Margin clearance greater than 1 mm in nodal-positive pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients: multicentre retrospective analysis.

Reea P AholaEline S ZwartBenediktas KurlinkusAsif HalimiBengi S YilmazGiulio BelfioriKeith RobertsRupaly PandeHasan A Al-SaffarPatrick MaisonneuveGüralp O CeyhanJohanna Laukkarinen

Published in: BJS open (2024)

In this study, a margin clearance greater than 1 mm showed no clear effect on overall survival in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients with nodal involvement, whereas adjuvant therapy was confirmed to be essential to ensure longer overall survival.

Keyphrases

lymph node
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
free survival
squamous cell carcinoma
patient reported outcomes
radiation therapy
patient reported