Do Lymph Node Metastases Matter in Appendiceal Cancer with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis? A US HIPEC Collaborative Study.

Kevin M TurnerMackenzie C MorrisAaron M DelmanDennis HansemanFabian M JohnstonJonathan GreerKara Vande WalleDaniel E AbbottMustafa RaoofTravis E GrotzKeith FournierSean DineenJula VeerapongUgwuji MaduekweAnai KothariCharles A StaleyShishir K MaithelLaura A LambertAlex C KimJordan M CloydGregory C WilsonJeffrey J SussmanSyed A AhmadSameer H Patel

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2022)

In this large multi-institutional study of patients with AA undergoing CRS-HIPEC, LN status remained associated with worse OS even in the setting of advanced peritoneal carcinomatosis. Formal LN evaluation should be performed for most patients with AA undergoing CRS-HIPEC.

Keyphrases

lymph node
papillary thyroid
low grade
squamous cell carcinoma
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
radiation therapy
quality improvement
early stage
high grade