Prognostic impact of abutment to the branches of the superior mesenteric artery in borderline resectable pancreatic cancer.

Taisuke ImamuraYusuke YamamotoTeiichi SugiuraYukiyasu OkamuraTakaaki ItoRyo AshidaKatsuhisa OhgiAkiko TodakaAkira FukutomiRui SatoTakeshi AramakiKatsuhiko Uesaka

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2020)

Abutment to the SMA branches was associated with high incidence of distant metastasis after resection and a poor survival. Especially, abutment to the J3A or MCA was associated with poor prognosis comparable with that of the UR group.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
long non coding rna
risk factors
lymph node
locally advanced
squamous cell carcinoma
free survival
liver metastases