Adjuvant therapy is associated with improved overall survival in patients with pancreatobiliary or mixed subtype ampullary cancer after pancreatoduodenectomy - A multicenter cohort study

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Contributors

  • Louisa Bolm - , Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck (Author)
  • Kristina Ohrner - , Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck (Author)
  • Gennaro Nappo - , IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas - Rozzano (Milano) (Author)
  • Felix Rückert - , Heidelberg University  (Author)
  • Carolin Zimmermann - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Bettina M. Rau - , University of Rostock (Author)
  • Ekaterina Petrova - , Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck (Author)
  • Kim C. Honselmann - , Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck (Author)
  • Hryhoriy Lapshyn - , Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck (Author)
  • Dirk Bausch - , Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck (Author)
  • Jürgen Weitz - , Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Marta Sandini - , Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo Monza (Author)
  • Tobias Keck - , Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck (Author)
  • Alessandro Zerbi - , IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas - Rozzano (Milano) (Author)
  • Marius Distler - , Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, National Center for Tumor Diseases (Partners: UKD, MFD, HZDR, DKFZ), TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Ulrich F. Wellner - , Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck (Author)

Abstract

Background/Objective: The benefit of adjuvant therapy in ampullary cancer (AMPAC) patients following pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) is debated. The aim of this study was to determine the role of adjuvant therapy after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) in histological subtypes of AMPAC. Methods: Patients undergoing PD for AMPAC at 5 high-volume European surgical centers from 1996 to 2017 were identified. Patient baseline characteristics, surgical and histopathological parameters, and long-term overall survival (OS) after resection were evaluated. Results: 214 patients undergoing PD for AMPAC were included. ASA score (ASA1-2 149 vs. ASA 3–4 82 months median OS, p = 0.002), preoperative serum CEA (CEA <0.5 ng/ml 128 vs. CEA >0.5 ng/ml 62 months, p = 0.013), preoperative serum CA19-9 (CA19-9 < 40 IU/ml 147 vs. CA19-9 > 40IU/ml 111 months, p = 0.042), T stage (T1-2 163 vs. T3-4 98 months, p < 0.001), N stage (N0 159 vs. N+ 110 months, p < 0.001), grading (G1-2 145 vs. G3-4 113 months, p = 0.026), R status (R0 136 vs. R+ 38 months, p = 0.031), and histological subtype (intestinal subtype 156 vs. PB/M subtype 118 months, p = 0.003) qualified as prognostic parameters. In multivariable analysis, ASA score (HR 1.784, 95%CI 0.997–3.193, p = 0.050) and N stage (HR 1.831, 95%CI 0.904–3.707, p = 0.033) remained independent prognostic factors. In PB/M subtype AMPAC, patients undergoing adjuvant therapy showed an improved median overall survival (adjuvant therapy 85 months vs. no adjuvant therapy 65 months, p = 0.005), and adjuvant therapy remained an independent prognostic parameter in multivariate analysis (HR 0.351, 95%CI 0.151–0.851, p = 0.015). There was no significant benefit of adjuvant therapy in intestinal subtype AMPAC patients. Conclusion: Adjuvant treatment seems indicated in pancreatobiliary or mixed type AMPAC.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)433-441
Number of pages9
JournalPancreatology
Volume20
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 31987649

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

Keywords

  • Adjuvant therapy, Ampullary cancer, Pancreatobiliary subtype, Pancreatoduodenectomy