Survival impact based on hepatic artery lymph node status in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: A study of patients receiving modern chemotherapy.

Breanna C PerlmutterMir Shanaz HossainRobert NaplesChao TuValery VilchezJohn McMichaelKatherine TullioRobert SimonR Matthew WalshToms Augustin

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2020)

Patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy with HALN positivity have significantly improved OS compared to patients with stage IV disease. HALN involvement does not significantly alter survival among resected patients and does not warrant preoperative endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
lymph node
patients undergoing
fine needle aspiration
end stage renal disease
prognostic factors
newly diagnosed
free survival
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
squamous cell carcinoma
locally advanced
patient reported