Prevalence and survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy in stage III colon cancer patients: Comparison of overall and age-stratified results by multivariable modeling and propensity score methodology in a population-based cohort

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 77-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Hines ◽  
Milan Bimali ◽  
Asal M. Johnson ◽  
A. Rana Bayakly ◽  
Tracie C. Collins
2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 649-649
Author(s):  
Robert Brooks Hines ◽  
Milan Bimali ◽  
Asal Johnson ◽  
Rana Bayakly ◽  
Tracie Collins

649 Background: Few population-based studies have assessed the effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) in stage III colon cancer patients according to age. We sought to quantify the prevalence of ACT use and the absolute and relative survival benefit of ACT overall and by age in a population-based cohort. Methods: Stage III patients with adenocarcinoma of the colon identified by the Georgia Comprehensive Cancer Registry for the years 2000–07 were eligible (final N = 3057). We utilized Poisson regression to obtain adjusted mortality rates (MR) and Cox proportional hazards models to obtain adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for 5-year overall survival. We evaluated control of confounding by comparing HRs obtained via multivariable modeling (MM), propensity score weighting (PSW), and propensity score matching (PSM). Results: Just over one-third of colon cancer patients did not receive ACT, and the proportion increased with age. Overall, receipt of ACT conferred an absolute (MR difference [No ACT rate - ACT rate] 25.4 deaths/ 1000 person-years [py], 95% confidence interval [CI]: 19.1–32.7 deaths/1000 py) and relative (MM HR = 0.67, 95% CI: 0.59–0.76) survival benefit. The survival benefit was demonstrated across age groups. mm and propensity score methods yielded highly similar HRs. Conclusions: Unless contraindicated, efforts to ensure receipt of ACT for stage III colon cancer patients up to 84 years of age are needed to improve the prognosis of patients with node-positive disease.


2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 4014-4014 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. H. Zuckerman ◽  
A. J. Davidoff ◽  
E. Onukwugha ◽  
N. Pandya ◽  
J. F. Gardner ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetaka Kawamura ◽  
Toshitaka Morishima ◽  
Akira Sato ◽  
Michitaka Honda ◽  
Isao Miyashiro

Abstract Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy is relatively underused in older patients with colon cancer in Japan, and its age-specific effects on clinical outcomes remain unclear. This study aimed to assess the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on survival benefit in stage III colon cancer patients stratified by age in a Japanese real-world setting. Methods: In this multi-center retrospective cohort study, we analyzed patient-level information through a record linkage of population-based cancer registry data and administrative claims data. The study population comprised patients aged ≥18 years who received a pathological diagnosis of stage III colon cancer and underwent curative resection between 2010 and 2014 at 36 cancer care hospitals in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Patients were divided into two groups based on age at diagnosis (<75 and ≥75 years). The effect of adjuvant chemotherapy was analyzed using Cox proportional hazards regression models for all-cause mortality with inverse probability weighting of propensity scores. Adjusted hazard ratios were estimated for both age groups. Results: A total of 783 patients were analyzed; 476 (60.8%) were aged <75 years and 307 (39.2%) were aged ≥75 years. The proportion of older patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy (36.8%) was substantially lower than that of younger patients (73.3%). In addition, the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy was different between the age groups: the adjusted hazard ratio was 0.56 (95% confidence interval: 0.33-0.94, P=0.027) in younger patients and 1.07 (0.66-1.74, P=0.78) in older patients. Conclusions: The clinical effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy in older patients with stage III colon cancer appears limited under current utilization practices.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetaka Kawamura ◽  
Toshitaka Morishima ◽  
Akira Sato ◽  
Michitaka Honda ◽  
Isao Miyashiro

Abstract Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy is relatively underused in older patients with colon cancer in Japan, and its age-specific effects on clinical outcomes remain unclear. This study aimed to assess the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on survival benefit in stage III colon cancer patients stratified by age in a Japanese real-world setting. Methods: In this multi-center retrospective cohort study, we analyzed patient-level information through a record linkage of population-based cancer registry data and administrative claims data. The study population comprised patients aged ≥18 years who received a pathological diagnosis of stage III colon cancer and underwent curative resection between 2010 and 2014 at 36 cancer care hospitals in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Patients were divided into two groups based on age at diagnosis (<75 and ≥75 years). The effect of adjuvant chemotherapy was analyzed using Cox proportional hazards regression models for all-cause mortality with inverse probability weighting of propensity scores. Adjusted hazard ratios were estimated for both age groups. Results: A total of 783 patients were analyzed; 476 (60.8%) were aged <75 years and 307 (39.2%) were aged ≥75 years. The proportion of older patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy (36.8%) was substantially lower than that of younger patients (73.3%). In addition, the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy was different between the age groups: the adjusted hazard ratio was 0.56 (95% confidence interval: 0.33-0.94, P=0.027) in younger patients and 1.07 (0.66-1.74, P=0.78) in older patients. Conclusions: The clinical effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy in older patients with stage III colon cancer appears limited under current utilization practices.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetaka Kawamura ◽  
Toshitaka Morishima ◽  
Akira Sato ◽  
Michitaka Honda ◽  
Isao Miyashiro

Abstract Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy is relatively underused in older patients with colon cancer in Japan, and its age-specific effects on clinical outcomes remain unclear. This study aimed to assess the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on survival benefit in stage III colon cancer patients stratified by age in a Japanese real-world setting. Methods: In this multi-center retrospective cohort study, we analyzed patient-level information through a record linkage of population-based cancer registry data and administrative claims data. The study population comprised patients aged ≥18 years who received a pathological diagnosis of stage III colon cancer and underwent curative resection between 2010 and 2014 at 36 cancer care hospitals in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Patients were divided into two groups based on age at diagnosis (<75 and ≥75 years). The effect of adjuvant chemotherapy was analyzed using Cox proportional hazards regression models for all-cause mortality with inverse probability weighting of propensity scores. Adjusted hazard ratios were estimated for both age groups. Results: A total of 783 patients were analyzed; 476 (60.8%) were aged <75 years and 307 (39.2%) were aged ≥75 years. The proportion of older patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy (36.8%) was substantially lower than that of younger patients (73.3%). In addition, the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy was different between the age groups: the adjusted hazard ratio was 0.56 (95% confidence interval: 0.33-0.94, P =0.027) in younger patients and 1.07 (0.66-1.74, P =0.78) in older patients. Conclusions: The clinical effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy in older patients with stage III colon cancer appears limited under current utilization practices.


BMC Cancer ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetaka Kawamura ◽  
Toshitaka Morishima ◽  
Akira Sato ◽  
Michitaka Honda ◽  
Isao Miyashiro

Abstract Background Adjuvant chemotherapy is relatively underused in older patients with colon cancer in Japan, and its age-specific effects on clinical outcomes remain unclear. This study aimed to assess the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on survival benefit in stage III colon cancer patients stratified by age in a Japanese real-world setting. Methods In this multi-center retrospective cohort study, we analyzed patient-level information through a record linkage of population-based cancer registry data and administrative claims data. The study population comprised patients aged ≥18 years who received a pathological diagnosis of stage III colon cancer and underwent curative resection between 2010 and 2014 at 36 cancer care hospitals in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Patients were divided into two groups based on age at diagnosis (< 75 and ≥ 75 years). The effect of adjuvant chemotherapy was analyzed using Cox proportional hazards regression models for all-cause mortality with inverse probability weighting of propensity scores. Adjusted hazard ratios were estimated for both age groups. Results A total of 783 patients were analyzed; 476 (60.8%) were aged < 75 years and 307 (39.2%) were aged ≥75 years. The proportion of older patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy (36.8%) was substantially lower than that of younger patients (73.3%). In addition, the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy was different between the age groups: the adjusted hazard ratio was 0.56 (95% confidence interval: 0.33–0.94, P = 0.027) in younger patients and 1.07 (0.66–1.74, P = 0.78) in older patients. Conclusions The clinical effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy in older patients with stage III colon cancer appears limited under current utilization practices.


2016 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.N. van Erning ◽  
L.G.E.M. Razenberg ◽  
V.E.P.P. Lemmens ◽  
G.J. Creemers ◽  
J.F.M. Pruijt ◽  
...  

BMC Cancer ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Gao ◽  
Xuan-zhang Huang ◽  
Yong-xi Song ◽  
Jing-xu Sun ◽  
Xiao-wan Chen ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 647-647
Author(s):  
Yuji Toiyama ◽  
Hiroyuki Fujikawa ◽  
Yasuhiro Inoue ◽  
Hiroki Imaoka ◽  
Masato Okigami ◽  
...  

647 Background: Albumin to globulin ratio (AGR) has been reported to predict long term mortality in patients with several cancers. However, prognostic impact of preoperative AGR in colon cancer patients with curative intent has not yet been fully addressed. Therefore, we, for the first time, investigated the association between AGR and clinico-pathological findings including overall survival (OS) and disease free survival (DFS) in stage I-III colon cancer patients. Methods: Clinicopathological findings including preoperative laboratory data (carcinoembryonic antigen [CEA] and AGR) from 251 curative colon cancer patients were assessed as indicators of early recurrence and poor prognosis in this retrospective study. AGR was calculated as [AGR = albumin/ (total protein - albumin)]. The cut-off value of AGR was 1.32 in current study. Results: Several clinicopathological categories related with tumor progression such as lymph node metastasis, T4 tumor, large tumor size, undifferentiated tumor, venous and lymphatic invasion, and high CEA were significantly associated with low AGR level. The patients with low AGR were significantly poorer OS (P = 0.001) and DFS (P = 0.003) than those with high AGR, respectively. In addition, multivariate analyses demonstrated that low AGR was independently associated with early recurrence (HR = 2.87, P = 0.007) and poor prognosis (HR = 2.56, P = 0.008), respectively. On the other hand, sub analysis of survival curves revealed that stage III colon cancer patients with low AGR were significantly poorer OS (P = 0.007) and DFS (P = 0.02) than those with high AGR, respectively. Furthermore, significantly poorer OS and DFS were also shown in stage I-II colon cancer patients with low AGR, respectively (OS: P = 0.02, DFS: P = 0.01). Conclusions: Preoperative AGR was an independent predictor of early recurrence and poor prognosis in curative colon cancer patients. AGR may represent a simple, potentially useful predictive biomarker for selecting stage I-II colon cancer patients who might need adjuvant chemotherapy. Furthermore, AGR may select candidates who are better to introduce more intensive adjuvant chemotherapy after curative operation in stage III colon cancer patients.


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