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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 13 |
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Specific causes of recurrence after surgery and mortality in patients with colorectal cancer: A competing risks survival analysis
Malihe Safari1, Hossein Mahjub2, Habib Esmaeili3, Mohammad Abbasi4, Ghodratollah Roshanaei5
1 Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
2 Department of Biostatistics, Research Center for Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
3 Principal Statistician, Staburo GmbH, Munich, Germany
4 Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
5 Department of Biostatistics, Modeling of Noncommunicable Diseases Research Canter, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Ghodratollah Roshanaei
Department of Biostatistics, Modeling of Noncommunicable Diseases Research Canter, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan 65175-4171
Iran
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/jrms.JRMS_430_20
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Background: In situation where there are more than one cause of occurring the outcome such as recurrence after surgery and death, the assumption of classical survival analyses are not satisfied. To cover this issue, this study aimed at utilizing competing risks survival analysis to assess the specific risk factors of local-distance recurrence and mortality in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) undergoing surgery. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, 254 patients with CRC undergoing resection surgery were studied. Data of the outcome from the available documents in the hospital were gathered. Furthermore, based on pathological report, the diagnosis of CRC was considered. We model the risk factors on the hazard of recurrence and death using competing risk survival in R3.6.1 software. Results: A total of 114 patients had local or distant recurrence (21 local recurrences, 72 distant recurrences, and 21 local and distant recurrence). Pathological stage (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR] = 4.28 and 5.37 for stage 3 and 4, respectively), tumor site (AHR = 2.45), recurrence (AHR = 3.92) and age (AHR = 3.15 for age >70) was related to hazard of death. Also based on cause-specific hazard model, pathological stage (AHR = 7.62 for stage 4), age (AHR = 1.46 for age >70), T stage (AHR = 1.8 and 2.7 for T3 and T4, respectively), N stage (AHR = 2.59 for N2), and white blood cells (AHR = 1.95) increased the hazard of recurrence in patients with CRC. Conclusion: This study showed that older age, higher pathological, rectum tumor site and presence of recurrence were independent risk factors for mortality among CRC patients. Also age, higher T/N stage, higher pathological stage and higher values of WBC were significantly related to higher hazard of local/distance recurrence of patients with CRC.
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