Background <p>Neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy is a potential treatment option for patients with proficient mismatch repair/microsatellite stable colorectal cancer. Preoperative screening via endoscopy and imaging examinations could help identify patients who may potentially achieve a complete response after neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy. This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic and imaging examinations in predicting pathological complete response after neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy.</p> Methods <p>This single-center, retrospective, observational study included patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer by biopsy between 2015 and 2023 at a tertiary referral center. The main outcome measures included endoscopic examination, imaging findings, and pathological results after neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy.</p> Results <p>This study included 36 patients with locally advanced proficient mismatch repair colorectal cancer. Postoperative pathology revealed that 17 patients (47.2%) achieved a complete response (ypT0N0). The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the endoscopic ypT0N0 diagnosis were 62.5%, 80.0%, and 80.6%, respectively; those of imaging-based ypT0N0 diagnosis were 43.8%, 100%, and 75.0%, respectively; and those of the combined diagnosis were 37.5%, 100%, and 72.2%, respectively. The areas under the receiver-operating characteristic curve for the endoscopic and imaging ypT0N0 diagnoses were 0.768 and 0.706, respectively.</p> Conclusions <p>The specificities of endoscopy and imaging for diagnosing complete response after neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy for colorectal cancer were high; however, sensitivities were low. Therefore, radical surgery should still be recommended for patients with an incomplete response based on either examination. Larger scale studies are required to determine if a watch-and-wait strategy is suitable for patients with a complete response based on these two examinations.</p>

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Endoscopic and imaging evaluations of the primary tumor response in patients with proficient mismatch repair colorectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy

  • Yuegang Li,
  • Chengcheng Han,
  • Yao Cheng,
  • Gang Hu,
  • Meng Zhuang,
  • Xishan Wang,
  • Jianqiang Tang

摘要

Background

Neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy is a potential treatment option for patients with proficient mismatch repair/microsatellite stable colorectal cancer. Preoperative screening via endoscopy and imaging examinations could help identify patients who may potentially achieve a complete response after neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy. This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic and imaging examinations in predicting pathological complete response after neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy.

Methods

This single-center, retrospective, observational study included patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer by biopsy between 2015 and 2023 at a tertiary referral center. The main outcome measures included endoscopic examination, imaging findings, and pathological results after neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy.

Results

This study included 36 patients with locally advanced proficient mismatch repair colorectal cancer. Postoperative pathology revealed that 17 patients (47.2%) achieved a complete response (ypT0N0). The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the endoscopic ypT0N0 diagnosis were 62.5%, 80.0%, and 80.6%, respectively; those of imaging-based ypT0N0 diagnosis were 43.8%, 100%, and 75.0%, respectively; and those of the combined diagnosis were 37.5%, 100%, and 72.2%, respectively. The areas under the receiver-operating characteristic curve for the endoscopic and imaging ypT0N0 diagnoses were 0.768 and 0.706, respectively.

Conclusions

The specificities of endoscopy and imaging for diagnosing complete response after neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy for colorectal cancer were high; however, sensitivities were low. Therefore, radical surgery should still be recommended for patients with an incomplete response based on either examination. Larger scale studies are required to determine if a watch-and-wait strategy is suitable for patients with a complete response based on these two examinations.