Efficacy and safety of chemotherapy in young patients with advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma : data from the Spanish AGAMENON-SEOM registry

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BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma in young adults (GCYA) counts for 10-15% of diagnoses. Previous studies have mainly focused on surgical outcomes in patients with resectable tumors; however, systemic therapy for advanced GCYA remains under-evaluated. This study aims to assess the efficacy-related outcomes and safety of first-line chemotherapy (CT) in younger versus older patients with advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma.

METHODS: Patients with advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma from the AGAMENON-SEOM registry treated with first-line polychemotherapy between January 2008 and October 2022 were included. We compared clinicopathological features, therapies received, efficacy-related outcomes, and toxicity between individuals aged < and ≥ 45 years.

RESULTS: Out of 3386 patients, 263 (7.8%) were < 45 years. Young patients exhibited a higher proportion of females affected, lower ECOG-PS ≥ 2, fewer comorbidities, and more aggressive disease-related features, such as higher proportion of diffuse subtype, signet-ring cells, plastic linitis, grade 3, peritoneal metastases and metastatic disease at diagnosis. They received more triple-agent combinations and underwent more surgeries in metastatic setting. No significant differences were observed between groups in overall response rate (53.1% vs. 52.3% in < and ≥ 45 years, respectively, p = 0.579), progression-free survival (6.1 vs. 6.83 months, p = 0.158) and overall survival (11.07 vs. 10.81 months, p = 0.82), even after adjusting for potential confounding factors. Grade 3-4 adverse events were comparable in both groups, although toxicity leading to treatment discontinuation was more frequent in older patients.

CONCLUSIONS: In the AGAMENON-SEOM registry, younger patients with GCYA exhibited more aggressive clinicopathological features, and despite receiving more aggressive treatments, similar efficacy outcomes and toxicity profiles were achieved compared to their older counterparts. In the AGAMENON-SEOM registry, GEAC in < 45 years showed more aggressive clinicopathological features and, although treated with more intense first-line CT regimens, similar efficacy outcomes and toxicity were achieved compared to older patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association - 27(2024), 1 vom: 14. Jan., Seite 131-145

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pérez-Wert, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Custodio, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Jimenez-Fonseca, Paula [VerfasserIn]
Carmona-Bayonas, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Lecumberri, Arturo [VerfasserIn]
Cacho Lavin, Diego [VerfasserIn]
Losantos García, Itsaso [VerfasserIn]
Fernández Montes, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Cano, Juana María [VerfasserIn]
Limón, María Luisa [VerfasserIn]
Hernández San Gil, Raquel [VerfasserIn]
Diez, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Vidal Tocino, Rosario [VerfasserIn]
Macías Declara, Ismael [VerfasserIn]
Visa, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Pimentel Cáceres, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Gil Raga, Mireia [VerfasserIn]
Martínez Moreno, Elia [VerfasserIn]
Sauri, Tamara [VerfasserIn]
Martín Richard, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Granja, Mónica [VerfasserIn]
Cerdà, Paula [VerfasserIn]
Gómez González, Lucía [VerfasserIn]
Mérida-García, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz Martín, Maribel [VerfasserIn]
Gallego, Javier [VerfasserIn]
AGAMENON-SEOM study group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Efficacy-related outcomes
First-line chemotherapy
Gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma
Journal Article
Toxicity
Young patients

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Date Completed 04.01.2024

Date Revised 18.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10120-023-01443-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364556447