Prognostic factors and outcome in patients 21 years and under with colorectal carcinoma Conference Paper
| Authors: | LaQuaglia, M. P.; Heller, G.; Filippa, D. A.; Karasakalides, A.; Vlamis, V.; Wollner, N.; Enker, W. E.; Cohen, A. M.; Exelby, P. R. |
| Title: | Prognostic factors and outcome in patients 21 years and under with colorectal carcinoma |
| Conference Title: | 43rd Annual Meeting of the Surgical Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics |
| Abstract: | This study aims to identify significant predictors of survival in pediatric and adolescent colorectal carcinoma. We retrospectively analyzed our experience with 29 histologically verified cases, of which 20 were resected for cure. Variables analyzed as predictors of survival included: (1) resectability, (2) regional nodal involvement, (3) depth of invasion, (4) grade, and (5) interval from symptom onset to diagnosis. Signet ring or anaplastic lesions were considered high grade. Survival curves were generated on both the overall group and those resected for cure. Multivariate analysis was performed on the overall group. The median age at diagnosis was 19 years (range, 10 to 21). Median follow-up in survivors was 4.7 years. Signet ring tumors occurred in 45% and another 24% were poorly differentiated. Seventysix percent presented-with regional lymph node metastases. The median survival for the overall group was 16 months, whereas that for those undergoing complete resection was 33 months. In patients undergoing resection for cure, grade (P = .005), regional nodal involvement (P = .007), and depth of invasion (P = .03) were significant predictors of outcome in univariate analysis. In the overall group these variables as well as resectability and distant metastases were significant in univariate analysis. In multivariate analysis high-grade lesions and lymph node involvement were highly correlated, as were resectability and metastases. Thus, either variable (but not both) of each pair added information to the multivariate model. In patients resected for cure, positive nodes or high histological grade became the only significant predictors of survival. In conclusion, colorectal carcinoma in young patients is associated with a marked increase in the proportion of high-grade lesions, which with nodal involvement are the most important predictors of fatal outcome in patients resected for cure. Patients with high-grade lesions or involved regional nodes should be considered for adjuvant therapy despite complete resection. © 1992. |
| Keywords: | adolescent; adult; cancer survival; child; clinical article; school child; survival analysis; cancer surgery; surgical technique; survival rate; retrospective studies; histopathology; fluorouracil; conference paper; radiation dose; cancer staging; lymph node metastasis; lymphatic metastasis; neoplasm staging; cancer grading; proportional hazards models; carcinoembryonic antigen; surgical approach; cancer mortality; pediatric; colorectal carcinoma; colorectal neoplasms; colonoscopy; brachytherapy; symptomatology; cancer control; analysis of variance; barium enema; barium; prognosis; human; male; female; priority journal |
| Journal Title | Journal of Pediatric Surgery |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Issue: | 8 |
| Conference Dates: | 1991 Oct 26-27 |
| Conference Location: | New Orleans, LA |
| ISBN: | 0022-3468 |
| Publisher: | W.B. Saunders Co-Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 1992-08-01 |
| Start Page: | 1085 |
| End Page: | 1090 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0022-3468(92)90565-o |
| PUBMED: | 1403541 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Source: Scopus |
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