Abstract

BackgroundInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) confers an increased lifetime risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). The pathogenesis of colitis-associated CRC is considered distinct from sporadic CRC, but existing is mixed on long-term oncologic outcomes. This study aims to compare clinicopathological characteristics and survival between colitis-associated and sporadic CRC. MethodsData was retrospectively extracted and analyzed from a single institutional database of patients with surgically resected CRC between 2004 and 2015. Patients with IBD were identified as having colitis-associated CRC. The remainder were classified as sporadic CRC. Propensity score matching was performed. Univariate and survival analyses were carried out to estimate the differences between the two groups. ResultsOf 2275 patients included in this analysis, 65 carried a diagnosis of IBD (2.9%, 33 Crohn’s disease, 29 ulcerative colitis, 3 indeterminate colitis). Average age at CRC diagnosis was 62 years for colitis-associated CRC and 65 for sporadic CRC. The final propensity score matched cohort consisted of 65 colitis-associated and 130 sporadic CRC cases. Patients with colitis-associated CRC were more likely to undergo total proctocolectomy (p < 0.01) and had higher incidence of locoregional recurrence (p = 0.026) compared to sporadic CRC patients. There were no significant differences in time to recurrence, tumor grade, extramural vascular invasion, perineural invasion, or rate of R0 resections. Overall survival and disease-free survival did not differ between groups. On multiple Cox regression, IBD diagnosis was not a significant predictor of survival. ConclusionsPatients with colitis-associated CRC who undergo surgical resection have comparable overall and disease-free survival to patients with sporadic CRC.

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