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ArticleAnnals of surgery2025

Evaluation of Short and Long-term Outcomes After Resection in Patients With Locally Advanced Versus (Borderline) Resectable Pancreatic Cancer.

Lilly J H Brada, Thijs J Schouten, Lois A Daamen, Leonard W F Seelen, Marieke S Walma, Ronald van Dam, Ignace H de Hingh, Mike S L Liem, Vincent E de Meijer, Gijs A Patijn and 7 more

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Article in Annals of surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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17 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Lilly J H BradaDepartment of Surgery, UMC Utrecht Cancer Center and St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Regional Academic Cancer Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Thijs J SchoutenDepartment of Surgery, UMC Utrecht Cancer Center and St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Regional Academic Cancer Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Lois A DaamenDepartment of Surgery, UMC Utrecht Cancer Center and St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Regional Academic Cancer Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Leonard W F SeelenDepartment of Surgery, UMC Utrecht Cancer Center and St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Regional Academic Cancer Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Marieke S WalmaDepartment of Surgery, UMC Utrecht Cancer Center and St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Regional Academic Cancer Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Ronald van DamDepartment of Surgery, Maastricht UMC+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Ignace H de HinghDepartment of Epidemiology, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Aachen, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Mike S L LiemDepartment of Surgery, Medical Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Vincent E de MeijerDepartment of Surgery, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Gijs A PatijnDepartment of Surgery, Isala, Zwolle, The Netherlands.
Sebastiaan FestenDepartment of Surgery, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Martijn W J StommelDepartment of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Koop BosschaDepartment of Surgery, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
Marc G BesselinkDepartment of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Hjalmar C van SantvoortDepartment of Surgery, UMC Utrecht Cancer Center and St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Regional Academic Cancer Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Izaak Quintus MolenaarDepartment of Surgery, UMC Utrecht Cancer Center and St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Regional Academic Cancer Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group
University Medical Center Utrecht · NLMaastricht University Medical Centre · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NLAmsterdam Neuroscience · NLIsala · NLMaastricht University · NLMedisch Spectrum Twente · NLUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

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Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate short and long-term outcomes after pancreatectomy in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) compared with patients with (borderline) resectable pancreatic cancer [(B)RPC].

backgroundSelected patients diagnosed with LAPC are increasingly undergoing resection after induction chemotherapy. To evaluate the benefit of this treatment approach, it is helpful to compare outcomes in resected patients with primary LAPC to outcomes in resected patients with primary (B)RPC.

methodsTwo prospectively maintained nationwide databases were used for this study. Patients with (B)RPC undergoing upfront tumor resection and patients with resected LAPC after induction therapy were included. Outcomes were postoperative pancreas-specific complications, 90-day mortality, pathologic outcomes, disease-free interval, and overall survival.

resultsOverall, 879 patients were included; 103 with LAPC (12%) and 776 with (B)RPC (88%). Patients with LAPC had a lower World Health Organization performance score and ageadjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index. Postoperative pancreas-specific complications were comparable between groups, except delayed gastric emptying grade C, which occurred more often in patients with LAPC (9% vs 3%, P = 0.03). Ninety-day mortality was comparable. About half of the patients in both groups [54% in LAPC vs 48% in (B)RPC, P = 0.21] had a radical resection (R0). Disease-free interval was 13 months in both groups ( P = 0.12) and overall survival from the date of diagnosis was 24 months in patients with LAPC and 19 months in patients with (B)RPC ( P = 0.34).

conclusionsIn our nationwide prospective databases, pancreas-specific complications, mortality, and survival in patients with LAPC after pancreatectomy are comparable with those undergoing resection for (B)RPC. These outcomes suggest that postoperative morbidity and mortality after tumor resection in carefully selected patients with LAPC are acceptable.

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PancreatectomyPancreatic NeoplasmsAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateTime FactorsTreatment Outcome(borderline) resectable pancreatic cancerlocally advanced pancreatic cancermorbiditymortalityresectionsurvival

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