Perineural invasion and number of retrieved lymph nodes are prognostic factors for T2N0 colon cancer

Purpose The prognosis of pathological T2N0 colon cancer has not been adequately investigated. This study aimed to determine the prognostic factors for pathological T2N0 colon cancer by comparing it with those for pathological T3N0 colon cancer. Methods We retrospectively reviewed patients with prima...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langenbeck's archives of surgery 2021-09, Vol.406 (6), p.1979-1985
Hauptverfasser: Lee, Soo Young, Lee, Jaram, Park, Hyeong-min, Kim, Chang Hyun, Kim, Hyeong Rok
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose The prognosis of pathological T2N0 colon cancer has not been adequately investigated. This study aimed to determine the prognostic factors for pathological T2N0 colon cancer by comparing it with those for pathological T3N0 colon cancer. Methods We retrospectively reviewed patients with primary colon cancer who underwent curative resection between January 2007 and December 2015 and included 889 patients with postoperative pathological T2-3N0M0 disease. The clinicopathological characteristics were analyzed to identify the independent prognostic factors. Results Pathological T2 ( n = 185, 20.8%) and T3 ( n = 704, 79.2%) tumors showed no difference in the 5-year disease-free survival (5Y DFS) rate (95.8% vs. 93.2%, p = 0.257) after a median follow-up of 55 months (range, 1–106 months). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that perineural invasion (hazard ratio [HR] = 2.041, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.122–3.712, p = 0.019) and number of retrieved lymph nodes < 12 (HR = 2.994, 95% CI 1.327–6.753, p = 0.008) were independent prognostic factors for DFS. Pathological T2 tumors with poor prognostic factors showed similar 5Y DFS as that of T3 tumors with poor prognostic factors (88.9% vs. 88.6%, p = 0.916), but not with T3 tumors without poor prognostic factors (88.9% vs. 95.0%, p = 0.089). Conclusion Pathological T2N0 colon cancer showed oncologic outcomes similar to that of T3N0 colon cancer. Therefore, more intensive surveillance is necessary for patients with high-risk T2N0 colon cancer.
ISSN:1435-2443
1435-2451
DOI:10.1007/s00423-021-02172-2