Unfavorable effect of small tumor size on cause-specific survival in stage IIA colon cancer, a SEER-based study
Unfavorable effect of small tumor size on cause-specific survival in stage IIA colon cancer, a SEER-based study
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DOI:
10.1007/s00384-014-2056-y
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发表时间:
2015-01-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Cai, Guoxiang
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作者:
Wang, Yuwei;Zhuo, Changhua;Cai, Guoxiang
Background We sought to determine the prognostic role of tumor size on cause-specific survival (CSS) of patients with stage IIA colon cancer.Methods Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database was utilized to identify patients with stage IIA colorectal cancer (examined lymph nodes a parts per thousand yen12) diagnosed from 1988 to 2003. The prognostic effect of tumor size on CSS was evaluated by univariate and multivariate analyses.Results A total of 8775 patients were enrolled in the analysis. The median follow-up time was 109 months. As determined by minimal P value method, tumor sizes of 2.5 and 6.0 cm were used as optimal cutoff value to divide the cohort. The 8-year CSS of colon cancer with tumor sizes a parts per thousand currency sign2.5, 2.6-6.0, and > 6.0 cm was 81.6, 86.2, and 86.7 % respectively (P = 0.003). In the multivariate analysis of colon cancer, using a parts per thousand currency sign2.5-cm tumors as reference, decreased hazard ratio (HR) of CSS was observed in 2.6-6.0 cm (HR, 0.736; 95 % confidence interval (CI), 0.599-0.905; P = 0.004) and > 6.0 cm (HR, 0.770; 95 % CI, 0.619-0.958; P = 0.019) tumors.Conclusions In stage IIA colon cancer, small tumor size represented a subset with decreased CSS. Further studies are merited to validate the unfavorable prognostic role of small tumor size in stage IIA colon cancer.