T3 versus T4a staging challenges in deeply invasive colonic adenocarcinomas and correlation with clinical outcomes.

Modern Pathology : an Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc
Robert Pantaleon VasquezDipti M Karamchandani

Abstract

Despite the latest 8th edition American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Manual guidelines, disagreement still exists among pathologists regarding staging deeply invasive colonic adenocarcinomas ≤1 mm to the serosal surface. In this retrospective study, 151 untreated colonic adenocarcinomas staged initially as either pT3 or pT4a and with available 5-year follow-up data were retrieved and re-categorized: Group 1 (38 cases): pT4a with tumor at the serosa; Group 2 (49 cases): tumor ≤1 mm from the serosa, with intervening reactive fibrosis (40/49) or inflammation (9/49); Group 3 (64 cases): pT3 tumor >1 mm from the serosa. Clinical outcomes were analyzed. Groups 1 and 2 tumors showed significantly lower 5-year recurrence-free survival and lower overall survival rates (log-rank p < 0.001 for both), when compared with Group 3 tumors. Even after adjusting for adjuvant therapy and nodal metastases, the proportional hazards ratios for the risk of death (p < 0.001) and risk of recurrence (p = 0.005) showed significantly higher risk in Groups 1 and 2 compared with Group 3. The synchronous nodal (p = 0.012) and metachronous distant metastases (p = 0.004) were also significantly more in Groups 1 and 2 versus Group 3. Colonic adenocarcinoma...Continue Reading

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