Abstract

Objective To evaluate the impact of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy on prognosis of patients with advanced rectal carcinoma using a meta-analysis. Methods We searched PubMed to identify literature comparing observation with adjuvant chemotherapy after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and surgery for patients with advanced rectal carcinoma. Data were analysed using Revman 5.0 statistical software. Results Nine trials were included consisting of 6 212 patients: 3 421 patients received adjuvant chemotherapy and 2 791 patients did not. The age ranged from 55.6 to 68 years. Adjuvant chemotherapy significantly affects overall and disease-free survival (P=0.002 and P=0.000 5 respectively) of patients who had received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. The subgroup analysis which originate from insufficient data reveales ypT0-2 patients and ypT3-4 patients can′t benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. Conclusion Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy can improve the survival of advanced rectal carcinoma patients after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, but can′t increase the survival of pathology complete respone and yPN+ patients. Key words: Rectal neoplasms; Chemoradiotherapy, adjuvant; Prognosis

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