Chemoport-related right innominate vein stenosis in patients with colorectal cancer: A retrospective risk factor analysis
Junghoon Kim, Jeong Sub Lee, Choong Guen Chee, Jihoon Woo, Youngjune Kim, Eugene Lee, Joon Woo Lee, Sang Il Choi · 2026
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Junghoon Kim and colleagues studied a hidden complication of the ports implanted for chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients: narrowing of the large vein the port feeds into. Among more than fourteen hundred patients whose first port was placed through the right neck vein between 2015 and 2020, follow-up chest scans showed the narrowing in about one in fifteen.
The team used several statistical methods, including survival analysis and a decision-tree method, to find which traits raised the risk. They also checked whether two common cancer drugs changed the odds in patients receiving palliative care. A narrowed vein can swell the arm and complicate treatment, so knowing who is at risk helps doctors choose port sites and watch the right patients with scans.
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| CREATOR | Junghoon Kim, Jeong Sub Lee, Choong Guen Chee, Jihoon Woo, Youngjune Kim, Eugene Lee, Joon Woo Lee, Sang Il Choi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32020 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |