Prognostic benefit of conversion surgery for HER2 positive stage IV gastric cancer; a case series study of eleven patients treated with trastuzumab-based chemotherapy

BACKGROUND: Since the ToGA trial, trastuzumab-based chemotherapy is the standard treatment for HER2 positive stage IV gastric cancer. However, it is not yet clear whether surgical resection after trastuzumab-based chemotherapy (conversion surgery) can improve survival of HER2 positive stage IV gastric cancer. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prognostic benefit of conversion surgery in HER2 positive stage IV gastric cancer patients.

CASE PRESENTATION: We retrospectively investigated the medical records of the patients with HER2 positive (IHC3(+) or IHC2(+)/FISH(+)) stage IV gastric cancer treated with trastuzumab-based chemotherapy as the first line treatment. Overall survival (OS) was compared between patients with conversion surgery and without. Eleven HER2 positive stage IV gastric cancer patients treated with trastuzumab-based chemotherapy as the first line treatment were evaluated. Response rate was 63.6%, and 6 of 11 patients could receive conversion surgery. R0 resection was achieved in four patients. In Kaplan-Meier analysis, patients who received conversion surgery showed significantly better OS than those without surgery (3-year survival rate, 66.7% vs. 20%, P = 0.03). The median OS of patients who achieved R0 resection is 51.8 months.

CONCLUSIONS: Conversion surgery might have a survival benefit for HER2 positive stage IV gastric cancer patients. If curative surgery is technically possible, conversion surgery could be a treatment option for HER2 positive stage IV gastric cancer.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Surgical case reports - 6(2020), 1 vom: 24. Sept., Seite 219

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hayano, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Watanabe, Hiroki [VerfasserIn]
Ryuzaki, Takahiro [VerfasserIn]
Sawada, Naoto [VerfasserIn]
Ohira, Gaku [VerfasserIn]
Kano, Masayuki [VerfasserIn]
Uesato, Masaya [VerfasserIn]
Matsubara, Hisahiro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Conversion surgery
Gastric cancer
Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2
Journal Article
Trastuzumab

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Date Revised 09.10.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s40792-020-00984-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315410868