Postoperative follow-up programs improve survival in curatively resected gastric and junctional cancer patients : a propensity score matched analysis / Leila Sisic, Moritz J. Strowitzki, Susanne Blank, Henrik Nienhueser, Sara Dorr, Georg Martin Haag, Dirk Jäger, Katja Ott, Markus W. Büchler, Alexis Ulrich, Thomas Schmidt

BACKGROUND: To date there is no evidence that more intensive follow-up after surgery for esophagogastric adenocarcinoma translates into improved survival. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of standardized surveillance by a specialized center after resection on survival. - METHODS: Data of 587 patients were analyzed who underwent curative surgery for esophagogastric adenocarcinoma in our institution. Based on their postoperative surveillance, patients were assigned to either standardized follow-up (SFU) by the National Center for Tumor Diseases (SFU group) or individual follow-up by other physicians (non-SFU group). Propensity score matching (PSM) was performed to compensate for heterogeneity between groups. Groups were compared regarding clinicopathological findings, recurrence, and impact on survival before and after PSM. - RESULTS: Of 587 patients, 32.7% were in the SFU and 67.3% in the non-SFU group. Recurrence occurred in 39.4% of patients and 92.6% within the first 3 years; 73.6% were treated, and of those 17.1% underwent resection. In recurrent patients overall and post-recurrence survival (OS/PRS) was influenced by diagnostic tools (p < 0.05), treatment (p ≤ 0.001), and resection of recurrence (p ≤ 0.001). Standardized follow-up significantly improved OS (84.9 vs. 38.4 months, p = 0.040) in matched analysis and was an independent positive predictor of OS before and after PSM (p = 0.034/0.013, respectively). - CONCLUSION: After PSM, standardized follow-up by a specialized center significantly improved OS. Cross-sectional imaging and treatment of recurrence were associated with better outcome. Regular follow-up by cross-sectional imaging especially during the first 3 years should be recommended by national guidelines, since early detection might help select patients for treatment of recurrence and even resection in few designated cases..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Gastric cancer - 21(2018), 3, Seite 552-568

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Peters, Leila, 1982- [VerfasserIn]
Strowitzki, Moritz, 1987- [VerfasserIn]
Blank, Susanne, 1984- [VerfasserIn]
Nienhüser, Henrik, 1986- [VerfasserIn]
Dorr, Sara, 1994- [VerfasserIn]
Haag, Georg Martin, 1979- [VerfasserIn]
Jäger, Dirk, 1964- [VerfasserIn]
Ott, Katja, 1971- [VerfasserIn]
Büchler, Markus W., 1955- [VerfasserIn]
Ulrich, Alexis [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt, Thomas, 1980- [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adenocarcinoma
Adult
Aftercare
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Esophageal Neoplasms
Esophageal cancer
Esophagogastric Junction
Female
Follow-up
Gastric cancer
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Prognosis
Propensity Score
Proportional Hazards Models
Recurrence
Stomach Neoplasms

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Published online: 24 July 2017

Gesehen am 08.07.2019

Umfang:

17

doi:

10.1007/s10120-017-0751-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

1668748258