Impact of chemotherapy delay on long-term prognosis of laparoscopic radical surgery for locally advanced gastric cancer: a pooled analysis of four randomized controlled trials.
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Abstract
Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy following curative surgery for locally advanced gastric cancer (AGC) significantly improves long-term patient prognosis. However, delayed chemotherapy (DC), in which patients are unable to receive timely treatment, is a common phenomenon in clinical practice for various reasons. This study aimed to investigate the impact of DC on the prognosis of patients with stage II-III locally AGC and explore the associated risk factors.
Methods: Data from four prospective studies were included in the pooled analysis. The planned chemotherapy (PC) group was defined as the time interval between surgery and the first chemotherapy ≤ 49 d, while the DC group was defined as the time interval between surgery and chemotherapy > 49 d. The prognosis, recurrence, and risk factors were compared, and a nomogram for predicting DC was established.
Results: In total, 596 patients were included, of whom 531 (89.1%) had PC and 65 (10.9%) had DC. Survival analysis revealed that the 5-year overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were significantly lower in the DC group than those in the PC group (log-rank P < 0.001). Cox univariable and multivariable analyses showed that DC was an independent risk factor for OS and DFS in stage II-III patients (P < 0.05). Based on the significant factors for DC, a prediction model was established that had a good fit, high accuracy (AUC = 0.780), and clinical applicability in both the training and validation sets.
Conclusion: Delayed chemotherapy after gastrectomy is associated with poor long-term prognosis in patients with locally advanced stage II-III GC disease. But standardized, full-cycle adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery may play a remedial role, and can to a certain extent compensate the poor effects caused by delayed chemotherapy.
背景:局部晚期胃癌(AGC)根治性手术后的辅助化疗可显著改善患者的长期预后。然而,由于各种原因,患者无法及时接受化疗的延迟化疗(DC)现象在临床实践中十分常见。本研究旨在探讨延迟化疗对II-III期局部AGC患者预后的影响,并探讨相关风险因素:方法:将四项前瞻性研究的数据纳入汇总分析。计划化疗(PC)组的定义是手术与首次化疗之间的时间间隔≤49 d,而DC组的定义是手术与化疗之间的时间间隔大于49 d。比较了预后、复发和风险因素,并建立了预测DC的提名图:共纳入 596 例患者,其中 531 例(89.1%)为 PC 型,65 例(10.9%)为 DC 型。生存期分析显示,DC 组的 5 年总生存期(OS)和无病生存期(DFS)明显低于 PC 组(对数秩 P 结论:DC 组的 5 年总生存期和无病生存期明显低于 PC 组(对数秩 P 结论:DC 组的 5 年总生存期和无病生存期明显低于 PC 组):胃切除术后延迟化疗与局部晚期II-III期GC患者的长期预后不良有关。但术后规范的全周期辅助化疗可起到补救作用,可在一定程度上弥补延迟化疗带来的不良后果。
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