Incidence and risk factors for abdominal occult metastatic disease in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Georgios GemenetzisVincent P GrootAlex B BlairDing DingSameer S ThakkerElliot K FishmanJohn L CameronMartin A MakaryMatthew J WeissChristopher L WolfgangJin HePublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2018)
Occurrence of OMD in PDAC accounts for 8% of cases. Preoperative CA 19-9 > 192 U/mL, primary tumor size > 30 mm, and identification of indeterminate lesions in preoperative CT may indicate the need for diagnostic laparoscopy.