Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1782, USA.
Cancer. 2010 Aug 15;116(16):3883-91. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25271.
Patients with primary high-grade retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas have a 5-year disease-specific survival (DSS) of <40%. The impact of neoadjuvant therapy on histopathologic response and DSS are unknown.
From 1987 to 2007, 55 patients with primary high-grade retroperitoneal sarcoma received neoadjuvant therapy. All patients underwent surgical resection, and response was assessed histopathologically. Patients with >or=95% pathologic necrosis were classified as responders. Clinicopathologic variables were analyzed for association with DSS. Observed DSS was then compared with the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Sarcoma Nomogram predicted DSS.
The median tumor size was 15 cm, and the median follow-up time for survivors was 68 months. The 5-year DSS for all 55 patients was 47% and did not significantly differ from the 37% predicted by the sarcoma nomogram for such patients (P=.44). Fourteen (25%) of the patients had >or=95% pathologic necrosis and were defined as responders; 41 (75%) were nonresponders. The 5-year DSS for responders was 83%. This was significantly better than the 5-year DSS of 34% for nonresponders (P=.002) and the 39% predicted by the sarcoma nomogram for responders (P=.018). The 34% 5-year DSS for nonresponders did not significantly differ from the 35% predicted by the sarcoma nomogram (P=.51).
Neoadjuvant therapy was not associated with an overall improvement in DSS in patients with primary high-grade retroperitoneal sarcoma compared with the sarcoma nomogram prediction. Histopathologic response to neoadjuvant therapy was associated with a significantly improved DSS compared with nonresponders and with the sarcoma nomogram prediction for such patients.
原发性高级腹膜后软组织肉瘤患者的 5 年疾病特异性生存率(DSS)<40%。新辅助治疗对组织病理学反应和 DSS 的影响尚不清楚。
1987 年至 2007 年,55 例原发性高级腹膜后肉瘤患者接受新辅助治疗。所有患者均接受手术切除,并进行组织病理学评估。将>或=95%的病理坏死患者归类为应答者。分析临床病理变量与 DSS 的关系。观察到的 DSS 然后与 Memorial Sloan-Kettering 癌症中心肉瘤预测计预测的 DSS 进行比较。
中位肿瘤大小为 15cm,幸存者的中位随访时间为 68 个月。55 例患者的 5 年 DSS 为 47%,与此类患者肉瘤预测计预测的 37%无显著差异(P=.44)。14 例(25%)患者的病理坏死>或=95%,定义为应答者;41 例(75%)为无应答者。应答者的 5 年 DSS 为 83%。这明显优于无应答者的 5 年 DSS(34%)(P=.002)和应答者的肉瘤预测计预测的 39%(P=.018)。无应答者的 5 年 DSS 为 34%,与肉瘤预测计预测的 35%无显著差异(P=.51)。
与肉瘤预测计相比,新辅助治疗并未使原发性高级腹膜后肉瘤患者的 DSS 总体改善。新辅助治疗对组织病理学的反应与无应答者相比,与肉瘤预测计预测的此类患者的反应明显改善。