Oncologic resection of pancreatic cancer with isolated liver metastasis: Favorable outcomes in select patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and liver metastasis are treated with palliative chemotherapy, whereas similar patients with metastatic colorectal cancer are considered for aggressive surgery.

Methods

Using an institutional database, PDAC patients undergoing liver resection for isolated metastasis were identified. Their overall survival (OS), treatment factors, and clinicopathological variables associated with survival were also evaluated.

Results

Forty-seven patients underwent curative-intent surgery for metastatic PDAC to the liver between 2000 and 2019. Median OS was 21.9 months from diagnosis. Fourteen patients underwent unplanned resection of radiographically occult liver metastasis during pancreatectomy with median OS of 8.7 mont

SUBMITTER: Nagai M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10548446 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature