Separation of Low- Versus High-grade Crohn's Disease-associated Small Bowel Carcinomas is Improved by Invasive Front Prognostic Marker Analysis.
Adenocarcinoma
/ epidemiology
Crohn Disease
/ diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Intestinal Neoplasms
/ epidemiology
Intestine, Small
/ pathology
Italy
/ epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Grading
/ methods
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasm Staging
Patient Selection
Prevalence
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Adenocarcinoma
grading
poorly differentiated cluster
tumour budding
Journal
Journal of Crohn's & colitis
ISSN: 1876-4479
Titre abrégé: J Crohns Colitis
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101318676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
13 Mar 2020
13 Mar 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
17
8
2019
medline:
5
1
2021
entrez:
17
8
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Crohn's disease-associated small bowel carcinoma is a rare event, usually reported to have a severe prognosis. However, in previous investigations we have found a minority of cases displaying a relatively favourable behaviour, thus outlining the need to improve the histopathological prediction of Crohn's disease-associated small bowel carcinoma prognosis. As in recent studies on colorectal cancer, a substantial improvement in prognostic evaluations has been provided by the histological analysis of the tumour invasive front; we therefore systematically analysed the tumour budding and poorly differentiated clusters in the invasive front of 47 Crohn's disease-associated small bowel carcinomas collected through the Small Bowel Cancer Italian Consortium. Both tumour budding and poorly differentiated cluster analyses proved highly effective in prognostic evaluation of Crohn's disease-associated small bowel carcinomas. In addition, they retained prognostic value when combined with two other parameters, i.e. glandular histology and stage I/II, both known to predict a relatively favourable small bowel carcinoma behaviour. In particular, association of tumour budding and poorly differentiated clusters in a combined invasive front score allowed identification of a minor subset of cancers [12/47, 25%] characterised by combined invasive front low grade coupled with a glandular histology and a low stage [I or II] and showing no cancer-related death during a median follow-up of 73.5 months. The improved distinction of lower- from higher-grade Crohn's disease-associated small bowel carcinomas provided by invasive front analysis should be of potential help in choosing appropriate therapy for these rare and frequently ominous neoplasms.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
OBJECTIVE
Crohn's disease-associated small bowel carcinoma is a rare event, usually reported to have a severe prognosis. However, in previous investigations we have found a minority of cases displaying a relatively favourable behaviour, thus outlining the need to improve the histopathological prediction of Crohn's disease-associated small bowel carcinoma prognosis.
METHODS
METHODS
As in recent studies on colorectal cancer, a substantial improvement in prognostic evaluations has been provided by the histological analysis of the tumour invasive front; we therefore systematically analysed the tumour budding and poorly differentiated clusters in the invasive front of 47 Crohn's disease-associated small bowel carcinomas collected through the Small Bowel Cancer Italian Consortium.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Both tumour budding and poorly differentiated cluster analyses proved highly effective in prognostic evaluation of Crohn's disease-associated small bowel carcinomas. In addition, they retained prognostic value when combined with two other parameters, i.e. glandular histology and stage I/II, both known to predict a relatively favourable small bowel carcinoma behaviour. In particular, association of tumour budding and poorly differentiated clusters in a combined invasive front score allowed identification of a minor subset of cancers [12/47, 25%] characterised by combined invasive front low grade coupled with a glandular histology and a low stage [I or II] and showing no cancer-related death during a median follow-up of 73.5 months.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The improved distinction of lower- from higher-grade Crohn's disease-associated small bowel carcinomas provided by invasive front analysis should be of potential help in choosing appropriate therapy for these rare and frequently ominous neoplasms.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31418007
pii: 5550404
doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjz140
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
295-302Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Informations de copyright
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