Unexpected Para-aortic Lymph Node Metastasis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: a Contraindication to Resection?
Ji Su KimHo Kyoung HwangWoo Jung LeeChang Moo KangPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)
Unexpected para-aortic lymph node metastasis on frozen section biopsy may no longer be a contraindication to curative resection in "resectable" pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, as long as postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy can be administered.
Keyphrases
- lymph node metastasis
- aortic valve
- squamous cell carcinoma
- papillary thyroid
- left ventricular
- pulmonary artery
- aortic dissection
- patients undergoing
- locally advanced
- rectal cancer
- ultrasound guided
- coronary artery
- heart failure
- pulmonary hypertension
- liver metastases
- radiation therapy
- prognostic factors
- atrial fibrillation