Family History of Cancer as Potential Prognostic Factor in Stage III Colorectal Cancer: a Retrospective Monoinstitutional Study.

Maria Concetta FargnoliAlessio CortelliniOlga VendittiValentina SantoTina SidoniKatia CannitaCorrado FicorellaGiampiero Porzio

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal cancer (2021)

In this retrospective analysis, FHC-positive stage III CRC patients had a significantly longer OS compared to FHC-negative. Moreover, this survival benefit seems to increase according to the FHC burden. Further prospective studies, with longer follow-up and larger sample size, are necessary to confirm FHC as prognostic factor in this setting.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
papillary thyroid
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
squamous cell carcinoma
risk assessment
squamous cell
human health