Abstract:
Objective This study aims to investigate the clinicopathologic factors related to peritoneal metastasis in 1170 colorectal cancer patients.
Methods Clinicopathologic data from 1170 colorectal cancer patients treated in The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University between January 2005 and December 2009 were collected.The associations between peritoneal metastasis and clinicopathological factors were evaluated by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses.All analyses were conducted using SPSS software(version 13.0).
Results Of the 1170 cases, 92(7.86%) had peritoneal metastases.Univariate analysis showed that age, tumor location, tumor size(cm), tumor circumference, histological type, tumor differentiation, invasion depth, lymph node metastasis, and serum carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA) levels were predictors that could affect peritoneal metastasis.Multivariate analysis showed that tumor location, tumor circumference, tumor differentiation, invasion depth, lymph node metastasis, and serum CEA levels were independent factors related to peritoneal metastasis from colorectal cancer.
Conclusion Tumor location, tumor circumference, tumor differentiation, invasion depth, lymph node metastasis, and serum CEA levels were clinicopathologic factors related to peritoneal metastasis from colorectal carcinoma.