Prognostic value of positive histological margins in patients with pancreatic head ductal adenocarcinoma and lymph node involvement: an international multicentric study.

Joliat, Gaëtan-Romain; Allemann, Pierre; Labgaa, Ismail; Sulzer, Jesse; Vrochides, Dionisios; Zerbi, Alessandro; Nappo, Gennaro; Perinel, Julie; Adham, Mustapha; Nentwich, Michael F; Izbicki, Jakob R; Demartines, Nicolas; Schäfer, Markus (2021). Prognostic value of positive histological margins in patients with pancreatic head ductal adenocarcinoma and lymph node involvement: an international multicentric study. HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, 23(3), pp. 379-386. 10.1016/j.hpb.2020.07.008

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BACKGROUND

Resection margin status and lymph node (LN) involvement are known prognostic factors for patients who undergo pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). This study aimed to compare overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) by resection margin status in patients with PDAC and LN involvement.

METHODS

A retrospective international multicentric study was performed including four Western centers. Multivariable Cox analysis was performed to identify prognostic factors of OS and DFS. Median OS and DFS were calculated using Kaplan-Meier curves and compared using log-rank tests.

RESULTS

A cohort of 814 PDAC patients with pancreatoduodenectomy were analyzed. A total of 651 patients had LN involvement (80%). On multivariable analysis R1 resection was not an independent factor of worse OS and DFS in patients with LN involvement (HR 1.1, p = 0.565; HR 1.2, p = 0.174). Only tumor size, grade, and adjuvant chemotherapy were associated with OS and DFS. Median OS and DFS were similar between patients with R0 and R1 resections (23 vs. 20 months, p = 0.196; 15 vs. 14 months, p = 0.080).

CONCLUSION

Resection status was not identified as predictor of OS or DFS in PDAC patients with LN involvement. Extensive surgery to achieve R0 resection in such patients might not influence the disease course.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Graduate School:

Graduate School for Health Sciences (GHS)

ISSN:

1477-2574

Language:

English

Submitter:

Anja Ebeling

Date Deposited:

15 Apr 2021 17:52

Last Modified:

15 Jul 2021 16:36

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.hpb.2020.07.008

PubMed ID:

32782224

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/155907

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/155907

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