Lymph Node Ratio in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma After Preoperative Chemotherapy vs. Preoperative Chemoradiation and Its Utility in Decisions About Postoperative Chemotherapy.

Douglas S SwordsSamual R FrancisShane LloydIgnacio Garrido-LagunaSean J MulvihillJoshua D GruhlMiles C ChristensenGregory J StoddardMatthew A FirpoCourtney L Scaife

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2018)

PCT is associated with a higher LNR and higher rates of node positivity than PCRT. Postoperative chemotherapy is associated with longer OS than observation in patients with a LNR of 0.01-0.149 after PCT.

Keyphrases

lymph node
locally advanced
patients undergoing
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
rectal cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
chemotherapy induced
early stage