Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the prognosis and recurrent factors of primary retroperitoneal liposarcoma (PRPLS).
Methods:The retrospective casecontrol study was conducted. The clinicopathological data of 51 patients with PRPLS who were admitted to the Southwest Hospital of the Third Military Medical University from January 2005 and March 2015 were collected. Observation indicators: (1) followup institution. (2) Analysis of prognostic factors: gender, age, tumor diameter, combined organs resection, pathological type, cancer risk and local recurrence. (3) Analysis of recurrent risk factors: gender, age, tumor diameter, combined organs resection, pathological type and cancer risk. (4) Stratified analysis: the independent risk factors of recurrence were done by the stratified analysis. (5) Correlation between cancer risk and tumor diameter or number of organs invaded. (6) Correlation between adjacent organ invasion and tumor diameter. Followup using outpatient examination and telephone interview was performed to detect the survival of patients and tumor recurrence up to October 2015. The survival rate and curve were respectively calculated and drawn by KaplanMeier method. The univariate analysis and survival analysis were done using the Logrank test. The multivariate analysis was done by the COX regression model. The correlation analysis was done using the Pearson test.
Results: (1) Followup institution: 51 patients were followed up for 3-114 months, with a median time of 43 months. The 3year survival rate of 51 patients was 70.6%. Twentytwo patients had the first local recurrence, with a recurrent time of 3-60 months and a median time of 29 months. (2)Analysis of prognostic factors: the results of univariate analysis showed that tumor diameter, combined organs resection, pathological type, cancer risk and local recurrence were the related factors affecting prognosis of patients with PRPLS (χ
2=5.926, 4.936, 17.856, 17.279, 14.568, P<0.05). The results of multivariate analysis showed that combined organs resection, pathological type and cancer risk were the independent factors affecting prognosis of patients with PRPLS [OR=0.538, 0.645, 9.620, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.238-0.997, 0.458-1.058, 1.69
2-18.714, P<0.05]. (3) Analysis of recurrent risk factors: the results of univariate analysis showed that pathological type and cancer risk were the related factors affecting recurrence of patients with PRPLS (χ
2=12.375, 12.364, P<0.05). The results of multivariate analysis showed that cancer risk was an independent factor affecting recurrence of patients with PRPLS (OR=6.234, 95%CI: 1.419-27.377, P<0.05). (4) Stratified analysis: the 3year survival rates of 11 patients with low risk of recurrence of PRPLS and with high risk of recurrence of PRPLS were 63.6% and 9.1%, respectively, with a statistically significant difference (χ
2=12.364, P<0.05). (5) Correlation between cancer risk and tumor diameter or number of organs invaded. Tumor diameter and number of organs invaded were respectively (17±8)cm, 1±1 in 33 patients with low risk of PRPLS and (19±5)cm, 2±1 in 18 patients with high risk of PRPLS, with no statistically significant difference in tumor diameter (r=0.222, P>0.05) and with a statistically significant difference in number of organs invaded (r=0.666, P<0.05). (6) Correlation between adjacent organ invasion and tumor diameter. Tumor diameter was (16±8)cm in 19 patients without adjacent organ invasion and (19±7)cm in 32 patients with adjacent organ invasion, respectively, showing no statistically significant difference (r=0.225, P>0.05).
Conclusions:The combined organs resection, pathological type and cancer risk are independent factors affecting prognosis of patients with PRPLS, and cancer risk is an independent factor affecting recurrence of patients with PRPLS. The prognosis of patients with low risk of PRPLS is better than that with high risk of PRPLS. The organ invaded is much likely to occur in patients with high risk of PRPLS.