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Erik Osterman1,2, Artur Mezheyeuski3,4, Tobias Sjöblom3
1Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. erik.osterman@igp.uu.se.
Background:
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether pT3-4 and pN-subclassifications, lymph-node ratio (LNR), tumour deposits, pre- and postoperative carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), and C-reactive protein (CRP)-all parameters commonly collected in clinical management-add information about recurrence risk against a background of routine clinicopathological parameters as defined by the NCCN.
Methods:
The prospective cohort consisted of all 416 patients diagnosed with colon cancer stage I-III in Uppsala County between 2010 and 2015. Cox proportional hazard models were used to calculate hazard ratios for time to recurrence and overall survival. The results were compared with the entire Swedish population concerning parameters recorded in the national quality registry, SCRCR, during the same time period.
Results:
The Uppsala cohort was representative of the entire Swedish cohort. In unadjusted analyses, pT3-subclassification, pN-subclassification, LNR, tumour deposits, elevated postoperative CEA, and preoperative CRP correlated with recurrence. After adjusting for T-, N-stage, and NCCN risk factors, pN-subclassification, sidedness, and elevated postoperative CEA levels correlated with recurrence. Survival correlated with parameters associated with recurrence, LNR, and elevated postoperative CRP.
Conclusions:
Additional information on recurrence risk is available from several routinely recorded parameters, but most of the risk is predicted by the commonly used clinicopathological parameters.
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