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Annals of Oncology Advance Access originally published online on October 19, 2007
Annals of Oncology 2007 18(12):2006-2008; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdm357
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© 2007 European Society for Medical Oncology

gastrointestinal tumors

Systemic chemotherapy does not increase the risk of gastrointestinal perforation

T. R. Asmis, M. Capanu, D. P. Kelsen and M. A. Shah*

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

* Correspondence to: Dr Manish A. Shah, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Gastrointestinal Oncology, 1275 York Avenue, Howard 910, New York, NY, 10021, USA. Tel: +1–212–639–3113; Fax: +1–212–717–3342; E-mail: Shah1{at}mskcc.org.

Background: Gastrointestinal perforation is a rare complication of gastric cancer. Although there is the perception of chemotherapy aggravating the perforation risk, the rate of perforation in patients with gastric cancer receiving chemotherapy is unknown. This study describes the incidence and clinical course of patients with gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) carcinoma who experience a perforation while receiving chemotherapy.

Patients and methods: The records of patients with gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma over a 6-year period who received chemotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic disease were reviewed. Extracted information included demographics, treatment received, and overall survival was calculated.

Results: 1032 patients at MSKCC received systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic gastric or GEJ carcinoma; 11 patients experienced a perforation (1.1%, 95% CI 0.5–1.9%); 5/11 (45%) patients received further chemotherapy and had a median survival of 5.6 months.

Conclusions: The rate of perforation in patients with advanced GEJ/gastric adenocarcinoma receiving chemotherapy is 1.1%, which is the same rate as in surgical series of patients presenting with perforation. Chemotherapy does not significantly add to the risk of gastrointestinal perforation.

Key words: gastric /gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma, preoperative chemotherapy, perforation, surgery

Received for publication May 15, 2007. Revision received June 8, 2007. Revision received June 12, 2007. Accepted for publication June 13, 2007.


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