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Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 28, Issue 10 621-625, Copyright © 1998 by Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research

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Outcome of local excision for locally invasive rectal carcinomas with special reference to histological features at the invasive margin

T Masaki, M Ono and T Muto
Department of Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan. masaki-isu@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp

BACKGROUND: Several researchers reported promising results that local excision with or without postoperative chemo-radiation therapy is an alternative approach for sphincter preservation in patients with locally invasive rectal carcinomas. However, indications and long-term results have not yet been determined. METHODS: Demographic and pathological characteristics of eight patients with locally invasive tumors undergoing initially local excision were reviewed with reference to histological features at the invasive margin. RESULTS: All the tumors were well differentiated adenocarcinomas. In all but two tumors, the invasion was limited within the proper muscle layer. Radiation therapy was given preoperatively in one patient and postoperatively in two patients. Additional bowel resection was not attempted in these three cases. Among the remaining five patients, two received additional bowel resection with lymph node dissection. No lymph node metastasis was observed in these two patients. During the average follow-up period of 55 months, three patients had regional lymph node metastases at 7, 36 and 72 months, respectively. Another patient had regional lymph node and distant metastases at 5 months. Three out of five patients with moderate to severe grade of dedifferentiated histology at the invasive margin (H-inv) had regional lymph node metastases. On the other hand, one out of three patients with mild H-inv had lymph node metastases. CONCLUSIONS: H-inv may be useful as a clinical predictor of lymph node metastasis. However, more experience is needed to confirm the usefulness of H-inv in selecting invasive rectal cancer patients in whom local excision is safe and appropriate.
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