The efficacy and safety of surgical treatment after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for cT4N+ colon cancer / 中华肿瘤杂志

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Objective@#To evaluate the safety and efficacy of surgical treatment after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) for patients with cT4N+ colon cancer, and to explore whether the indication of NCT for colon cancer can be extended from cT4b to cT4N+ .@*Methods@#The clinical data of 40 patients with cT4N+ colon cancer who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgical treatment was retrospectively analyzed. The safety of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, surgical complications, R0 resection rate, tumor regression grade and prognosis were evaluated.@*Results@#Of the 40 patients, 23 were male and 17 were female; the median age was 57 years old. All patients were well tolerated with chemotherapy, and only one case (1/40, 2.5%) had grade 3 chemotherapy-related adverse event. They all underwent surgery after chemotherapy, and 95.0% (38/40) achieved microscopically clear resection (R0). Of the 11 patients with cT4b, 54.5% (6/11) had undergone multivisceral resection (MVR). Postoperative pathological results showed that 12 patients had moderate to severe tumor regression, including one(1/40, 2.5%) achieved pathologic complete response (pCR). 29(72.5%) and 22 (55.0%) patients achieved down-staging of tumor T stage and N stage, respectively. The occurrence of surgical complications was 22.5% (9/40), including one case of anastomotic leakage (1/40, 2.5%). The 3-year disease-free survival and overall survival of the whole group were 75.0% and 80.0%, respectively.@*Conclusion@#Surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy is safe and effective for patients with cT4N+ colon cancer, therefore indications for neoadjuvant chemotherapy for advanced colon cancer can be extended to cT4N+ stage.