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Free intraperitoneal tumor cells and outcome in gastric cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

AbstractPURPOSE:
Despite continuously improving therapies, gastric cancer still shows poor survival in locally advanced stages with local recurrence rates of up to 50% and peritoneal recurrence rates of 17% after curative surgery. We performed a systematic review with meta-analyses to clarify whether positive intraperitoneal cytology (IPC) indicates a high risk of disease recurrence and poor overall survival in gastric cancer.
METHODS:
Multiple databases were searched in December 2014 to identify studies on the prognostic significance of positive intraperitoneal cytology in gastric cancer, including: Medline, Biosis, Science Citation Index, Embase, CCMed and publisher databases. Hazard ratios (HR) and associated 95% confidence intervals (CI) were extracted from the identified studies. A meta-analysis was performed using a random-effects model on overall survival, disease-free survival and peritoneal recurrence free survival.
RESULTS:
A total of 64 studies with a cumulative sample size of 12,883 patients were included. Cytology, quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or both were performed in 35; 21 and 8 studies, respectively. Meta analyses revealed free intraperitoneal tumor cells (FITC) to be associated with poor overall survival in univariate (HR 3.27; 95% CI 2.82 - 3.78]) and multivariate (HR 2.45; 95% CI 2.04 - 2.94) analysis and poor peritoneal recurrence free survival in univariate (4.15; 95% CI 3.10 - 5.57) and multivariate (3.09; 95% CI 2.02 - 4.71) analysis. Subgroup analysis showed this effect to be independent of the detection method, Western or Asian origin or the time of publication.
CONCLUSIONS:
FITC oder positive peritoneal cytology is associated with poor survival and increased peritoneal recurrence in gastric cancer.
AuthorsMathieu Pecqueux, Johannes Fritzmann, Mariam Adamu, Kristian Thorlund, Christoph Kahlert, Christoph Reißfelder, Jürgen Weitz, Nuh N Rahbari
JournalOncotarget (Oncotarget) Vol. 6 Issue 34 Pg. 35564-78 (Nov 03 2015) ISSN: 1949-2553 [Electronic] United States
PMID26384352 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Meta-Analysis, Review, Systematic Review)
Topics
  • Animals
  • Histological Techniques (methods)
  • Humans
  • Peritoneum (pathology)
  • Prognosis
  • Stomach Neoplasms (diagnosis, mortality, surgery)
  • Survival Analysis
  • Treatment Outcome

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