Abstract
Purposes
Attempts have been made to use bevacizumab (BEV) in an adjuvant or neoadjuvant setting. However, BEV is known to cause various adverse events, and the safety of neoadjuvant BEV has not yet been fully evaluated. This study assessed the postoperative complications in patients receiving neoadjuvant BEV for colorectal cancer.
Methods
The data for 78 patients with resectable advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer who received neoadjuvant BEV followed by surgical resection were retrospectively analyzed.
Results
The median interval between the last BEV dose and surgery was 9 weeks. The most common postoperative complication was pelvic sepsis, which occurred in 11 patients (14 %). A biliary fistula developed in four of 23 patients who underwent liver resection. Anastomotic leakage occurred in six of 24 patients with a colorectal anastomosis, four of whom required re-laparotomy. In a univariate analysis, male gender and a greater intraoperative blood loss were associated with postoperative complications of any grade. Colorectal anastomosis was a risk factor for major complications. In a multivariate analysis, intraoperative blood loss was an independent risk factor for postoperative complications of any grade (HR 6.338; P = 0.003). With regard to major postoperative complications, colorectal primary anastomosis was the only independent predictive risk factor (HR 8.285; P = 0.013).
Conclusions
In patients with colorectal cancer who underwent elective surgery after BEV treatment, the interval between BEV and surgery was not a risk factor for postoperative complications (based on a median interval of 9 weeks). Colorectal primary anastomosis was the only independent risk factor for major postoperative complications.
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Yoshioka, Y., Uehara, K., Ebata, T. et al. Postoperative complications following neoadjuvant bevacizumab treatment for advanced colorectal cancer. Surg Today 44, 1300–1306 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-013-0686-2
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