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Unexpected Para-aortic Lymph Node Metastasis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: a Contraindication to Resection?

Authors
 Ji Su Kim  ;  Ho Kyoung Hwang  ;  Woo Jung Lee  ;  Chang Moo Kang 
Citation
 JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, Vol.24(12) : 2789-2799, 2020-12 
Journal Title
JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
ISSN
 1091-255X 
Issue Date
2020-12
Keywords
Adjuvant chemotherapy ; Lymph nodes ; Pancreatic cancer ; Resection margin
Abstract
Background: Margin-negative resection is the only cure for pancreatic cancer. However, para-aortic lymph node metastasis is considered a contraindication to curative resection in pancreatic cancer. To determine if there are long-term survival differences according to the presence or absence of para-aortic lymph node metastasis in patients undergoing pancreatectomy, we evaluated oncologic outcomes in resected pancreatic cancer with unexpected para-aortic lymph node metastasis confirmed on intraoperative frozen section biopsy.

Methods: We retrospectively investigated 362 patients with pathologically confirmed pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who underwent pancreatectomy between 1996 and 2016.

Results: Patients with a metastatic para-aortic lymph node had the poorest median disease-specific survival [hazard ratio 14, 95% confidence interval 10-19]. However, after chemotherapy, patients with a metastatic para-aortic lymph node had a much higher disease-specific survival rate (para-aortic lymph node+/postoperative chemotherapy- versus para-aortic lymph node+/postoperative chemotherapy+, P = 0.0003, adjusted P = 0.0015). Patients with a metastatic para-aortic lymph node who underwent postoperative chemotherapy had a similar survival benefit to patients with metastatic regional lymph node without para-aortic lymph node metastasis, regardless of postoperative chemotherapy (para-aortic lymph node+/postoperative chemotherapy+ versus regional lymph node+/postoperative chemotherapy-, P = 0.3047, adjusted P > 0.9999; para-aortic lymph node+/postoperative chemotherapy+ versus regional lymph node+/postoperative chemotherapy+, P = 0.0905, adjusted P = 0.4525).

Conclusions: Unexpected para-aortic lymph node metastasis on frozen section biopsy may no longer be a contraindication to curative resection in "resectable" pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, as long as postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy can be administered.
Full Text
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11605-019-04483-8
DOI
10.1007/s11605-019-04483-8
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Surgery (외과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kang, Chang Moo(강창무) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5382-4658
Kim, Ji Su(김지수) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9501-9665
Lee, Woo Jung(이우정) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9273-261X
Hwang, Ho Kyoung(황호경) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4064-7776
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/181560
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