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Sonal S, Qwaider YZ, Boudreau C, Kunitake H, Goldstone RN, Bordeianou LG, Cauley CE, Francone TD, Ricciardi R, Berger DL. Association of age with outcomes in locally advanced rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery. Am J Surg 2023; 225:1029-1035. [PMID: 36535854 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION We aimed to assess the association of age with outcomes in patients with Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer (LARC) who received neoadjuvant therapy followed by major surgery. METHODS Retrospective review of 328 patients with LARC, N = 99 < 70 years (younger) versus N = 229 ≥ 70 years (elderly) from 2004 to 2018. RESULTS Elderly patients had a higher American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), length of stay and 30-day readmissions (p < 0.05). They also had worse overall survival (OS) & disease-free survival (DFS) (p < 0.001), but similar disease-specific survival (DSS) compared to younger group. Age was not associated with hazard of death (HR 1.01, 0.98-1.03). Rather, CCI (HR 1.29, 1.01-1.5), extramural vascular invasion (HR 4.98, 2.84-8.74), and adjuvant therapy (0.37, 0.21-0.64) were significantly associated with the hazard of death; when controlled for stage, tumor distance from anal verge, and neoadjuvant completion. CONCLUSION Comorbidities and lower rates of adjuvant therapy, and not chronologic age, are associated with poor OS of elderly patients with LARC treated with neoadjuvant therapy and major surgery.
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- Swati Sonal
- Division of Gastrointestinal & Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Gastrointestinal & Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Gastrointestinal & Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Gastrointestinal & Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Gastrointestinal & Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Gastrointestinal & Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Gastrointestinal & Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, MA, 02462, USA
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- Division of Gastrointestinal & Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Gastrointestinal & Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Bisson E, André M, Durand B, Huguet F, Ta MH. [Place of radiotherapy in the treatment of rectal cancer in the elderly]. SOINS. GERONTOLOGIE 2022; 27:23-27. [PMID: 35393032 DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2021.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Rectal cancer is a common disease of the elderly. Current treatment recommendations are established for young subjects in good general health condition, without taking into account the frailty, comorbidities and polymedications inherent in patients over 75 years old. For locally advanced lower and middle rectal cancers (T3, T4 or N+), these are based on variations of regimens including neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, surgery of the rectum with total removal of the mesorectum, and a possibility of adjuvant chemotherapy. This restrictive treatment presents a problem of compliance and is not without adverse effects. Treatment by short exclusive radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy with close monitoring according to the Watch and Wait strategy can be proposed to fragile patients not eligible for surgery, even if there is a non-negligible risk of recurrence.
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- Eva Bisson
- Service d'oncologie-radiothérapie, hôpital Tenon, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75020 Paris, France
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- Service d'oncologie-radiothérapie, hôpital Tenon, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75020 Paris, France
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- Service d'oncologie-radiothérapie, hôpital Tenon, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75020 Paris, France
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- Service d'oncologie-radiothérapie, hôpital Tenon, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75020 Paris, France
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- Service d'oncologie-radiothérapie, hôpital Tenon, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75020 Paris, France.
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Defining the Term "Elderly" in the Field of Surgery: A Retrospective Study Regarding the Changes in the Immunoinflammatory Indices During the Immediate Perioperative Period of the Elective Uncomplicated Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech 2020; 30:435-440. [PMID: 32398452 PMCID: PMC7664975 DOI: 10.1097/sle.0000000000000803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUNDS The term "elderly" seems to have been used as "vulnerable to various stresses" but not well defined. To define the "elderly", we investigated whether the increased age causes unfavorable changes in several immunoinflammatory indices that indicate the increased vulnerability in the surgical field. PATIENTS AND METHODS One-hundred forty-two patients undergoing an elective-uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy (within 60 min and without intraoperative-cholangiography, bile spillage, or open conversion) were retrospectively investigated. Before surgery, immediately after surgery, and on postoperative day (POD)1, whether the patient age correlated the following variables was examined: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, lymphocyte-to-C-reactive-protein ratio (LCR), C-reactive-protein-to-albumin ratio (CAR), and others. RESULTS The immunoinflammatory indices most unfavorably changed on POD1. The age correlated neither lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio nor platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio on POD1, when NLR, LCR, and CAR showed the significant correlation with the age. Multiple regression analyses determined the following variables as the independent determinants of these 3 indices on POD1: age, intraoperative minimum body temperature ≥35.5°C (IntMinBT ≥35.5°C), maximum heart rate during POD0-1 (MaxHR) for NLR; age and IntMinBT ≥ 35.5°C for LCR; and age and MaxHR for CAR. The threshold of "elderly" was determined as 102-year-old for NLR, 94-year-old for LCR, and 97-year-old for CAR. CONCLUSIONS The increased age causes the unfavorable changes in early postoperative immunoinflammatory indices after the uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Thus, the term "elderly" can be rephrased by the term "vulnerable to various surgical stresses." The thresholds for "elderly" defined herein seem impractical. Namely, the increased vulnerability caused by the aging seems modified by the individual surgical procedures.
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Liu H, Li C, Zhao Z, Guan X, Yang M, Liu Z, Tang Y, Jiang Z, Wang X. Safety and Long-Term Effect Assessment of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Elderly Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: A CHN Single-Center Retrospective Study. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2020; 19:1533033820970339. [PMID: 33161830 PMCID: PMC7658521 DOI: 10.1177/1533033820970339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) followed by operation has become the standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). However, considering the possible toxicity and complications of radiochemotherapy, nCRT is seldom used for the elderly. The purpose of this study was to assess the safety and long-term effect of nCRT combined with TME in elderly patients with LARC. METHOD Four-hundred-fourteen LARC patients were divided into 2 groups: 108 patients were in the elderly group (≥ 65 years old) and 306 patients were in the non-elderly group (<65 years old). The side effects, toxicity, complications, disease-free survival (DFS), and overall survival (OS) of all of the patients were assessed. RESULTS The data comprised 103 patients in the elderly group and 292 patients in the non-elderly group who completed nCRT sessions following operation. The treatment-completion rates of the elderly and non-elderly groups were 95.37% and 95.42%, respectively. Twenty-two patients developed radiotherapy complications (grade III) in the elderly group and 37 such cases developed in the non-elderly group. Diarrhea, skinulcer, and perianal pain were ranked as the top 3 most common complications. The incidence of infection, anastomotic leakage, and intestinal obstruction was 0.97% in the elderly group. The 5-year DFS and 5-year OS rate were 70.7% and 80.8% in the elderly group, 67.3% and 81.6% in the non-elderly group respectively. CONCLUSIONS nCRT are safe and effective for elderly patients, and it does not increase the risk of postoperative complications for the elderly. Hence, nCRT should not be withheld based on age alone.
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- Hengchang Liu
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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