Preoperative serum CA19-9 should be routinely measured in the colorectal patients with preoperative normal serum CEA : a multicenter retrospective cohort study

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OBJECTIVE: Whether preoperative serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) is an independent prognostic factor and there are interactions of serum CA19-9 with carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) on the risk of recurrence in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients are still not clarified.

METHODS: Consecutive patients with CRC who underwent curative resection for stage II-III colorectal adenocarcinoma at five hospitals were collected. Based on Cox models, associations of preoperative CA19-9 with recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) were evaluated in patients with or without elevated CEA, and interactions between CEA and CA19-9 were also calculated. Restricted cubic spline (RCS) curves were used to evaluate the associations between preoperative CA19-9 and CRC outcomes on a continuous scale.

RESULTS: A total of 5048 patients (3029 [60.0%] men; median [interquartile range, IQR] age, 61.0 [51.0, 68.0] years; median [IQR] follow-up duration 46.8 [36.5-62.4] months) were included. The risk of recurrence increased with the elevated level of preoperative CA19-9, with the slope steeper in patients with normal CEA than those with elevated CEA. Worse RFS was observed for elevated preoperative CA19-9 (> 37 U/mL) (n = 738) versus normal preoperative CA19-9 (≤ 37 U/mL) (n = 4310) (3-year RFS rate: 59.4% versus 78.0%; unadjusted hazard ratio [HR]: 2.02; 95% confidence interval [CI]:1.79 to 2.28), and significant interaction was found between CA19-9 and CEA (P for interaction = 0.001). Increased risk and interaction with CEA were also observed for OS. In the Cox multivariable analysis, elevated CA19-9 was associated with shorter RFS and OS regardless of preoperative CEA level, even after adjustment for other prognostic factors (HR: 2.08, 95% CI:1.75 to 2.47; HR: 2.25, 95% CI:1.80 to 2.81). Subgroup analyses and sensitivity analyses yielded largely similar results. These associations were maintained in patients with stage II disease (n = 2724).

CONCLUSIONS: Preoperative CA19-9 is an independent prognostic factor in CRC patients. Preoperative CA19-9 can be clinically used as a routine biomarker for CRC patients, especially with preoperative normal serum CEA.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

BMC cancer - 22(2022), 1 vom: 08. Sept., Seite 962

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Zhenhui [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Haibin [VerfasserIn]
Pang, Xiaolin [VerfasserIn]
Mao, Yun [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Xiaoping [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chunxia [VerfasserIn]
Lei, Ming [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Xianshuo [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jiamei [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Yingying [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yingshi [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Tao [VerfasserIn]
You, Dingyun [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zaiyi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
CA-19-9 Antigen
CA19-9
CEA
Carcinoembryonic Antigen
Colorectal cancer
Interaction
Journal Article
Multicenter Study

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Date Completed 12.09.2022

Date Revised 13.09.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12885-022-10051-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM345932684