Takeharu Yamanaka, Eiji Oki, Kentaro Yamazaki, Kensei Yamaguchi, Kei Muro, Hiroyuki Uetake, Takeo Sato, Tomohiro Nishina, Masataka Ikeda, Takeshi Kato, Akiyoshi Kanazawa, Tetsuya Kusumoto, Calvin Chao, Margarita Lopatin, Jayadevi Krishnakumar, Helen Bailey, Kiwamu Akagi, Atsushi Ochiai, Atsushi Ohtsu, Yasuo Ohashi, Takayuki Yoshino
PURPOSE: The 12-gene Recurrence Score assay has been validated in resected stage II colon cancer treated with or without chemotherapy and resected stage III disease treated with chemotherapy. This study evaluated the 12-gene Recurrence Score assay for stage II and III colon cancer without chemotherapy to reveal the natural course of recurrence risk in stage III disease. METHODS: A cohort-sampling design was used. From 1,487 consecutive patients with stage II to III disease who had surgery alone, 630 patients were sampled for inclusion with a 1:2 ratio of recurrence and nonrecurrence...
August 20, 2016: Journal of Clinical Oncology