Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40163953›Full record

ArticleClinical imaging2025

Safety and efficacy of transarterial therapies for pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma metastases.

Harrison Blume, Elena N Petre, Etay Ziv, Gavin Yuan, Lee Rodriguez, Vlasios Sotirchos, Ken Zhao, Erica S Alexander

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Clinical imaging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Harrison BlumeMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiology, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States of America; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, United States of America. Electronic address: blumeh@mskcc.org.
Elena N PetreMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiology, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States of America. Electronic address: petree@mskcc.org.
Etay ZivMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiology, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States of America. Electronic address: zive@mskcc.org.
Gavin YuanMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiology, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States of America; New York Medical College, 40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Valhalla, NY 10595, United States of America. Electronic address: yuang@mskcc.org.
Lee RodriguezMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiology, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States of America. Electronic address: Rodrl10@mskcc.org.
Vlasios SotirchosMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiology, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States of America. Electronic address: sotirchv@mskcc.org.
Ken ZhaoMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiology, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States of America. Electronic address: zhaok@mskcc.org.
Erica S AlexanderMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiology, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States of America. Electronic address: alexane@mskcc.org.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the safety and efficacy of transarterial therapy, including hepatic arterial embolization (HAE) and transarterial radioembolization (TARE), for patients with hepatic metastases secondary to pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma (PACC).

methodsThis retrospective, single-center study included patients with PACC liver metastases treated with transarterial therapy between 11/2013 and 2/2023. Nine patients with PACC were treated in a total of 18 sessions [HAE (n = 14), and TARE (n = 4)]. Patient demographics, tumor characteristics, and radiographic response were recorded. Local tumor progression-free survival (LTPFS) and overall survival (OS) were assessed via Kaplan-Meier analysis. Adverse events were graded according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.

resultsMedian LTPFS was 6.77 months (95 % CI: 3.23-26.33 months) after first treatment. Median assisted LTPFS in the six patients with multiple treatment sessions was 22.33 months (95 % CI: 3.67-31.93 months). Median OS was not reached (95 % CI: 0.17-NR). One-year OS from first treatment was 66.67 % (95 % CI: 28.17-87.83 %). Adverse events within one month of treatment occurred in 5/18 (27.8 %) sessions. Three of the five (60 %) reported complications were grade 1 and included mild post-embolization syndrome. One grade 3 complication occurred; pulmonary embolism associated with hypoxia and treated with anticoagulation. There was one death, grade 5, five days after treatment in a patient with a history of pancreaticoduodenectomy who developed a hepatic abscess complicated by sepsis.

conclusionThis small retrospective study suggests that transarterial therapies for PACC provide acceptable local control and safety.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Acinar CellEmbolization, TherapeuticLiver NeoplasmsPancreatic NeoplasmsAdultAgedFemaleHepatic ArteryHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeBland embolizationPancreatic acinar cell carcinomaTransarterial embolizationTransarterial therapy

Identifiers

PMID40163953
PMCPMC12814653

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.