From the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Farooq, Keehn, Xu, Kong, Quan, MacLean); the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Keehn, Xu, Kong, Cheung, Quan); and the Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Xu, Kong, Cheung, Quan).
From the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Farooq, Keehn, Xu, Kong, Quan, MacLean); the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Keehn, Xu, Kong, Cheung, Quan); and the Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Xu, Kong, Cheung, Quan)
Can J Surg. 2023 Feb 15;66(1):E71-E78. doi: 10.1503/cjs.024320. Print 2023 Jan-Feb.
The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) is increasing among young adults. We sought to report on patient and disease characteristics, treatment practice patterns and outcomes in this population.
We conducted a retrospective cohort study using administrative health data from the Alberta Cancer Registry (2004-2015), including demographic and tumour characteristics, and treatment received. Outcome measures included overall and cancer-specific deaths. We used Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier curves to assess for factors associated with survival.
We included 18 070 patients with CRC ( = 1583 [8.8%] < 50 yr, = 16 487 [91.2 %] ≥ 50 yr). Younger patients were more likely to present with locally advanced disease (21.0% v. 18.0%, < 0.0001), stage III (16.4 % v. 14.6%, < 0.0001) or metastatic (16.7% v. 13.8%, < 0.0001) involvement. Younger patients were more likely to receive surgery (87.2% v. 80.9%, < 0.0001), chemotherapy (59.6% v. 34.1%, < 0.0001) or radiation therapy (49.5% v. 37.2%, < 0.001). At 5 years, overall and cancer-specific survival was better among younger patients than older patients (30.6% v. 51.5% overall deaths, 27.5% v. 38.4% cancer-specific deaths, < 0.0001).
Despite higher stage and higher grade disease, young patients with CRC had more favourable oncologic outcomes than stage-matched older patients, which may be related to younger patients receiving more aggressive treatment. Further investigation should focus on optimal treatment patterns for young patients with CRC.
结直肠癌(CRC)在年轻人中的发病率正在上升。我们旨在报告该人群的患者和疾病特征、治疗实践模式和结果。
我们使用来自艾伯塔省癌症登记处(2004-2015 年)的行政健康数据进行了回顾性队列研究,包括人口统计学和肿瘤特征以及所接受的治疗。结果测量包括总生存率和癌症特异性生存率。我们使用 Cox 回归和 Kaplan-Meier 曲线评估与生存相关的因素。
我们纳入了 18070 例 CRC 患者(<50 岁 1583 例[8.8%],≥50 岁 16487 例[91.2%])。年轻患者更有可能出现局部晚期疾病(21.0%比 18.0%,<0.0001)、III 期(16.4%比 14.6%,<0.0001)或转移性疾病(16.7%比 13.8%,<0.0001)。年轻患者更有可能接受手术(87.2%比 80.9%,<0.0001)、化疗(59.6%比 34.1%,<0.0001)或放疗(49.5%比 37.2%,<0.001)。5 年时,年轻患者的总生存率和癌症特异性生存率均优于年长患者(总死亡 30.6%比 51.5%,癌症特异性死亡 27.5%比 38.4%,<0.0001)。
尽管年轻患者的疾病分期和分级更高,但他们的肿瘤学结果优于分期匹配的年长患者,这可能与年轻患者接受更积极的治疗有关。进一步的研究应集中在为年轻 CRC 患者确定最佳治疗模式上。