• Annals of surgery · Jan 2012

    Perineural invasion and lymph node involvement as indicators of surgical outcome and pattern of recurrence in the setting of preoperative gemcitabine-based chemoradiation therapy for resectable pancreatic cancer.

    • Hidenori Takahashi, Hiroaki Ohigashi, Osamu Ishikawa, Kunihito Gotoh, Terumasa Yamada, Shigenori Nagata, Yasuhiko Tomita, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yuichiro Doki, and Masahiko Yano.
    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan. takahasi-hi@mc.pref.osaka.jp
    • Ann. Surg. 2012 Jan 1; 255 (1): 9510295-102.

    ObjectiveTo analyze the histopathological indicators significantly associated with surgical outcome and the pattern of recurrence in the setting of preoperative gemcitabine-based chemoradiation therapy (CRT) and subsequent pancreatectomy.BackgroundClinicopathological assessment of the resected specimen is an indispensable tool for predicting patient prognosis and localizing high-risk sites for tumor relapse. This procedure is also essential for the establishment of efficient postoperative follow-up protocols in the setting of a preoperative CRT strategy.MethodsIn a prospective phase II clinical trial at our hospital, 110 patients received preoperative CRT and subsequent resection. All 110 resected cases were included in this study. We employed disease-free survival (DFS) as a surgical outcome, and the pattern of recurrence was divided into 2 categories: (1) recurrence in the abdominal cavity (RAC), defined as either a locoregional or a peritoneal recurrence; or (2) distant recurrence (DR), defined as cancer recurrence in a distant organ. Clinicopathological variables were analyzed in association with DFS, RAC, and DR.ResultsPositive nodal involvement and perineural invasion were independent factors that were significantly associated with an unfavorable DFS (P = 0.021 and P = 0.026, respectively). The presence of perineural invasion was the single independent variable significantly associated with an increased risk of RAC (P = 0.002), whereas the status of nodal involvement was the single independent variable significantly associated with an increased risk of DR (P = 0.013).ConclusionsThe status of nodal involvement and perineural invasion in resected specimens are significantly associated with DFS and clearly predict the pattern of recurrence in the setting of a preoperative gemcitabine-based CRT strategy. This study is registered at UMIN-CTR and carries the ID number UMIN000001804.

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