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Poor Prognostic Factors in Long-Term Survivors of Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: An International, Multicenter Cohort Study

  • Ammar A Javed
  • , Ingmar F Rompen
  • , Iris W J M van Goor
  • , Thomas F Stoop
  • , Paul Andel
  • , Omar Mahmud
  • , Asad Saulat Fatimi
  • , Joseph R Habib
  • , Nabiha A Mughal
  • , Thijs Schouten
  • , Kelly Lafaro
  • , Richard A Burkhart
  • , William R Burns
  • , Hjalmar C van Santvoort
  • , Marcel den Dulk
  • , Freek Daams
  • , J Sven D Mieog
  • , Martijn W J Stommel
  • , Gijs A Patijn
  • , Ignace de Hingh
  • Sebastiaan Festen, Maarten W Nijkamp, Joost M Klaase, Daan J Lips, Jan H Wijsman, Erwin van der Harst, Eric Manusama, Casper H J van Eijck, Bas Groot Koerkamp, Geert Kazemier, Olivier R Busch, I Quintus Molenaar, Lois A Daamen, Jin He, Christopher L Wolfgang, Marc G Besselink*, Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group, PANC-PALS Consortium
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Objective: To measure the rate of LTS in resected PDAC and determine the association between predictors of OS and LTS. Summary Background Data: Long-term survival (>5 years, LTS) remains rare in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Multiple predictors of overall survival (OS) are known but their association with LTS remains unclear. Methods: An international, multicenter retrospective study was conducted. Included were patients from 2012-2019 with resected PDAC. Excluded were those with metastases at diagnosis or resection, R2 resections, and 90-day mortality. Predictors of OS were identified using multivariable Cox regression and their prevalence in patients with LTS assessed. LTS was calculated by excluding patients with shorter follow-up and predictors of LTS were identified using multivariable logistic regression. Results: 3,003 patients were included (27.4% received neoadjuvant chemotherapy). Elevated baseline CA19-9, high tumor grade, nodal disease, and perineural and lymphovascular invasion were negative independent predictors of OS, while receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy predicted improved OS (all p<0.05). LTS was observed in 220/2,436 patients (9.0%), of whom 198 (90%) harbored poor prognostic factors: elevated baseline CA19-9 (58.1%), poor tumor differentiation (51.0%), nodal disease (46.8%), and perineural invasion (76.0%). Of those without any of these four features, 50.0% achieved LTS as compared to 21.3%, 13.3%, 5.2%, and 3.5% in those with 1, 2, 3, or 4 features. Conclusions: This bi-national cohort demonstrates a true LTS rate of 9.0% in resected PDAC. Clinicians should remain aware that presence of poor prognostic factors does not preclude LTS.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAnnals of Surgery
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 17 Sept 2024

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