Introduction: There are few reports on the outcome of relapsed cases after curative resection for colorectal cancer(CRC) with adjuvant oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy. Thus, we analyzed such cases.
Patients and method: In total, 48 patients with CRC who received oxaliplatin-based postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy from 2012 were analyzed. The clinical course was examined in 9 cases ofrecurrence.
Results: Stages II, III a, and III b(1, 3, and 5 cases, respectively)were judged as recurrence in 9 cases. Metastatic sites were the lungs, local sites, liver, and peritoneum(3, 3, 3, and 1 case[s], respectively). The median time to relapse was 390 days. There were 2 cases ofwild -type RAS and 7 cases ofmutant RAS. Although R0 resection was performed in 1 case, re-relapse was recognized. Another 8 cases involved induced chemotherapy. An oxaliplatin-based regimen was administered as first-line treatment in 4 of8 cases. At present, 5 patients died, and 3 of8 cases could not progress to second-line treatment. The overall survival(OS)after relapse was 475 days, and survival more than 3 years was not observed.
Conclusion: Recurrent cases after Cur A resection for CRC with oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy were examined. Although the 3-year RFS and 5-year OS were relatively good, the prognosis after relapse was quite poor.