Impact of Resection Margin Status in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer: a National Cohort Study.
Christof KaltenmeierIbrahim NassourRichard S HoehnSidrah KhanAlison AlthansDavid A GellerAlessandro PanicciaAmer ZureikatSamer TohmePublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2020)
A positive margin predicts a poorer survival than R0 resections regardless of stage and receipt of adjuvant therapy. Several modifiable factors significantly predict the likelihood of R0 resection including neoadjuvant treatment and treatment at Academic/Research Programs. Knowledge about these factors can help guide patient management by offering neoadjuvant treatment modalities at Academic as well as Community hospitals.