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Oncological results in rectal cancer patients with a subcentimetre distal margin after laparoscopic-assisted sphincter-preserving surgery.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Distal resection margin (DRM) is closely associated with sphincter-preserving surgery and oncological safety for patients with mid-low rectal cancers. However, the optimal DRM has not been determined.

Methods

Data of 378 rectal cancer patients who underwent laparoscopic-assisted sphincter-preserving surgery from 2009 to 2015 were retrospectively analysed. Patients were divided into two groups based on DRM: ≤1 cm (n = 74) and >1 cm (n = 304). To minimize the differences between the two groups, propensity-score matching on baseline features was performed.

Results

Before propensity-score matching, no significant differences in 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) (92.8% versus 81.3%, P = 0.128) and 5-year overall survival (OS) (83.7% versus 82.2%, P = 0.892) were observed in patients with DRMs of ≤1 cm (n = 74) and >1 cm (n = 304), respectively. After propensity-score matching (1:1), there were also no significant differences in DFS (88.1% versus 78.2%, P = 0.162) and OS (84.5% versus 84.9%, P = 0.420) between the DRM of ≤1 cm group (n = 65) and >1 cm group (n = 65), respectively. A total of 44 patients received preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT). In this cohort, the 5-year local recurrence (LR) rates (P = 0.118) and the 5-year DFS rates (P = 0.298) were not significantly different between the two groups. A total of 334 patients received surgery without neoadjuvant CRT. There were also no significant differences in the 5-year LR rates (P = 0.150) and 5-year DFS rates (P = 0.172) between the two groups.

Conclusions

When aiming to achieve at least a 1-2 cm distal clinical resection margin, a histological resection margin of <1 cm on the DRM gave equivalent clinical outcomes to a DRM of >1 cm.

SUBMITTER: Zhang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9305552 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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