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Clinical and Prognostic Features of Patients With Esophageal Cancer and Multiple Primary Cancers: A Retrospective Single-institution Study.
Annals of Surgery 2018 March
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical and prognostic characteristics of patients with esophageal cancer and multiple primary cancers.
SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Patients with esophageal cancer frequently have multiple primary cancers, the presence of which may complicate physicians' decision-making because the clinical and prognostic features of such patients remain unknown.
METHODS: This retrospective single-institution study included 538 consecutive patients who had undergone resection of esophageal cancer. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to compute the hazard ratio (HR) for mortality.
RESULTS: At the time of surgery, 163 patients (30%) had multiple primary cancers (77, metachronous; 86, synchronous). Multiple primary cancers were significantly associated with alcohol use and tobacco smoking (Brinkman index). Patients with synchronous cancers had significantly shorter overall survival than those without multiple primary cancers (log-rank P = 0.032; univariate HR = 1.53, 95% confidence interval 1.02-2.17, P = 0.040; multivariate HR: 1.61; 95% confidence interval: 1.08-2.36; P = 0.020). Patients with metachronous cancers had similar prognoses to those without multiple primary cancers. The prognostic effect of synchronous cancers on overall survival was particularly prominent in patients with Stage I esophageal cancer (log-rank P = 0.0002).
CONCLUSIONS: Multiple primary cancers are associated with a history of tobacco and alcohol use, supporting the concept of field cancerization. Synchronous multiple primary cancers may be an independent predictor of poorer long-term survival in patients undergoing resection of esophageal cancers.
SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Patients with esophageal cancer frequently have multiple primary cancers, the presence of which may complicate physicians' decision-making because the clinical and prognostic features of such patients remain unknown.
METHODS: This retrospective single-institution study included 538 consecutive patients who had undergone resection of esophageal cancer. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to compute the hazard ratio (HR) for mortality.
RESULTS: At the time of surgery, 163 patients (30%) had multiple primary cancers (77, metachronous; 86, synchronous). Multiple primary cancers were significantly associated with alcohol use and tobacco smoking (Brinkman index). Patients with synchronous cancers had significantly shorter overall survival than those without multiple primary cancers (log-rank P = 0.032; univariate HR = 1.53, 95% confidence interval 1.02-2.17, P = 0.040; multivariate HR: 1.61; 95% confidence interval: 1.08-2.36; P = 0.020). Patients with metachronous cancers had similar prognoses to those without multiple primary cancers. The prognostic effect of synchronous cancers on overall survival was particularly prominent in patients with Stage I esophageal cancer (log-rank P = 0.0002).
CONCLUSIONS: Multiple primary cancers are associated with a history of tobacco and alcohol use, supporting the concept of field cancerization. Synchronous multiple primary cancers may be an independent predictor of poorer long-term survival in patients undergoing resection of esophageal cancers.
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