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EP1168 The influence of obesity on tumor recurrence in vulvar cancer patients
  1. R Klapdor1,
  2. P Hillemanns1,
  3. L Wölber2,
  4. J Jückstock3,
  5. F Hilpert4,
  6. N de Gregorio5,
  7. A Hasenburg6,
  8. J Sehouli7,
  9. ST Fürst3,
  10. HG Strauß8,
  11. K Baumann9,
  12. F Thiel10,
  13. A Mustea11,
  14. W Meier12,
  15. P Harter13,
  16. P Wimberger14,
  17. L Hanker15,
  18. B Schmalfeldt2 and
  19. S Mahner3
  1. 1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover
  2. 2Department of Gynecology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
  3. 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich
  4. 4Jerusalem Hospital, Hamburg
  5. 5Department of Gynecology, University of Ulm, Ulm
  6. 6Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
  7. 7Department of Gynecology, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin
  8. 8Department of Gynecology, University of Halle, Halle
  9. 9Department of Gynecology, Klinikum Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen
  10. 10Department of Gynecology, Alb Fils Kliniken, Klinik am Eichert, Erlangen University Hospital, Goeppingen
  11. 11Department of Gynecology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald
  12. 12Department of Gynecology, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf University Hospital, Düsseldorf
  13. 13Department of Gynecology & Gynecologic Oncology, Kliniken Essen Mitte, Essen
  14. 14Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Carl-Gustav-Carus University Dresden, TU Dresden, Dresden
  15. 15Department of Gynecology, UKSH Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Abstract

Introduction/Background Obesity is associated with decrased survival in several cancer entities. The influence of obesity on prognosis of vulvar cancer patients is not clear. However, knowledge about this may have consequences on treatment and follow-up.

Methodology This is an analysis of the large AGO-CaRE-1 study which included vulvar cancer patients (UICC stage IB and higher), treated in 29 cancer centers between 1998 and 2008, in order to analyze treatment patterns and prognostic factors.

Results In total, 849 eligible patients were divided into two groups depending on their body mass index (BMI, <30 vs. ≥30 kg/m²). We did not detect differences in the baseline variables (age, tumor diameter, depth of infiltration, tumor stage, nodal invasion, tumor grade) and treatment variables (R0 resection, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and continuation of adjuvant therapy) between both groups (p>0.05). Radical vulvectomies were performed more frequently in patients having a BMI ≥30 kg/m² (61.1% vs. 51.8%, p=0.042). Interestingly, we detected a higher recurrence rate in the group having a BMI ≥30 kg/m² (43.4%, vs. 28.3%, p<0.01) due to an increased rate of local recurrences (33.3% vs. 18.5%, p<0.01). This led to significantly shorter disease free survival of obese patients in univariate analysis (HR 1.362, 95%CI 1.093–1.696, p=0.006) and multivariate Cox-regression analysis (BMI <30 kg/m² vs. ≥30 kg/m², HR 1.811, 95%CI 1.005–3.262, p=0.048).

Noteworthy, this association was not linear: in an additional subgroup analysis on five BMI groups we detected a longer time to recurrence in women with a slightly increased BMI 25–30 kg/m² compared to those with a normal BMI between 19 and 25 kg/m² (OR 0.55, 95%CI 0.33–0.91, p=0.02).

Conclusion In this first large study about the association between obesity and prognosis of vulvar cancer patients, we observed that a BMI ≥30 kg/m² was associated with shorter DFS, mainly attributed to a higher risk for local recurrence.

Disclosure Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding: All authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest involved with the presented data. The CaRE-1 study was supported by medac oncology without restriction in protocol or analysis

https://doi.org/10.1136/ijgc-2019-ESGO.1209

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