TY - JOUR
T1 - Complete pathologic response after preoperative chemotherapy for colorectal liver metastases
T2 - Myth or reality?
AU - Adam, René
AU - Wicherts, Dennis A.
AU - De Haas, Robbert J.
AU - Aloia, Thomas
AU - Lévi, Francis
AU - Paule, Bernard
AU - Guettier, Catherine
AU - Kunstlinger, Francis
AU - Delvart, Valérie
AU - Azoulay, Daniel
AU - Castaing, Denis
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Purpose: Complete clinical response (CCR) of colorectal liver metastases (CLM) following chemotherapy is of limited predictive value for complete pathologic response (CPR) and cure of the disease. The objective of this study was to determine predictive factors of CPR as well as its impact on survival. Patients and Methods: From January 1985 to July 2006, 767 consecutive patients with CLM underwent liver resection after systemic chemotherapy. Patients with CPR were compared with patients without CPR. Results: Twenty-nine of 767 (4%) patients had CPR, and none of these 29 patients had CCR. Patients with CPR (mean age, 54 years) had a mean number of 3.3 metastases at diagnosis (mean size, 29.3 mm). Objective response and stable disease were observed in 79% and 21% of cases, respectively. Postoperative mortality rate was 0%. After a median follow-up of 52.2 months (range, 1.1 to 193.0 months), overall 5-year survival was 76% for patients with CPR compared with 45% for patients without CPR (P = .004). Independent predictive factors for CPR were: age ≤ 60 years, size of metastases ≤ 3 cm at diagnosis, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level at diagnosis ≤ 30 ng/mL, and objective response following chemotherapy. The probability of CPR ranged from 0.2% when all factors were absent to 30.9% when all were present. Conclusion: CPR was observed in 4% of patients with CLM treated with preoperative chemotherapy. However, CPR may occur in almost one-third of objective responders age ≤ 60 years with metastases ≤ 3 cm and low CEA values. CPR is associated with uncommon high survival rates.
AB - Purpose: Complete clinical response (CCR) of colorectal liver metastases (CLM) following chemotherapy is of limited predictive value for complete pathologic response (CPR) and cure of the disease. The objective of this study was to determine predictive factors of CPR as well as its impact on survival. Patients and Methods: From January 1985 to July 2006, 767 consecutive patients with CLM underwent liver resection after systemic chemotherapy. Patients with CPR were compared with patients without CPR. Results: Twenty-nine of 767 (4%) patients had CPR, and none of these 29 patients had CCR. Patients with CPR (mean age, 54 years) had a mean number of 3.3 metastases at diagnosis (mean size, 29.3 mm). Objective response and stable disease were observed in 79% and 21% of cases, respectively. Postoperative mortality rate was 0%. After a median follow-up of 52.2 months (range, 1.1 to 193.0 months), overall 5-year survival was 76% for patients with CPR compared with 45% for patients without CPR (P = .004). Independent predictive factors for CPR were: age ≤ 60 years, size of metastases ≤ 3 cm at diagnosis, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level at diagnosis ≤ 30 ng/mL, and objective response following chemotherapy. The probability of CPR ranged from 0.2% when all factors were absent to 30.9% when all were present. Conclusion: CPR was observed in 4% of patients with CLM treated with preoperative chemotherapy. However, CPR may occur in almost one-third of objective responders age ≤ 60 years with metastases ≤ 3 cm and low CEA values. CPR is associated with uncommon high survival rates.
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U2 - 10.1200/JCO.2007.13.7471
DO - 10.1200/JCO.2007.13.7471
M3 - Article
C2 - 18375892
AN - SCOPUS:43249130975
SN - 0732-183X
VL - 26
SP - 1635
EP - 1641
JO - Journal of Clinical Oncology
JF - Journal of Clinical Oncology
IS - 10
ER -