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M. D. Mirande and S. R. Kelley
Recommendations Based ontheData
The administration of induction or consolidation CT as part of a TNT regimen should be considered for all patients with cT3–4 and/or N+ rectal cancer (high qual­ity evidence, strong recommendation).
An oxaliplatin-based CT regimen (FOLFOX, CAPOX, FOLFIRINOX, etc.) rather than a uoropyrimidine alone is recommended (high quality evidence, strong recommendation).
To achieve a higher pCR, consolidation rather than induction CT should be con­sidered for treatment of cT3–4 and/or N+ rectal cancer (moderate evidence, moder­ate recommendation).
Currently there is insufcient evidence to recommend FOLFIRINOX or FOLFOXIRI over CAPOX or FOLFOX (high quality evidence, strong recommendation).
Currently, there is insufcient evidence to recommend the addition to bevaci­zumab to a TNT regimen (high quality evidence, strong recommendation).
A TNT approach increases tolerance and completion rates of CT (high quality evidence, strong recommendation).
Neoadjuvant radiotherapy (RT) (short or long course) should be offered as part of a TNT strategy for treatment of cT3–4 and/or N+ rectal cancer (high quality evi­dence, strong recommendation).
Short and long course RT protocols achieve similar rates of local control, sphinc­ter preservation, DFS, and OS (high quality evidence, strong recommendation).
TNT is associated with higher rates of complete clinical response (cCR) and pCR (high quality evidence, strong recommendation).
Completion of TNT is associated with higher rates of DFS and lower rates of DM (high quality evidence, strong recommendation).
Treatment with TNT has not been shown to decrease rates of LR or increase rates of OS (high quality evidence, strong recommendation).
A Personal View oftheData
At Mayo Clinic, all rectal cancers are reviewed at a multidisciplinary rectal cancer conference (radiology, pathology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, colon and rectal surgery). We consider induction or consolidation oxaliplatin-based doublet CT (CAPOX or FOLFOX) combined with short or long course uoropyrimidine­based (capecitabine or 5-FU) CRT for all patients with MRI cT3–4 and/or N+ rectal cancers. For lower-risk cancers (i.e., cT3N0 without high-risk features), we typi­cally do not consider TNT since many of those patients will not need AC.For cT4, we consider triplet CT with FOLFIRINOX.
We typically start with 16weeks of induction CT to treat micrometastatic disease and test tumor biology. Repeat imaging is performed around 8weeks to determine response. If response is appropriate, induction CT is completed and followed by short or long course uoropyrimidine-based CRT. For select patients without
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high- risk features (involved or threatened CRM, extramural venous invasion, N+ disease, extramesorectal adenopathy), SCRT followed by immediate surgery is typ­ically pursued. For patients with high-risk features, uoropyrimidine-based LCCRT is recommended. If the tumor is bulky or there is concern for organ preservation, we typically start with uoropyrimidine-based LCCRT to shrink the size of the tumor and follow with consolidation CT.
No single protocol for TNT exists, which can make treatment selection challeng­ing, and there is a risk of overtreatment. All patients should undergo immunohisto­chemical and microsatellite instability (MSI) testing since a substantial proportion who do not appropriately express mismatch repair proteins / are MSI-high will not respond to CT, and other treatment modalities should be considered. These patients should be reviewed at multidisciplinary tumor conferences and referred to centers capable of managing them.
Abstracted Recommendations
The administration of induction or consolidation CT as part of a TNT regimen should be considered for all patients with cT3–4 and/or N+ rectal cancer (high qual­ity evidence, strong recommendation).
An oxaliplatin-based CT regimen (FOLFOX, CAPOX, FOLFIRINOX, etc.) rather than a uoropyrimidine alone is recommended (high quality evidence, strong recommendation).
Neoadjuvant RT (short or long course) should be offered as part of a TNT strat­egy for treatment of cT3–4 and/or N+ rectal cancer (high quality evidence, strong recommendation).
Treatment with TNT has been shown to be associated with greater tolerance and completion of CT, more frequent cCR and pCR, less severe toxicity, higher rates of DM-free survival, longer DFS, and better QOL (high quality evidence, strong recommendation).
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Management ofthePatient withRectal
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Liver Metastases
CimarronE.Sharon andJoshuaI.S.Bleier
Introduction
With the incidence of colorectal (CRC) cancer rising [1, 2], notably among younger patients [3, 4], up to 25% are presenting with synchronous metastatic disease [5], most commonly in the liver [6]. Patients with synchronous metastatic disease and a rectal primary present a therapeutic dilemma, as no conventional approach exists, and treatment is often individualized.
Question: What is the best way to manage the patient with asymptomatic rec-
tal cancer and synchronous liver metastases?
For patients with asymptomatic rectal cancer and synchronous liver metastases
(SCRLM), treatment is typically multimodal, including a combination of che­motherapy, radiation, and surgical resection. With regards to the surgical strategy specically, patients can undergo either a staged (i.e., proctectomy rst or hepa­tectomy rst) or combined approach, dependent on their tumor biology, response to chemotherapy/radiation, and the burden of metastatic disease. The goal of this chapter is to provide evidence-based recommendations to assist providers in car­ing for these complex patients.
C. E. Sharon Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA e-mail: Cimarron.sharon@pennmedicine.UPenn.edu
J. I. S. Bleier (*) Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA e-mail: Joshua.bleier@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Table 25.1 PICO table for rectal cancer and synchronous liver metastases
Patient Population Patients with asymptomatic rectal
cancer and synchronous liver metastases
Intervention Comparator Staged liver rst
resection
Combined rectal and liver resection
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Outcomes Morbidity
Overall survival Disease-free survival
Search Strategy
A systematic review of the literature using PubMed was performed using search terms in various combinations of rectal cancer, liver metastases, hepatic metastases, synchronous resection, combined resection, staged resection, liver-rst, imaging, diagnosis, chemotherapy, radiation, guidelines, and management. Articles were limited to peer reviewed reports in English published between 2010 and 2022, in order to provide an update to the chapter on this topic published in the 2017 edition of this textbook. Additional studies were identied from the references of the initial articles and were included as appropriate. Table 25.1 summarizes the population, intervention, comparator, and key outcomes (PICO) for the patient population.
Results
Initial Evaluation
Imaging
As discussed in previous chapters, imaging of the primary rectal tumor is best accomplished with pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [7], which can assess tumor depth, presence of locoregional nodal disease, and the circumferential resec­tion margin (CRM), all critical factors in preoperative planning [8, 9]. If MRI is contraindicated, then locoregional staging can be performed with an endorectal ultrasound (EUS) [7].
Assessment of distant metastatic disease should include a contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis [7, 10]. In the assessment of liver metastases, specically, a multiphasic CT scan (non-contrast followed by arterial, venous, and delayed phase intravenous contrast) is the diag­nostic modality of choice [7, 11, 12]. For sub-centimeter liver lesions, and for evalu- ation after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is superior to CT [12, 13]. The role of positron emission tomography (PET)-CT in the evaluation of colorectal cancer metastases is to assess for extra-hepatic sites of dis­ease, which if present, would preclude curative surgical resection [12, 14, 15].
Goals
Imaging evaluation of the rectal primary and the hepatic metastases assists in deter­mining the resectability of the lesions. With regards to the hepatic lesions, knowl­edge of the number and size of the metastases, in addition to their lobar distribution
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and relationship to the vasculature, is imperative [7]. For hepatic metastases to be resectable, the liver remnant must encompass approximately 25% of the total liver volume, for patients without inherent liver disease [16]. Ascertaining resectability also drives the goals of treatment, whether curative or palliative in nature.
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Multidisciplinary Team
Patient evaluation by a multidisciplinary team (MDT) assists in identifying treat­ment goals, in addition to course and strategy. Prior to initiation of therapy, whether in the form of systemic therapy or surgical resection, patients with SCRLM should be evaluated by an MDT [17]. This MDT typically consists of radiation and medical oncologists, pathologists, palliative care clinicians, and colorectal and hepatobiliary surgeons, who can jointly determine a patient’s optimal rst-line treatment [7, 12,
18, 19]. Patients with SCRLM who are evaluated by an MDT including a hepatobi-
liary surgeon have a higher resection rate and improved overall survival (OS) [18, 20].
Treatment
Neoadjuvant Treatment
While perioperative chemotherapy has notable advantages to resection alone [21], there is no consensus on timing, and the routine use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) for patients with SCRLM is controversial. The advantage to NCT in these patients lies in the ability to downstage hepatic lesions to facilitate curative-intent surgical resection. However, the risks of NCT include chemotherapy-induced tox­icities, most notably liver injury, which would complicate hepatic resection and increase the size of the required functional liver remnant (FLR) [22]. Further com­plications of NCT include disease progression during treatment which would pre­vent surgical resection, and disappearing liver lesions, wherein the macroscopic disease has regressed but the possibility of microscopic disease remains [22]. As such, the main advantage of NCT is for patients with unresectable hepatic disease to allow for tumor downstaging and conversion to resectability. For patients with unresectable or borderline resectable hepatic metastases, upfront resection of an asymptomatic rectal primary is not recommended due to the risk of perioperative morbidity which would delay necessary systemic therapy [7, 12, 23].
The NCT administered typically consists of a combination of systemic therapy and targeted biologic treatments, as recommended by the MDT. Current National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines [23] list FOLFIRI (5- uorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan), FOLFOX (5-uorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin), CAPEOX (capecitabine and oxaliplatin), or FOLFIRINOX (5- uorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin) with or without bevaci­zumab (VEGF inhibitor) as treatment options for rectal cancer patients with initially unresectable liver metastases. Regardless of the type of NCT administered, patients should be re-evaluated every 2months to assess tumor response/resectability and
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avoid any liver toxicity or disease progression which would render the metastases unresectable [24].
There is no clear consensus on the utility of pelvic radiation for patients with metastatic rectal cancer, despite its widespread use for locally advanced rectal can­cer. Past studies have shown that for patients with metastatic rectal cancer the use of radiotherapy is associated with improved overall and disease-specic survival [25,
26]. According to NCCN guidelines, short course pelvic radiation should be consid-
ered in the setting of resectable liver metastases or after downstaging of initially unresectable lesions [23]. The main utility in radiotherapy lies in increased local control. However, most patients with SCRLM who develop recurrent disease do so distantly, indicating that radiation may be safely omitted in select patients [27]. For patients with lesions in the upper rectum or with a wide circumferential margin on imaging, either short course radiation can be utilized, or radiotherapy may be omit­ted [7, 28]. The choice to administer or omit radiotherapy is highly individualized and should be made in consultation with an MDT.
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Surgery Summary
For the patient with asymptomatic rectal cancer and resectable synchronous liver metastases, three surgical options exist: the “classic” (rectal primary is resected rst), the “reverse” (liver metastases are resected rst), and the “synchronous” approach (rectal primary and liver metastases resected simultaneously) [7, 29, 30]. The goal of surgical resection is complete removal of disease while minimizing morbidity so as to not cause a delay in the initiation or resumption of systemic therapy [31]. As such, both patient comorbidities and the complication prole of the required procedure are taken into consideration when planning the optimal surgical approach. As with most treatment for patients with SCRLM, surgical planning is highly individualized and should include discussion with an MDT that includes a hepatobiliary surgeon. This chapter will address the three main surgical approaches and highlight patients who are the optimal candidates for each.
Notably, studies investigating the outcomes of the aforementioned surgical approaches include patients with synchronous liver metastases from both colon and rectal cancers, and the majority combine these patients when reporting outcomes. Additionally, the majority of reported data is retrospective in nature. Table25.2 summarizes the results of notable publications, while also highlighting whether patients with rectal cancer were analyzed separately with regards to post-operative morbidity and long-term survival.
Rectum First
The “classic” approach where the rectal primary is resected rst is rarely utilized for patients with asymptomatic rectal tumors, and its application has decreased overall in favor of the “reverse” or “synchronous” approach [30]. The rectum rst strategy is more commonly used for patients with larger symptomatic primaries who also have a high burden of metastatic disease [7, 24]. When compared to the reverse
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(continued)
Quality of
Evidence
Rectal cancer
analyzed
separately
(Y/N)
Morbidity (%)
p value OS (p value) DFS (p value)
N Low
35% overall
cohort
Between groups:
PF [ref.]
SR [HR 1.40,
95% CI
SR vs. ST
p=0.66
p=0.45
0.55–3.55,
p=0.78]
LF [HR 0.87,
95% CI
N Moderate
2-year DFS
2-year OS
0.32–2.34,
p=0.78]
SR (18%)
SR (36%)
PF (17%)
P=0.05
SR (87%)
PF (70%)
P=0.05
PF (22%)
p=0.70
Low
N– OS
Y– Morbidity
5-year OS
PF [ref.]
LF [HR 1.06
(95% CI
0.63–1.78,
SR (53%)
LF (33%)
PF (8%)
p=0.033
p=0.83]
SR [HR 1.10,
95% CI
0.65–1.84,
p=0.72]
SR [16]LF [18]
PF (75)
Interventions
Table 25.2 Literature search results for studies comparing staged vs. combined liver resection for patients with rectal cancer and synchronous liver metastases
Study
(N)
Patients (N)
Author (year)
No surgery [16]
CRC w/
SCRLM (125)
Chan (2022)
[32]
SR [39]
PF (46)
CRC w/
SCRLM (85)
Boudjema
(2021) [33]
SR (60)
LF (89)
PF (51)
CRC w/
SCRLM (238)
Båverud Olsson
(2021) [34]
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Quality of
Evidence
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Rectal cancer
analyzed
separately
(Y/N)
Morbidity (%)
p value OS (p value) DFS (p value)
Interventions
(N)
N Low
5-year DFS
SR (38%)
PF (35%)
LF (38%)
5-year OS
LF [ref] (51%)
PF [HR 1.21,
95% CI
a
SR (40%)
PF (30%)
LF (31%)
p=0.016
SR (2393)
PF (4415)
LF (522)
p=0.043
0.96–1.52,
p=0.10] (47%)
SR [HR 1.30
(95% CI
N Low
5-year OS
1.02–1.66,
SR (37.2%)
p=0.04] (45%)
SR (28%)
ST (23%)
SR (442)
PF (619)
N Low
5-year DFS
ST (54.8%)
p<0.001
5-year OS
p=0.067
PF (587)
LF (157)
PF (24%)
LF (33%)
p=0.01
PF (75%)
LF (62%)
p=0.77
LF (66)
N Low
5-year DFS
After PSM
P=0.62
After PSM
p=0.35
5-year OS
SR (320)
SR (25.3%)
ST (24.3%)
p=0.09
SR (38.5%)
ST
(38.9%)
p=0.52
ST (109)
CRC w/
SCRLM
(12,744)
Giuliante (2021)
[35]
Table 25.2 (continued)
Patients (N)
Study
Author (year)
CRC w/
SCRLM (1168)
Bogach (2020)
[42]
CRC w/
SCRLM (653)
Esposito [36]
(2018)
CRC w/
SCRLM (429)
Silberhumer [37]
(2016)
CI condence intervals, CRC colorectal cancer, DFS disease-free survival, HF hazard ratio, LF liver rst, N no, OS overall survival, PF primary rst, PSM
propensity score matching, SCRLM synchronous colorectal liver metastases, SR synchronous resection, ST staged resection, Y yes
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method, resection of the primary tumor rst is not associated with advantages in morbidity or overall survival (OS) [30, 3237]. Additionally, a retrospective multi­center study by Esposito etal. [36] of 653 patients with SCRLM who underwent staged resection found no difference in recurrence-free survival between the patients who had the primary or the liver resected rst following propensity score matching. Overall, patient selection for the rectum rst strategy largely depends on the size and symptoms of the primary in addition to the burden of metastatic disease.
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Liver First
When discussing the liver-rst strategy, it should be put in the context that nearly all patients receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Resection of the liver rst decreases the possibility that the metastases would progress to a degree that would preclude resectability, either due to the nature of the disease or from complications of the classic approach (e.g., anastomotic leaks) that would postpone the second proce­dure [38]. Additionally, it is hypothesized that further progression of metastatic dis­ease originates from the liver [39], so it is advantageous to resect the metastases rst to prevent further cancer spread. Thus, this strategy is best suited for patients with a higher metastatic burden or independently requiring a major hepatectomy [7] based on anatomic location of metastases. There is evidence that resection of the liver rst is increasing in popularity [30, 40], which may be due to the increasing efcacy of systemic therapies, rendering more patients’ metastases as resectable [14]. Conrad etal. [30] performed a single-center retrospective study of 268 patients with rectal cancer and SLM between 1999–2014, and they found that the proportion of patients undergoing the reverse approach increased from 6% from 1999–2003 and 38% from 2009–2014.
Synchronous Resection
Simultaneous resection of the rectal primary and hepatic metastases may be a safe option for patients who require low risk hepatectomies and proctectomies. Proper patient selection is critical, as patients who undergo synchronous resections have higher rates of post-operative morbidity compared to individual staged procedures [34, 35]. A study by Shubert etal. [41] utilized the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Database (ACS NSQIP) to identify patients with SCRLM and classied their hepatectomies and colorectal resections as either low or high risk based on the rates of post-operative morbidity and mortality. Low risk procedures included partial and left hepatectomies and low anterior resections, while right hepatectomies, trisegmentectomies (extended right hepatectomies), and abdominal perineal resections were classied as high risk. They found that among patients who underwent a synchronous resection, the lowest risk of post-operative morbidity occurred in patients who received both a low risk hepatectomy and proc­tectomy. As such, optimal patient selection for a synchronous resection includes patients with a small burden of metastatic disease and a high rectal tumor.