri. The trial was closed after 275 of 588 planned patients, 269 of which were included in the intention-to-treat analysis. RESULTS: 133 and 136 patients received FUFA and Folfiri, respectively. Adjuvant therapy was not completed for 16 FUFA (12.0%) and 44 Folfiri (32.4%) patients. Toxicities grade III and IV were observed in 17 (12.8%) patients treated with FUFA and in 50 (36.8%) patients treated with Folfiri. Recurrences occurred in 46 of 133 (34.6%) and in 47 of 136 (34.6%) patients who received FUFA and Folfiri, respectively. 5-year OS rates were 69.9% (95% confidence interval (CI): 61.2-77.1) for FUFA and 72.7% (95% CI: 63.9-79.8) for Folfiri. OS was associated with tumor grading (1 & 2 vs. 3), tumor sub-stage (II vs. IIIa vs. IIIb vs. IIIc), and tumor location (left vs. right colon). CONCLUSION: Folfiri cannot be generally recommended for adjuvant chemotherapy of CC. Besides tumor grading and sub-staging, prognosis of CC may depend on tumor location. Left-sided tumors had a significantly better prognosis irrespective of treatment.
BACKGROUND: There is still the need to optimize adjuvant treatment of colon cancer (CC). Standard adjuvant chemotherapy using 5-fluorouracil (FU) and folinic acid (FA) was compared with a combination including irinotecan (Folfiri). The aim of the present report was to analyze overall survival (OS) after long-term follow-up, to summarize final recurrence rates and toxicity data, and to identify possible clinical and pathological factors associated with prognosis. METHODS: Patients (CC stage IIb and III) were randomized to a 6-month treatment with FUFA or Folfiri. The trial was closed after 275 of 588 planned patients, 269 of which were included in the intention-to-treat analysis. RESULTS: 133 and 136 patients received FUFA and Folfiri, respectively. Adjuvant therapy was not completed for 16 FUFA (12.0%) and 44 Folfiri (32.4%) patients. Toxicities grade III and IV were observed in 17 (12.8%) patients treated with FUFA and in 50 (36.8%) patients treated with Folfiri. Recurrences occurred in 46 of 133 (34.6%) and in 47 of 136 (34.6%) patients who received FUFA and Folfiri, respectively. 5-year OS rates were 69.9% (95% confidence interval (CI): 61.2-77.1) for FUFA and 72.7% (95% CI: 63.9-79.8) for Folfiri. OS was associated with tumor grading (1 & 2 vs. 3), tumor sub-stage (II vs. IIIa vs. IIIb vs. IIIc), and tumor location (left vs. right colon). CONCLUSION: Folfiri cannot be generally recommended for adjuvant chemotherapy of CC. Besides tumor grading and sub-staging, prognosis of CC may depend on tumor location. Left-sided tumors had a significantly better prognosis irrespective of treatment.
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