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Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Preoperative Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy in Patients with Early-onset Rectal Cancer.


ABSTRACT: Preoperative radiotherapy for early-stage rectal cancer has risks and benefits that may impact treatment choice in young patients. We reviewed radiotherapy use and outcomes for rectal cancer by age. Patients with early-stage rectal cancer in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 2002 to 2016 were identified (n = 6,232). Baseline characteristics, treatment response, overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), disease-specific survival (DSS), and locoregional recurrence rate (LRR) were compared between patients <50 (early-onset; n = 532) and ≥50 years old (average-onset; n = 5,700). Early-onset patients were more likely to receive preoperative chemoradiotherapy than short-course radiotherapy [OR, 2.20; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.67-2.89; P < 0.0001], but also had higher nodal (P = 0.00096) and overall clinical staging (P = 0.033). Cancer downstaging and pathologic complete response rates were similar in those receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy by age. Early-onset and average-onset patients had similar DSS (P = 0.91) and DFS (P = 0.27) in multivariate analysis unless non-colorectal deaths, which were higher in older patients, were censored in the DFS model (HR, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.01-1.68; P = 0.042). LRR also did not differ between age groups (P = 0.88). Outcomes did not differ based on radiotherapy type. Young patients with rectal cancer are more likely to present with higher staging and receive long-course chemoradiotherapy. DSS did not differ by age group; however, young patients had worse DFS when we censored competing risks of death in older patients.

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This population-based study suggests younger patients are more likely to receive chemoradiotherapy, potentially due to higher stage at diagnosis, and response is comparable by age.

SUBMITTER: Badesha JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078624 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Preoperative Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy in Patients with Early-onset Rectal Cancer.

Badesha Jasleen K JK   Zhou Marilyn M   Arif Arif A AA   Gill Sharlene S   Speers Caroline C   Peacock Michael M   De Vera Mary A MA   Stuart Heather C HC   Brown Carl J CJ   Donellan Fergal F   Loree Jonathan M JM  

Cancer research communications 20230406 4


Preoperative radiotherapy for early-stage rectal cancer has risks and benefits that may impact treatment choice in young patients. We reviewed radiotherapy use and outcomes for rectal cancer by age. Patients with early-stage rectal cancer in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 2002 to 2016 were identified (<i>n</i> = 6,232). Baseline characteristics, treatment response, overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), disease-specific survival (DSS), and locoregional recurrence rat  ...[more]

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