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Published on: March 24, 2023
Surgical resection after endoscopic resection in patients with T1 colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis
Yuan Tian1, Long Rong2, Yongchen Ma1
1Department of Endoscopy Center, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, China.
Purpose:
Additional surgical resection (ASR) after endoscopic resection (ER) in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) allows a complete staging and may decrease the recurrence rate, but no meta-analysis is available. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of ER vs. ER + ASR as a treatment for patients with T1 (stage 1) CRC.
Methods:
We performed a systematic search from databases (PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane library) for cohort studies published up to November 2019. The outcomes were overall survival (OS), local recurrence, recurrence, disease-specific survival, recurrence-free survival, and metastasis.
Results:
Seven studies were included. There were 1205 patients in the ASR group and 993 patients in the ER group. Compared with ER, ASR was associated with better OS (OR = 0.31, 95% CI: 0.18-0.53, P < 0.001) and a borderline significant difference in lower local recurrence rates (OR = 0.29, 95% CI: 0.08-1.01, P = 0.052), but no differences were observed in recurrences, disease-specific survival, recurrence-free survival, and distant metastasis. A sensitivity analysis was performed; excluding each study sequentially from the pooled analysis did not affect the overall conclusion of the study.
Conclusion:
Compared with ER, ASR after ER could improve the overall survival for patients with T1 CRC.

