Long-term Risk of Cancer Following Ileal Pouch-anal Anastomosis for Ulcerative Colitis

Anders Mark-Christensen; Rune Erichsen; Søren Brandsborg; Jacob Rosenberg; Niels Qvist; Ole Thorlacius-Ussing; Jens Hillingsø; Jørn Helmut Pachler; Erica Gould Christiansen; Søren Laurberg

doi:10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjx112

Long-term Risk of Cancer Following Ileal Pouch-anal Anastomosis for Ulcerative Colitis

Anders Mark-Christensen, Rune Erichsen, Søren Brandsborg, Jacob Rosenberg, Niels Qvist, Ole Thorlacius-Ussing, Jens Hillingsø, Jørn Helmut Pachler, Erica Gould Christiansen, Søren Laurberg

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Abstract

Background: The overall risk of cancer following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis [IPAA] is unknown, and pouch cancer surveillance is controversial. We evaluated long-term risk of cancer in a national cohort of patients with ulcerative colitis and IPAA, with emphasis on pouch cancer.

Methods: Data on incident cancers were extracted from the national Danish Cancer Registry. Incidence rates for all site-specific cancers were compared between patients with IPAA and a gender- and age-matched comparison cohort from the background population to obtain incidence rate ratios [IRRs].

Results: A total of 1723 patients with IPAA, operated for ulcerative colitis in the period 1980-2010, were matched to 8615 individuals from the background population. During a median follow-up of 12.9 years (interquartile range [IQR] 7.7-19.6 years), two pouch cancers [0.12%] were found after 16 and 27 years, respectively. In the population comparison cohort, 38 intestinal cancers [0.45%] were found, of which 35 were colorectal. The risk of hepatobiliary cancer was higher for patients with IPAA {IRR = 13.0 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.1-76.1)}, and half of the affected patients had coexisting primary sclerosing cholangitis. The risk of cancer overall following IPAA was identical to that of the comparison cohort: IRR = 1.05 [0.84-1.31].

Conclusions: Pouch cancer following IPAA is very rare, questioning the need for general, rather than selective, surveillance. The overall cancer risk is comparable to that of the background population, and the increased risk of hepatobiliary cancer is likely an effect of coexisting liver disease and not causally related to IPAA.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
Volume	12
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	57-62
ISSN	1873-9946
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjx112
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

Adult
Biliary Tract Neoplasms/epidemiology
Case-Control Studies
Cholangitis, Sclerosing/complications
Colitis, Ulcerative/complications
Colonic Pouches/pathology
Colorectal Neoplasms/epidemiology
Denmark/epidemiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Incidence
Liver Neoplasms/epidemiology
Male
Proctocolectomy, Restorative
Registries
Time Factors
Young Adult

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Long-term Risk of Cancer Following Ileal Pouch-anal Anastomosis for Ulcerative Colitis

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