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- Title
Carcinoembryonic Antigen Improves the Performance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Prediction of Pathologic Response after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Patients with Rectal Cancer.
- Authors
Gyu Sang Yoo; Hee Chul Park; Jeong Il Yu; Doo Ho Choi; Won Kyung Cho; Young Suk Park; Joon Oh Park; Ho Yeong Lim; Won Ki Kang; Woo Yong Lee; Hee Cheol Kim; Seong Hyeon Yong Beom Cho; Yoon Ah Park; Kyoung Doo Song; Seok-Hyung Kim; Sang Yun Ha
- Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels in improving the performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the prediction of pathologic response after the neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NCRT) for patients with rectal cancer. Materials and Methods We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 524 rectal cancer patients who underwent NCRT and total mesorectal excision between January 2009 and December 2014. The performances of MRI with or without CEA parameters (initial CEA and CEA dynamics) for prediction of pathologic tumor response grade (pTRG) were compared by receiver-operating characteristic analysis with DeLong's method. Cox regression was used to identify the independent factors associated to pTRG and disease-free survival (DFS) after NCRT. Results The median follow-up was 64.0 months (range, 3.0 to 113.0 months). On multivariate analysis, poor tumor regression grade on MRI (mrTRG; p < 0.001), initial CEA (p < 0.001) and the mesorectal fascia involvement on MRI before NCRT (mrMFI; p=0.054) showed association with poor pTRG. The mrTRG plus CEA parameters showed significantly improved performances in the prediction of pTRG than mrTRG alone. All of mrTRG, mrMFI, and initial CEA were also identified as independent factors associated with DFS. The initial CEA further discriminated DFS in the subgroups with good mrTRG or that without mrMFI. Conclusion The CEA parameters significantly improved the performance of MRI in the prediction of pTRG after NCRT for patients with rectal cancer. The DFS was further discriminated by initial CEA level in the groups with favorable MRI parameters.
- Subjects
CARCINOEMBRYONIC antigen; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; RECTAL cancer; FORECASTING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY
- Publication
Cancer Research & Treatment, 2020, Vol 52, Issue 2, p446
- ISSN
1598-2998
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4143/crt.2019.261