Survival benefit of conversion surgery after intensive chemotherapy for unresectable metastatic gastric cancer : a propensity score-matching analysis

PURPOSE: The clinical benefit of conversion surgery (CS) for unresectable gastric cancer (GC), whereby unresectable GC responds to chemotherapy and subsequently receives curative-intent surgery, remains unclear. Here, we aimed to clarify the clinical value of CS.

METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed 175 unresectable GC, who received triple combined chemotherapy between 2004 and 2019. We divided patients into two groups: those who underwent CS and those receiving chemotherapy only (CS and C groups, respectively). Propensity score matching was used to minimize confounding bias.

RESULTS: Of 175 cases, 61 (34.9%) underwent CS. R0 resection was obtained in 85.2%. After matching, 44 pairs were selected; there were no significant differences in baseline covariants. Group CS had a significantly better median overall survival (OS) (18.8 vs. 46.0 months, p < 0.001), and prolonged progression-free survival (7.4 vs. 25.8 months, p < 0.001). Subgroup analysis of OS showed a favorable trend for CS for almost all subgroups. Multivariate analysis revealed that good ECOG performance status and CS were associated with a longer OS.

CONCLUSION: The survival benefit of CS was consistently demonstrated in the univariate and multivariate analysis, even in the matched cohort. Additional large-scale trials are needed for further validation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:147

Enthalten in:

Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 147(2021), 8 vom: 03. Aug., Seite 2385-2396

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ohnuma, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]
Sato, Yasushi [VerfasserIn]
Onoyama, Naoki [VerfasserIn]
Hamaguchi, Kota [VerfasserIn]
Hayasaka, Naotaka [VerfasserIn]
Sato, Masanori [VerfasserIn]
Murase, Kazuyuki [VerfasserIn]
Takada, Kohichi [VerfasserIn]
Miyanishi, Koji [VerfasserIn]
Murakami, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Ito, Tatsuya [VerfasserIn]
Nobuoka, Takayuki [VerfasserIn]
Takemasa, Ichiro [VerfasserIn]
Kato, Junji [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chemotherapy
Conversion surgery
Conversion therapy
Gastric cancer
Journal Article
Propensity score

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Date Completed 09.07.2021

Date Revised 09.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00432-021-03516-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320948854