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. 2023 May:185:28-39.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.02.015. Epub 2023 Feb 24.

Definition, diagnosis and treatment of oligometastatic oesophagogastric cancer: A Delphi consensus study in Europe

Tiuri E Kroese  1 Hanneke W M van Laarhoven  2 Sebastian F Schoppman  3 Pieter R A J Deseyne  4 Eric van Cutsem  5 Karin Haustermans  6 Philippe Nafteux  7 Melissa Thomas  8 Radka Obermannova  9 Hanna R Mortensen  10 Marianne Nordsmark  11 Per Pfeiffer  12 Anneli Elme  13 Antoine Adenis  14 Guillaume Piessen  15 Christiane J Bruns  16 Florian Lordick  17 Ines Gockel  18 Markus Moehler  19 Cihan Gani  20 Theodore Liakakos  21 John Reynolds  22 Alessio G Morganti  23 Riccardo Rosati  24 Carlo Castoro  25 Francesco Cellini  26 Domenico D'Ugo  27 Franco Roviello  28 Maria Bencivenga  29 Giovanni de Manzoni  29 Mark I van Berge Henegouwen  30 Maarten C C M Hulshof  31 Jolanda van Dieren  32 Marieke Vollebergh  33 Johanna W van Sandick  34 Paul Jeene  35 Christel T Muijs  36 Marije Slingerland  37 Francine E M Voncken  38 Henk Hartgrink  39 Geert-Jan Creemers  40 Maurice J C van der Sangen  41 Grard Nieuwenhuijzen  42 Maaike Berbee  43 Marcel Verheij  44 Bas Wijnhoven  45 Laurens V Beerepoot  46 Nadia H Mohammad  47 Stella Mook  48 Jelle P Ruurda  49 Piotr Kolodziejczyk  50 Wojciech P Polkowski  51 Lucjan Wyrwicz  52 Maria Alsina  53 Manuel Pera  54 Tania F Kanonnikoff  55 Andrés Cervantes  55 Magnus Nilsson  56 Stefan Monig  57 Anna D Wagner  58 Matthias Guckenberger  59 Ewen A Griffiths  60 Elizabeth Smyth  61 George B Hanna  62 Sheraz Markar  62 M Asif Chaudry  63 Maria A Hawkins  64 Edward Cheong  65 Richard van Hillegersberg  49 Peter S N van Rossum  66 OMEC collaborators
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Definition, diagnosis and treatment of oligometastatic oesophagogastric cancer: A Delphi consensus study in Europe

Tiuri E Kroese et al. Eur J Cancer. 2023 May.
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Abstract

Background: Local treatment improves the outcomes for oligometastatic disease (OMD, i.e. an intermediate state between locoregional and widespread disseminated disease). However, consensus about the definition, diagnosis and treatment of oligometastatic oesophagogastric cancer is lacking. The aim of this study was to develop a multidisciplinary European consensus statement on the definition, diagnosis and treatment of oligometastatic oesophagogastric cancer.

Methods: In total, 65 specialists in the multidisciplinary treatment for oesophagogastric cancer from 49 expert centres across 16 European countries were requested to participate in this Delphi study. The consensus finding process consisted of a starting meeting, 2 online Delphi questionnaire rounds and an online consensus meeting. Input for Delphi questionnaires consisted of (1) a systematic review on definitions of oligometastatic oesophagogastric cancer and (2) a discussion of real-life clinical cases by multidisciplinary teams. Experts were asked to score each statement on a 5-point Likert scale. The agreement was scored to be either absent/poor (<50%), fair (50%-75%) or consensus (≥75%).

Results: A total of 48 experts participated in the starting meeting, both Delphi rounds, and the consensus meeting (overall response rate: 71%). OMD was considered in patients with metastatic oesophagogastric cancer limited to 1 organ with ≤3 metastases or 1 extra-regional lymph node station (consensus). In addition, OMD was considered in patients without progression at restaging after systemic therapy (consensus). For patients with synchronous or metachronous OMD with a disease-free interval ≤2 years, systemic therapy followed by restaging to consider local treatment was considered as treatment (consensus). For metachronous OMD with a disease-free interval >2 years, either upfront local treatment or systemic treatment followed by restaging was considered as treatment (fair agreement).

Conclusion: The OMEC project has resulted in a multidisciplinary European consensus statement for the definition, diagnosis and treatment of oligometastatic oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma and squamous cell cancer. This can be used to standardise inclusion criteria for future clinical trials.

Keywords: Gastric cancer; Metastasectomy; Metastasis; Oesophageal cancer; Oligometastasis; Stereotactic body radiotherapy.

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Conflict of interest statement The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Dr. van Laarhoven reports grants or advisory/speaker role from: Astellas, BMS, Dragonfly, Lilly, Merck, Novartis, Nordic Pharma, Servier; research funding or medical supply from: Bayer, BMS, Celgene, Janssen, Incyte, Lilly, Merck, Nordic Pharma, Philips, Roche, Servier; and has received unrestricted research funding (non-commercial) from: Dutch Cancer Society, NWO/ZonMw, European Research Council, MaagLeverDarm Stichting. Dr. Muijs reports institutional grants from: Elekta, IBA, RaySearch, Siemens, Mirada, Bergoz Instrumentation and Medical Data Works, KWF, all outside the submitted work. Dr. van Hillegersberg has a consulting and advisory role at Intuitive Surgical. Dr. de Manzoni reports personal fees from Lilly, outside the submitted work. Dr. Gani reports travel grants from Elekta and departmental research cooperation, outside the submitted work. Dr. Smyth reports personal fees/grants from: Astra Zeneca, Beigene, BMS, Amal Therapeutics, Amgen, Daiichi Sankyo, Merck, Servier, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, and Zymeworks, all outside the submitted work. Dr. Haj Mohammad reports consulation fees from: Merck, BMS, Eli Lilly, Astra Zeneca, and research funding from Servier, all outside the submitted work. Dr. Adenis reports grants and personal fees from Bayer, personal fees and non-fianciel support from MSD, personal fees from: BMS, Novartis, Pierre-Fabre, non-financial support from Servier, grants from Sanofi, all outside the submitted work. Dr. Lordick reports grants from: BMS and Gilead, personal fees from: Amgen, Astellas, Bayer, BMS, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly, Elsevier, Incyte, Merck, MSD, Roche, Servier, all outside the submitted work. Dr. Slingerland reports an advisory role at BMS and Lilly. Dr. van Berge Henegouwen received researcher-initiated grant from Stryker and is consultant for Alesi Surgical, Johnson and Johnson, Medtronic, Braun and Mylan. Dr Nilsson reports advisory roles for BMS and Medtronic. All remaining authors have declared no conflict of interest.

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