Prospective cohort study assessing outcomes of patients from families fulfilling criteria for hereditary diffuse gastric cancer undergoing endoscopic surveillance

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• 作者：Yean Cheant Lim ; MBChB ; MRCP¹ ; Massimiliano di Pietro ; MD² ; Maria O'Donovan ; MD ; FRCPath³ ; Susan Richardson ; RGN⁴ ; Irene Debiram ; MSc⁴ ; Susan Dwerryhouse ; MSc⁵ ; Richard H. Hardwick ; MD ; FRCS⁵ ; Marc Tischkowitz ; PhD ; MRCP⁶ ; Carlos Caldas ; MD ; FMedSci² ; Krish Ragunath ; MD ; FRCP⁷ ; Rebecca C. Fitzgerald ; MD ; FMedSci² ;
• 关键词：AFI ; autofluorescence imaging ; HDGC ; hereditary diffuse gastric cancer ; NBI ; narrow-band imaging ; QOL ; quality of life ; SRCC ; signet ring cell carcinoma ; TZ ; transitional zone
• 刊名：Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• 出版年：July 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：80
• 期：1
• 页码：78-87
• 全文大小：1173 K

文摘

Prophylactic total gastrectomy is performed in hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) patients carrying the CDH1 mutation because endoscopic surveillance often fails to detect microscopic disease.

Objective

The aim of this study was to determine the natural history and outcomes of patients with HDGC undergoing endoscopy.

Design

Prospective, cohort observational study.

Settings

Tertiary referral center.

Patients

Patients fulfilling criteria for HDGC who opted to undergo endoscopy.

Intervention

Research surveillance program using high-resolution white-light endoscopy with autofluorescence and narrow-band imaging combined with targeted and multiple random biopsies assessed by an expert histopathologist for the presence of signet ring cell carcinoma.

Main Outcome Measurements

The primary endpoint was the endoscopic yield of microscopic signet ring cell carcinoma according to patient mutation status and subsequent decision to undergo surgery. The secondary endpoint was the additional yield of targeted biopsies compared with random biopsies.

Results

Between September 2007 and March 2013, 29 patients from 17 families underwent 70 surveillance endoscopies. Signet ring cell carcinoma foci were identified in 14 of 22 (63.6%) patients with confirmed CDH1 germline mutations and 2 of 7 (28.6%) with no pathogenic mutation identified. Eleven of 16 (9 CDH1-positive) patients proceeded to gastrectomy in a median 5.7 months. Five patients delayed surgery. In 1 patient, advanced gastric cancer developed 40.2 months after the first endoscopic findings.

Limitations

No control group.

Conclusions

Careful white-light examination with targeted and random biopsies combined with detailed histopathology can identify early lesions and help to inform decision making with regard to gastrectomy. Autofluorescence and narrow-band imaging are of limited utility. Delaying gastrectomy in individuals with signet ring cell carcinoma foci carries a high risk and has to be weighed carefully.