TY - JOUR
T1 - Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
T2 - Prognosis of Patients Who Did Not Undergo Lymphadenectomy
AU - Bagante, Fabio
AU - Gani, Faiz
AU - Spolverato, Gaya
AU - Xu, Li
AU - Alexandrescu, Sorin
AU - Marques, Hugo P.
AU - Lamelas, Jorge
AU - Aldrighetti, Luca
AU - Gamblin, T. Clark
AU - Maithel, Shishir K.
AU - Pulitano, Carlo
AU - Bauer, Todd W.
AU - Shen, Feng
AU - Poultsides, George A.
AU - Marsh, J. Wallis
AU - Pawlik, Timothy M.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - Background: The role of routine lymphadenectomy (LD) among patients undergoing surgery for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) remains poorly defined. This study aimed to evaluate the role of routine LD as well as to quantify the impact of not assessing nodal station on disease-specific survival (DSS) among patients undergoing liver surgery for ICC. Study Design: Using data from 12 major hepatobiliary centers, 561 patients undergoing liver surgery for ICC between 1990 and 2012 were identified. The association between nodal status and DSS was assessed using Cox proportional and Aalen's linear hazards models. Results: Among the 272 (48.5%) patients who underwent LD, 123 (45.2%) had lymph node metastasis (N1). Although differences in DSS were noted between N0 and Nx patients within the first 18 months after surgery (DSS at 18 months: N0 vs Nx, 70.2% vs 60.6%, respectively, p = 0.019) among patients who had survived to 18 months, the DSS at 60 months of Nx patients was comparable to that of N0 patients (p = 0.48). Conversely, although the DSS of N1 and Nx patients was comparable in the short-term (DSS at 18 months: p = 0.13), among patients who had survived to 18 months, N1 patients had a lower DSS compared with Nx patients (DSS at 60 months among patients who had survived to 18 months: N1 vs Nx, 15.2% vs 45.8%, respectively, p <0.001; all p values were based on the log-rank test comparing 2 survival curves). Conclusions: Although Nx patients and N1 patients had comparable DSS in the short-term, Nx patients who survived past 18 months had a survival comparable to that of N0 patients. Lack of nodal staging may lead to heterogeneous and potentially incorrect prognostic classification of patients with ICC.
AB - Background: The role of routine lymphadenectomy (LD) among patients undergoing surgery for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) remains poorly defined. This study aimed to evaluate the role of routine LD as well as to quantify the impact of not assessing nodal station on disease-specific survival (DSS) among patients undergoing liver surgery for ICC. Study Design: Using data from 12 major hepatobiliary centers, 561 patients undergoing liver surgery for ICC between 1990 and 2012 were identified. The association between nodal status and DSS was assessed using Cox proportional and Aalen's linear hazards models. Results: Among the 272 (48.5%) patients who underwent LD, 123 (45.2%) had lymph node metastasis (N1). Although differences in DSS were noted between N0 and Nx patients within the first 18 months after surgery (DSS at 18 months: N0 vs Nx, 70.2% vs 60.6%, respectively, p = 0.019) among patients who had survived to 18 months, the DSS at 60 months of Nx patients was comparable to that of N0 patients (p = 0.48). Conversely, although the DSS of N1 and Nx patients was comparable in the short-term (DSS at 18 months: p = 0.13), among patients who had survived to 18 months, N1 patients had a lower DSS compared with Nx patients (DSS at 60 months among patients who had survived to 18 months: N1 vs Nx, 15.2% vs 45.8%, respectively, p <0.001; all p values were based on the log-rank test comparing 2 survival curves). Conclusions: Although Nx patients and N1 patients had comparable DSS in the short-term, Nx patients who survived past 18 months had a survival comparable to that of N0 patients. Lack of nodal staging may lead to heterogeneous and potentially incorrect prognostic classification of patients with ICC.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.09.012
DO - 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.09.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 26474514
AN - SCOPUS:84951791319
JO - International abstracts of surgery
JF - International abstracts of surgery
SN - 1072-7515
ER -