Prognostic Significance of Lymph Node Metastasis and Micrometastasis Along the Left Side of Superior Mesenteric Artery in Pancreatic Head Cancer.
Kenjiro OkadaYoshiaki MurakamiNaru KondoKenichiro UemuraNaoya NakagawaShingo SeoShinya TakahashiTaijiro SuedaPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)
In pancreatic head cancer, the rate of SMA-LN-lt HE-positive and micrometastasis was found in 12% and 5%, respectively. Adjuvant chemotherapy may contribute to improvement of prognosis in patients with LN metastasis including SMA-LN-lt metastasis and micrometastasis.