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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cancer. 2022 Apr 14;168:25–33. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.01.012

Table 1.

Patient characteristics and 10-year OS probabilities

Erasmus MC
(%)
MSKCC
(%)
Total
(%)
Median OS 10-year OS
Months 95% CI P-value % 95% CI
Total number of patients 1048 (25) 3064 (75) 4112
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS
Age Median (IQR) 64 (58–71) 60 (50–68) 61 (52–69) <0.001
=<60 years 349 (33) 1594 (52) 1943 (47) 65 60–69 35 33–38
>60 years 699 (67) 1470 (48) 2169 (53) 56 53–59 26 24–29
Gender 0.19
Female 367 (35) 1323 (43) 1690 (41) 58 54–63 33 29–35
Male 681 (65) 1741 (57) 2422 (59) 60 57–65 29 27–31
Year of surgery <0.001
<2000 0 746 (24) 746 (18) 47 42–51 25 22–29
≥2000 1048 (100) 2318 (76) 3366 (82) 63 60–67 32 30–34
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS
Location CRC <0.001
Right-sided 192 (19) 836 (28) 1028 (26) 49 47–54 27 24–31
Left-sided 454 (44) 1402 (47) 1856 (47) 65 61–70 33 30–35
Rectum 379 (37) 725 (25) 1104 (28) 58 55–64 29 26–33
Missing 23 101 124
pT-stage 0.002
0 * 26 (3) 13 (1) 39 (1) 94 63-NR 37 19–69
1 14 (1) 85 (3) 99 (3) 105 59–155 47 36–61
2 146 (14) 287 (10) 433 (11) 66 58–74 35 31–41
3 731 (71) 1984 (72) 2715 (72) 58 56–63 30 28–32
4 113 (11) 398 (14) 511 (13) 50 42–58 26 21–32
Missing 18 297 315
pT-stage 0.003
T 0–2 186 (18) 385 (14) 571 (15) 67 63–82 37 33–42
T 3–4 844 (82) 2382 (86) 3226 (85) 57 55–61 30 28–32
Missing 18 297 315
Nodal status CRC <0.001
N0 421 (41) 1126 (37) 1547 (39) 75 71–82 39 36–42
N1 392 (38) 1168 (39) 1560 (38) 55 52–59 26 24–29
N2 211 (21) 736 (24) 947 (23) 47 43–50 23 20–26
Missing 22 43 65
Nodal status CRC <0.001
N0 420 (41) 1127 (37) 1547 (38) 75 71–82 39 36–42
N+ 609 (59) 1906 (63) 2515 (62) 52 50–55 25 23–27
Missing 19 31 50
Extrahepatic disease ** <0.001
No 940 (90) 2704 (88) 3644 (89) 63 60–67 32 31–34
Yes 108 (10) 360 (12) 468 (11) 40 37–45 14 11–19
Disease-free interval 0.24
≤ 12 months 734 (70) 2085 (68) 2819 (69) 57 55–60 30 28–32
> 12 months 314 (30) 973 (32) 1287 (31) 64 59–70 31 28–34
Missing 0 6 6
Number CRLM <0.001
1 452 (44) 1252 (41) 1704 (42) 71 66–76 35 32–38
2 211 (20) 598 (20) 809 (20) 60 55–68 32 29–36
3 118 (11) 391 (13) 509 (13) 55 49–58 29 24–34
4 89 (9) 233 (8) 322 (8) 51 46–58 28 22–34
5–9 139 (13) 451 (15) 590 (15) 47 42–52 23 19–28
≥10 29 (3) 115 (4) 144 (4) 38 34–48 14 8–26
10 24 34
Size largest tumor <0.001
≤ 5cm 823 (83) 2285 (76) 3108 (78) 65 62–68 33 31–36
> 5cm 163 (17) 729 (24) 892 (22) 43 39–48 22 19–26
Missing 62 50 112
Preoperative CEA <0.001
≤ 200 μg/L 899 (92) 2497 (91) 3396 (92) 61 58–65 32 30–34
> 200 μg/L 80 (8) 234 (9) 314 (8) 48 41–51 19 14–25
Missing 69 333 402
Resection margin involved <0.001
No 844 (85) 2686 (89) 3530 (88) 63 59–66 32 30–34
Yes 155 (15) 335 (11) 490 (12) 42 37–46 17 13–21
Missing 49 43 92
KRAS mutational status
<0.001
Wildtype 131 (61) 797 (59) 928 (59) 78 72–86 34 30–39
Mutated 85 (39) 554 (41) 639 (41) 53 49–58 27 22–32
Missing 832 1713 2545
BRAF mutational status <0.001
Wildtype 183 (97) 1120 (96) 1303 (96) 72 66–79 33 29–37
Mutated 6 (3) 49 (4) 55 (4) 40 35–70 22 11–46
Missing 859 1895 2754
Histopathological growth pattern <0.001
dHGP 216 (24) 254 (21) 470 (22) 86 75–104 41 36–48
non-dHGP 696 (76) 970 (79) 1666 (78) 57 51–59 26 23–29
Missing 136 1840 1976
TREATMENT CHARACTERISTICS
Perioperative systemic CTx <0.001
No CTx 546 (53) 241 (9) 787 (21) 53 48–60 26 22–30
5-FU only 25 (2) 549 (20) 574 (15) 53 50–59 28 24–32
OXA- or IRINO 461 (45) 2007 (71) 2468 (64) 64 60–68 34 32–36
Missing 16 267 283
Perioperative HAIP CTx <0.001
No 1037 (99) 2014 (66) 3051 (74) 55 53–58 27 25–29
Yes 11 (1) 1050 (34) 1061 (26) 73 68–83 40 36–43

Abbreviations: CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen, CI: confidence interval, CRC: colorectal cancer, CRLM: colorectal liver metastases, CTx: chemotherapy, HAIP: hepatic arterial infusion pump chemotherapy, HGP: histopathological growth pattern. IRINO: irinotecan, IQR: interquartile range, OXA: oxaliplatin, NR: not reached, pT-stage: pathology tumor stage

*

Rectal cancer with complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

**

Resected prior or during CRLM resection