ArticleAnnals of surgical treatment and research2019
Obesity as an independent predictive factor for pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in rectal cancer.
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- Assessing the predictive value of clinical factors to pathological complete response for locally advanced rectal cancer: An analysis of 124 patients.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- The impact of sarcopenia on pathologic complete response following neoadjuvant chemoradiation in rectal cancer.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2020Article
- PCSK1 Overexpression in Rectal Cancer Correlates with Poor Response to Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy and Prognosis.OncoTargets and therapy · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThe predictive role of obesity on pathologic complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemoradiation (nCRT) in rectal cancer remains controversial. This study aimed to evaluate the association between obesity and pathologic response in patients with rectal cancer following nCRT.
methodsA total of 320 patients with primary rectal cancer who underwent curative resection after nCRT between January 2010 and September 2014 were enrolled in this study. Obesity was defined as body mass index of ≥25 kg/m
resultsAmong the included patients, 23.4% (n = 75) were obese, and 14.7% (n = 47) showed pCR. Baseline characteristics were generally similar between obese and nonobese patients, except that women (P = 0.001) and cT2 tumors (P = 0.001) were more common in the obese group. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that obesity (odds ratio [OR] = 2.051; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.009-4.168), cT2 (OR, 3.614; 95% CI, 1.166-11.202), and pretreatment carcinoembryonic antigen <5 ng/mL (OR, 2.921; 95% CI, 1.365-6.253) were independent predictors for pCR. Obesity was not associated with disease-free survival or local recurrence-free survival.
conclusionObesity was an independent predictive factor for pCR following nCRT in rectal cancer, but was not associated with recurrence. Further studies are needed to clarify the association between obesity and prognosis of rectal cancer after nCRT.
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