Abstract
Background and Objectives: We aim to investigate whether a difference exists between right-sided and left-sided colon cancer at the same disease stage and subsequent liver metastasis and identify whether tumor location can independently influence survival. Methods: Right-sided colon cancer was defined as malignancy arising from the cecum to the transverse colon; left-sided colon cancer was defined as malignancy arising from the splenic flexure to the sigmoid colon. Clinicopathological features and survival data were collected for analysis. Results: Overall, 1442 patients were included for analysis. The median follow-up time was 58.2 months. Patients with left-sided colon cancer had better 5-year overall survival (75.2% vs 61.7%, P = 0.005), 5-year cancer-specific survival (81.6% vs 73.4%, P = 0.001), and 5-year recurrence-free survival (70.9% vs 66.5%, P = 0.033) compared with patients having right-sided colon cancer. After the presentation of subsequent liver metastasis, patients with primary left-sided colon cancer had better 3-year cancer-specific survival (P < 0.001). In the multivariate analysis, cancer location was an independent prognostic factor for cancer-specific survival (right vs left, HR: 1.276, 95% CI: 1.002-1.625). Conclusions: The primary tumor location can serve as a prognostic factor for treatment outcomes either in primary stage III colon cancer or subsequent liver metastasis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1301-1310 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Surgical Oncology |
Volume | 118 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 12 2018 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- colon cancer
- left
- liver metastasis
- location
- outcome
- right