AIM To characterize colorectal cancer(CRC) in octogenarians as compared with younger *** A single-center, retrospective cohort study which included patients diagnosed with CRC at the age of 80 years or older between 2...
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AIM To characterize colorectal cancer(CRC) in octogenarians as compared with younger *** A single-center, retrospective cohort study which included patients diagnosed with CRC at the age of 80 years or older between 2008-2013. A control group included consecutive patients younger than 80 years diagnosed with CRC during the same period. Clinicopathological characteristics, treatment and outcome were compared between the groups. Fisher's exact test was used for dichotomous variables and χ2 was used for variables with more than two categories. Overall survival was assessed by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, with the log-rank test. Cancer specific survival(CSS) and disease-free survival were assessed by the Cox proportional hazards model, with the Fine and Gray correction for non-cancer death as a competing *** The study included 350 patients, 175 patients in each group. Median follow-up was 40.2 mo(range 1.8-97.5). Several significant differences were noted. Octogenarians had a higher proportion of Ashkenazi ethnicity(64.8% vs 47.9%, P < 0.001), a higher rate of personal history of other malignancies(22.4% vs 13.7%, P = 0.035) and lower rates of family history of any cancer(36.6% vs 64.6%, P < 0.001) and family history of CRC(14.4% vs 27.3%, P = 0.006). CRC diagnosis by screening was less frequent in octogenarians(5.7% vs 20%, P < 0.001) and presentation with performance status(PS) of 0-1 was less common in octogenarians(71% vs 93.9%, P < 0.001). Octogenarians were more likely to have tumors located in the right colon(45.7% vs 34.3%, P = 0.029) and had a lower prevalence of well differentiated histology(10.4% vs 19.3%, P = 0.025). They received less treatment and treatment was less aggressive, both in patients with metastatic and non-metastatic disease, regardless of PS. Their 5-year CSS was worse(63.4% vs 77.6%, P = 0.009), both for metastatic(21% vs 43%, P = 0.03) and for non-metastatic disease(76% vs 88%, P = 0.028).CONCLUSION Octogenarians pre
Chemotherapy with continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin in a monthly schedule is one of the most common regimens in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy and ...
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Chemotherapy with continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin in a monthly schedule is one of the most common regimens in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of a dosedense administration of this regimen in this patient population. Sixty-six consecutive patients with previously untreated histologically confirmed unresectable or metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma were treated with a 2-hour infusion of cisplatin 100 mg/m2 followed by continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil 1000 mg/m2/day for 5 days, every 21 days. The most common grade ≥3 toxicities were fatigue (42%), nausea/vomiting (30%) and leucopenia (12%). Four patients (6%) died from treatment-related toxicity. The response rate was 35%, the median progression-free survival was 4.3 months and the median survival was 5.9 months. In light of these results, the dose-dense approach seems to offer little, if any, benefit compared with the standard regimens.
AIM:To compare the microRNA (miR) profiles in the primary tumor of patients with recurrent and non-recurrent gastric ***:The study group included 45 patients who underwent curative gastrectomies from 1995 to 2005 with...
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AIM:To compare the microRNA (miR) profiles in the primary tumor of patients with recurrent and non-recurrent gastric ***:The study group included 45 patients who underwent curative gastrectomies from 1995 to 2005 without adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy and for whom adequate tumor content was *** RNA was extracted from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor samples,preserving the small RNA *** profiling using miR microarrays was performed to identify potential biomarkers of recurrence after *** expression of the differential miRs was later verified by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).Findings were compared between patients who had a recurrence within 36 mo of surgery (bad-prognosis group,n=14,31%) and those who did not (good-prognosis group,n=31,69%).RESULTS:Three miRs,miR-451,miR-199a-3p and miR-195 were found to be differentially expressed in tumors from patients with good prognosis vs patients with bad prognosis (P<0.0002,0.0027 and 0.0046 respectively).High expression of each miR was associated with poorer prognosis for both recurrence and *** miR-451,the positive predictive value for non-recurrence was 100% (13/13).The expression of the differential miRs was verified by qRT-PCR,showing high correlation to the microarray data and similar separation into prognosis ***:This study identified three miRs,miR-451,miR-199a-3p and miR-195 to be predictive of recurrence of gastric *** these,miR-451 had the strongest prognostic impact.
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