Endoscopic ultrasonography is an independent predictive factor of prognosis in locally advanced esophageal cancer. Results from the randomized FFCD 9102 study from the Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive.

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Date publication

mars 2008

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BEDENNE Laurent, Pr BOUCHE Olivier, Pr CONROY Thierry


Tous les auteurs :
Burtin P, Bouche O, Giovannini M, Pelletier M, Conroy T, Ruget O, Arsene D, Milan C, Bedenne L

Résumé

BACKGROUND: No multivariate study has assessed the independent prognostic role of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) in esophageal cancer, even when considering computed tomography (CT). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prognostic value of EUS in esophageal cancer before exclusive or preoperative radiochemotherapy. METHODS: From 1993 to 1999, the FFCD 9102 study enrolled 444 patients who had cancer of the thoracic esophagus, stages T3-4, N0-1 and M0 on CT. The patients received two sessions of chemotherapy in addition to radiotherapy. The 259 patients with objective response and no contraindications for further treatment were randomized to undergo surgery or to continue with radiochemotherapy. EUS was performed in 174 patients enrolled in the trial (mean age: 59 years). Tumor characteristics and lymph node status were prospectively recorded. A Cox statistical model was used to identify any predictive prognostic factors among the clinical, EUS and CT data. RESULTS: In the multivariate analysis, three factors were associated with a poor prognosis: inability to ingest solid food (OR: 1.98; P=0.0008); more than three neoplastic subdiaphragmatic lymph nodes (LN) on EUS (OR: 2.41; P65 (OR: 1.53; P

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Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2008 Mar;32(3):213-20