High Rate of Positive Circumferential Resection Margins Following Rectal Cancer Surgery
- 1 December 2015
- journal article
- other
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Annals of Surgery
- Vol. 262 (6), 891-898
- https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000001391
Abstract
Objectives : To identify predictors of positive circumferential resection margin following rectal cancer resection in the United States. Background: Positive circumferential resection margin is associated with a high rate of local recurrence and poor morbidity and mortality for rectal cancer patients. Prior study has shown poor compliance with national rectal cancer guidelines, but whether this finding is reflected in patient outcomes has yet to be shown. Methods: Patients who underwent resection for stage I-III rectal cancer were identified from the 2010–2011 National Cancer Database. The primary outcome was a positive circumferential resection margin. The relationship between patient, hospital, tumor, and treatment-related characteristics was analyzed using bivariate and multivariate analysis. Results: A positive circumferential resection margin was noted in 2859 (17.2%) of the 16,619 patients included. Facility location, clinical T and N stage, histologic type, tumor size, tumor grade, lymphovascular invasion, perineural invasion, type of operation, and operative approach were significant predictors of positive circumferential resection margin on multivariable analysis. Total proctectomy had nearly a 30% increased risk of positive margin compared with partial proctectomy (OR 1.293, 95%CI 1.185–1.411) and a laparoscopic approach had nearly 22% less risk of a positive circumferential resection margin compared with an open approach (OR 0.882, 95%CI 0.790–0.985). Conclusions: Despite advances in surgical technique and multimodality therapy, rates of positive circumferential resection margin remain high in the United States. Several tumor and treatment characteristics were identified as independent risk factors, and advances in rectal cancer care are necessary to approach the outcomes seen in other countries.Keywords
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