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Impact of body mass index on outcomes and treatment-related toxicity in patients with stage II and III rectal cancer: findings from Intergroup Trial 0114.

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Meyerhardt, JA; Tepper, JE; Niedzwiecki, D; Hollis, DR; McCollum, AD; Brady, D; O'Connell, MJ; Mayer, RJ; Cummings, B; Willett, C; Benson, AB ...
Published in: J Clin Oncol
February 15, 2004

PURPOSE: To study the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and rates of sphincter-preserving operations, overall survival, cancer recurrence, and treatment-related toxicities in patients with rectal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We evaluated a nested cohort of 1,688 patients with stage II and III rectal cancer participating in a randomized trial of postoperative fluorouracil-based chemotherapy and radiation therapy. RESULTS: Obese patients were more likely to undergo an abdominoperineal resection (APR) than normal-weight patients (odds ratio, 1.77; 95% CI, 1.27 to 2.46). When analyzed by sex, increasing adiposity in men was a strong predictor of having an APR (P <.0001). Obese men with rectal cancer were also more likely than normal-weight men to have a local recurrence (hazard ratio [HR], 1.61; 95% CI, 1.00 to 2.59). In contrast, obesity was not predictive of cancer recurrence in women, nor was BMI predictive of overall mortality in either men or women. Underweight patients had an increased risk of death (HR, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.08 to 1.89) compared with normal-weight patients but no increase in cancer recurrences. Among all study participants, obese patients had a significantly lower rate of grade 3 to 4 leukopenia, neutropenia, and stomatitis and a lower rate of any grade 3 or worse toxicity when compared with normal-weight individuals. CONCLUSION: Increasing BMI in male patients with rectal cancer is associated with a decreased likelihood of sphincter preservation and a higher chance of local recurrence. For both men and women, overweight and obese patients experience less toxicity associated with adjuvant chemoradiotherapy, suggesting that actual body weight dosing of fluorouracil for obese patients is justified.

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J Clin Oncol

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0732-183X

Publication Date

February 15, 2004

Volume

22

Issue

4

Start / End Page

648 / 657

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Survival Rate
  • Sex Factors
  • Risk
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Rectal Neoplasms
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Obesity
  • North America
 

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Meyerhardt, J. A., Tepper, J. E., Niedzwiecki, D., Hollis, D. R., McCollum, A. D., Brady, D., … Fuchs, C. S. (2004). Impact of body mass index on outcomes and treatment-related toxicity in patients with stage II and III rectal cancer: findings from Intergroup Trial 0114. J Clin Oncol, 22(4), 648–657. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2004.07.121
Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A., Joel E. Tepper, Donna Niedzwiecki, Donna R. Hollis, A David McCollum, Denise Brady, Michael J. O’Connell, et al. “Impact of body mass index on outcomes and treatment-related toxicity in patients with stage II and III rectal cancer: findings from Intergroup Trial 0114.J Clin Oncol 22, no. 4 (February 15, 2004): 648–57. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2004.07.121.
Meyerhardt JA, Tepper JE, Niedzwiecki D, Hollis DR, McCollum AD, Brady D, et al. Impact of body mass index on outcomes and treatment-related toxicity in patients with stage II and III rectal cancer: findings from Intergroup Trial 0114. J Clin Oncol. 2004 Feb 15;22(4):648–57.
Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A., et al. “Impact of body mass index on outcomes and treatment-related toxicity in patients with stage II and III rectal cancer: findings from Intergroup Trial 0114.J Clin Oncol, vol. 22, no. 4, Feb. 2004, pp. 648–57. Pubmed, doi:10.1200/JCO.2004.07.121.
Meyerhardt JA, Tepper JE, Niedzwiecki D, Hollis DR, McCollum AD, Brady D, O’Connell MJ, Mayer RJ, Cummings B, Willett C, Macdonald JS, Benson AB, Fuchs CS. Impact of body mass index on outcomes and treatment-related toxicity in patients with stage II and III rectal cancer: findings from Intergroup Trial 0114. J Clin Oncol. 2004 Feb 15;22(4):648–657.

Published In

J Clin Oncol

DOI

ISSN

0732-183X

Publication Date

February 15, 2004

Volume

22

Issue

4

Start / End Page

648 / 657

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Survival Rate
  • Sex Factors
  • Risk
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Rectal Neoplasms
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Obesity
  • North America