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BACKGROUND: Recent interest has focused on the role of perioperative epidural analgesia in improving cancer outcomes. The heterogeneity of studies (tumour type, stage and outcome endpoints) has produced inconsistent results. Clinical practice also highlights the variability in epidural effectiveness. We considered the novel hypothesis that effective epidural analgesia improves cancer outcomes following gastro-oesophageal cancer surgery in patients with grouped pathological staging. METHODS: Following institutional approval, a database analysis identified 140 patients, with 2-year minimum follow-up after gastro-oesophageal cancer surgery. All patients were operated on by a single surgeon (2005-2010). Information pertaining to cancer and survival outcomes was extracted. RESULTS: Univariate analysis demonstrated a 1-year 14% vs. 33% (P = 0.01) and 2-year 27% vs. 40% [hazard ratio (HR)=0.59; 95% CI, 0.32-1.09, P = 0.087] incidence of cancer recurrence in patients with (vs. without) effective (> 36 h duration) epidural analgesia, respectively. Multivariate analysis demonstrated increased time to cancer recurrence (HR = 0.33; 95% CI: 0.17-0.63, P < 0.0001) and overall survival benefit (HR = 0.42; 95% CI: 0.21-0.83, P < 0.0001) at 2-year follow-up following effective epidural analgesia. Subgroup analysis identified epidural-related cancer recurrence benefit in patients with oesophageal cancer (HR = 0.34; 95% CI: 0.16-0.75, P = 0.005) and in patients with tumour lymphovascular space infiltration (LVSI), (HR = 0.49; 95% CI: 0.26-0.94, P = 0.03). Effective epidural analgesia improved estimated median time to death (2.9 vs. 1.8 years, P = 0.029) in patients with tumour LVSI. CONCLUSIONS: This study found an association between effective post-operative epidural analgesia and medium-term benefit on cancer recurrence and survival following oesophageal surgery. A prospective study that controls for disease type, stage and epidural effectiveness is warranted.
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Analgesia Epidural , Neoplasias Esofágicas/prevención & control , Neoplasias Esofágicas/cirugía , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/prevención & control , Neoplasias Gástricas/prevención & control , Neoplasias Gástricas/cirugía , Anciano , Neoplasias Esofágicas/epidemiología , Esófago/patología , Esófago/cirugía , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Gastrectomía , Humanos , Estimación de Kaplan-Meier , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Prospectivos , Estómago/patología , Neoplasias Gástricas/epidemiología , Análisis de SupervivenciaRESUMEN
Haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) mobilization, using cytokine-alone, is a well-tolerated regimen with predictable mobilization kinetics. Single-dose pegfilgrastim mobilizes HSPC efficiently; however, there is surprisingly little comparative data on its use without chemotherapy for HSPC mobilization. Pegfilgrastim-alone and filgrastim-alone mobilization regimens were compared in 52 patients with haematological malignancy. Pegfilgrastim 12 mg (n=20) or 6 mg (n=2) was administered Day 1 (D1) in 22 patients (lymphoma n=17; myeloma n=5). Thirty historical controls (lymphoma n=18; myeloma n=12) received filgrastim 10 mcg/kg daily from D1. Peripheral blood (PB) CD34(+) counts reached threshold (î¶5 × 10(6)/L) and apheresis commenced on D4(4-5) and D4(4-6). Median PB CD34(+) cell count on D1 of apheresis was similar (26.0 × 10(6)/L (2.5-125.0 × 10(6)/L) and 16.2 × 10(6)/L (2.6-50.7 × 10(6)/L); P=0.06), for pegfilgrastim and filgrastim groups, respectively. Target yield (î¶2 × 10(6) per kg CD34(+) cells) was collected in 20/22 (91%) pegfilgrastim patients and 24/30 (80%) in the filgrastim group (P=0.44), in a similar median number of aphereses (3(1-4) versus 3(2-6), respectively; P=0.85). A higher proportion of pegfilgrastim patients tended to yield î¶4 × 10(6) per kg CD34(+) cells; 16/22 (73%) versus 14/30 (47%) filgrastim patients (P=0.09). One pegfilgrastim patient developed hyperleukocytosis that resolved without incident. Pegfilgrastim-alone is a simple, well-tolerated, and attractive option for outpatient-based HSPC mobilization with similar mobilization kinetics and efficacy to regular filgrastim.