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Valerio Gallotta Francesco Fanfani Anna Fagotti Vito Chiantera Francesco Legge Salvatore Gueli Alletti Camilla Nero Alessandro Pasquale Margariti Valerio Papa Sergio Alfieri Francesca Ciccarone Giovanni Scambia Gabriella Ferrandina MD 《Annals of surgical oncology》2014,21(7):2369-2375
Background
The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the incidence of mesenteric lymph node (MLN) involvement, and its prognostic role in advanced ovarian cancer (OC).Methods
OC patients undergoing rectosigmoid resection during primary debulking surgery or interval debulking surgery were recorded. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival were calculated from the date of diagnosis to the date of relapse/progression, death of disease, or the date of last follow-up.Results
MLNs were detected in 102/148 cases (68.9 %); the rate of MLN involvement was 47.0 %. The percentage of metastatic MLNs was higher in cases with >5 MLNs removed compared with cases with ≤5 MLNs removed (62.7 % vs. 31.3 %; p = 0.0027). A progressive increase in the rate of metastatic MLNs was documented in association with depth of bowel infiltration (p = 0.026). Cases with metastatic MLNs experienced isolated celiac trunk or aortic lymph node recurrences more frequently than patients without MLN involvement (44.8 % vs. 10.7 %; p = 0.0008). PFS did not differ between cases with positive versus negative MLN involvement (2-year PFS = 31 % vs. 43 %; p = 0.58).Conclusion
OC patients undergoing rectosigmoid resection showed metastatic MLN involvement in 47.0 % of cases. Metastatic MLN status is associated with a high rate of isolated aortic and celiac trunk lymph node recurrences. 相似文献2.
Shinji Mine MD Takeshi Sano MD PhD Naoki Hiki MD PhD Kazuhiko Yamada MD PhD Toshiyuki Kosuga MD Souya Nunobe MD PhD Hironobu Shigaki MD PhD Toshiharu Yamaguchi MD PhD 《Annals of surgical oncology》2014,21(5):1596-1601
Background
It is difficult to determine preoperatively whether upper/middle thoracic lymphadenectomy is necessary in patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG) or lower esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Here, we investigated whether stratification based on the location of the proximal end of the tumor, as assessed using preoperative computed tomography (CT) images, would be useful for predicting upper/middle thoracic lymph node involvement for AEG and lower ESCC.Methods
A total of 142 patients with AEG and lower ESCC treated by R0–1 surgical resection via a thoracotomy was retrospectively investigated. The location of the proximal end of the tumor in comparison with the vena cava foramen (VCF) was decided by inspecting preoperative CT images and then correlated with upper/middle thoracic lymph node involvement.Results
The incidence of upper/middle thoracic lymph node involvement was low in AEG and ESCC tumors having proximal ends below the VCF (0 %, 0 of 13, and 5.9 %, 1 of 17, for AEG and ESCC, respectively). In contrast, when the tumors’ proximal ends were above the VCF, patients had higher frequencies of upper/middle thoracic lymph node involvement (36.4 %, 8 of 22, and 37.8 %, 34 of 90, for AEG and ESCC, respectively). Multivariate analysis showed that the location of the proximal end of the tumor is an independent risk factor related to upper/middle thoracic lymph node involvement (odds ratio 14.3, 95 % confidence interval 1.76–111, p = 0.013), whereas other clinical factors (cT, cN, tumor length, and histologic types) are not.Conclusions
This manner of stratification using preoperative CT images could be useful in deciding the extent of thoracic lymphadenectomy in both AEG and ESCC. 相似文献3.
W. Kneist M. Schreckenberger P. Bartenstein F. Grünwald K. Oberholzer Prof. Dr. Th. Junginger 《Der Chirurg》2003,74(10):922-930
Background
Exact preoperative staging is a prerequisite for the indication and the choice of appropriate operative technique for patients with esophageal carcinoma. The objective of this prospective study was to assess whether positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) increases the accuracy of preoperative lymph node staging with standard computed tomography (CT) and thus leads to a different surgical approach.Patients and methods
Fifty-eight patients with carcinoma of the esophagus (46 men and 12 women) with a median age of 61 years underwent FDG-PET imaging of the neck, chest, and abdomen as well as CT of the chest and abdomen. Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were calculated for both imaging techniques to evaluate the detection of histologically verified lymph node metastases.Results
The FDG-PET showed higher specificity, whereas CT proved to be more accurate for detecting lymph node metastases not only of the abdomen (73% vs 59%) but also of the thorax (73% vs 63%). Resections were transhiatal in 23 patients and transthoracal in 16. As a supplement to conventional CT diagnostic procedure, FDG-PET was not decisive for the surgical approach.Conclusions
Altogether, pretherapeutical PET imaging did not increase the accuracy of lymph node staging for our patients with esophageal carcinoma, which had already been defined through CT. Therefore, no new consequences resulted for the surgical procedure. Due to the high costs involved with PET investigation, lymph node staging with it is momentarily indicated mainly for clinical studies and when CT does not offer unequivocal results. Increased sensitivity of the already advantageous whole-body FDG-PET imaging by means of tumor-affinitive radiopharmaceuticals and optimized apparatus resolution could lead to new indications for this staging procedure. 相似文献4.
Xin Zhou Haiting Xie Lingduo Xie Jing Li Wei Fu 《Journal of gastrointestinal surgery》2013,17(9):1689-1697
Background
Although various guidelines regarding neuroendocrine tumors were released, treatment for rectal neuroendocrine tumors with size between 1 and 2 cm has not been explicitly elucidated. The determinant factor of the choice between endoscopic resection and radical surgery is whether lymph node involvement exists.Aim
This study aims to explore factors associated with lymph node involvement in rectal neuroendocrine tumors by conducting a meta-analysis.Methods
A broad literature research of Pubmed, Embase&Medline, and The Cochrane Library was performed, and systematic review and meta-analysis about factors associated with lymph node involvement were conducted.Results
Seven studies were included in this meta-analysis. Tumor size?>?1 cm (odds ratio (OR) 6.72, 95 % confidence interval (CI) [3.23, 14.02]), depth of invasion (OR 5.06, 95 % CI [2.30, 11.10]), venous invasion (OR 5.92, 95 % CI [2.21, 15.87]), and central depression (OR 3.00, 95 % CI [1.07, 8.43]) were significantly associated with lymph node involvement.Conclusion
The available clinical evidence suggests that tumor size?>?1 cm, invasion of muscularis properia, venous invasion, and central depression could be risk factors of lymph node involvement, while other factors reported by few studies need further research. 相似文献5.
Jian-Ye Liu Yong-Hong Li Zhi-Ling Zhang Kai Yao Yun-Lin Ye Dan Xie Hui Han Zhou-Wei Liu Zi-Ke Qin Fang-Jian Zhou 《World journal of urology》2013,31(6):1519-1524
Objective
To evaluate factors in penile squamous cell carcinoma predictive of pelvic lymph node metastasis and survival.Materials and methods
Data were collected and analyzed retrospectively in 146 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of penis who underwent bilateral inguinal lymph node dissection in our center between January 1998 and April 2011. Variables recorded included serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen, primary tumor p53 immunoreactivity, histological grade, pathological tumor stage, lymphatic or vascular invasion, absent/unilateral or bilateral inguinal lymph node involvement, number of metastatic inguinal lymph nodes, presence of extracapsular growth and lymph node density.Results
Seventy patients had inguinal lymph node metastasis (LNM). Of these, 33 (47.1 %) had pelvic LNM. Primary tumor strong p53 expression, lymphatic or vascular invasion, involvement of more than two inguinal lymph nodes and 30 % or greater lymph node density were significant predictors of pelvic LNM. Primary tumor strong p53 expression (odds ratio [OR] 5.997, 95 % confidence intervals [CI] 1.615–22.275), presence of extracapsular growth (OR 2.209, 95 % CI 1.166–4.184), involvement of more than two inguinal lymph nodes (OR 2.494, 95 % CI 1.086–5.728) and pelvic lymph node involvement (OR 18.206, 95 % CI 6.807–48.696) were independent prognostic factors for overall survival.Conclusions
Primary tumor expression of p53, lymphatic or vascular invasion, number of metastatic inguinal lymph nodes and lymph node density were all predictors of pathologic pelvic lymph node involvement. Patients with pelvic LNM had an adverse prognosis, with a 3-year overall survival rate of approximately 12.1 %. Pelvic lymph node dissection should be considered in these cases. 相似文献6.
Shozo Yokoyama Katsunari Takifuji Tsukasa Hotta Kenji Matsuda Takashi Watanabe Yasuyuki Mitani Junji Ieda Hiroki Yamaue 《Surgery today》2014,44(6):1097-1103
Purpose
The effectiveness of lateral lymph node dissection for extending the survival of patients with advanced lower rectal cancer remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to clarify the survival benefit of lateral lymph node dissection according to the region of involvement and the number of lateral lymph nodes involved.Methods
We reviewed 131 consecutive patients with advanced lower rectal cancer, who had undergone curative resection with total mesorectal excision plus extended lateral lymph node dissection at Wakayama Medical University Hospital. Twenty-six (19.1 %) of these patients had lateral lymph involvement. We performed univariate and multivariate analyses for the 3-year disease-free and overall survival of these patients.Results
Multivariate analysis revealed that the number (>1) and the region (common iliac artery region or external iliac artery region) of lateral lymph node metastasis are independent predictive factors for recurrence and survival. The Kaplan–Meier analysis demonstrated that patients with one lymph node metastasis in the internal iliac artery or obturator region had better survival.Conclusions
Lateral lymph node dissection resulted in survival benefit for patients with single lateral lymph node involvement in the internal iliac artery region or the obturator region. 相似文献7.
Satoru Motoyama MD PhD Kazuhiko Mori MD PhD Takashi Kamei MD PhD Masatomo Miura PhD Yudai Hinai Yusuke Sato MD PhD Kei Yoshino MD PhD Tomohiko Sasaki MD PhD Go Miyata MD PhD Yasuyuki Seto MD PhD Jun-ichi Ogawa MD PhD 《Annals of surgical oncology》2013,20(6):1978-1984
Background
More than 40 % of patients with submucosal esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) have lymph node metastasis. Furthermore, the potential presence of undetectable metastasis before treatment prompts surgeons to be aggressive with respect to lymph node dissection. Extending the indication for endoscopic resection, a minimally invasive treatment, to superficial ESCCs will require more accurate and individualized evaluation of lymph node metastasis.Methods
The study participants were 121 esophageal cancer patients who underwent curative surgery for thoracic submucosal ESCC at three Japanese hospitals. DNA was extracted from blood samples, and the C-reactive protein (CRP) 1846C>T genetic polymorphism (rs1205) was investigated using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. We then evaluated the value of CRP 1846C>T polymorphism for diagnosis of lymph node metastasis.Results
Forty-nine (40 %) patients had lymph node metastasis. The CRP 1846 C/T genotype was C/C in 19 patients, C/T in 57 patients, and T/T in 45 patients. Fisher’s exact analysis of the CRP 1846C>T polymorphism showed a significantly higher frequency of lymph node involvement with the T/T genotype. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models revealed that patients carrying the 1846 T/T genotype had a significantly greater likelihood of developing lymph node metastasis (odds ratio >2.6). Combining the CRP 1846 C/T genotype with clinical diagnosis, mainly using CT, brought a negative predictive value of 80 % to diagnosing lymph node involvement.Conclusions
CRP genetic polymorphism may be a novel predictor of risk of lymph node metastasis in ESCC, which could enable better evaluation of the necessity for lymph node dissection. 相似文献8.
Nimmi S. Kapoor MD Jaime Shamonki MD Myung-Shin Sim PhD Cathie T. Chung MD Armando E. Giuliano MD 《Annals of surgical oncology》2013,20(8):2576-2581
Background
There are few data on the long-term outcome of patients with microinvasive (T1mi) breast cancer. Moreover, predictors of lymph node involvement and the impact of multifocal microinvasion are not well understood.Methods
Patients with T1mi cancer, defined as tumors ≤1 mm, surgically managed at our institute and who underwent axillary lymph node evaluation were identified. Specimen slides were independently reviewed. Multivariate analysis was used to identify factors predictive of lymph node involvement.Results
Forty-five patients with T1mi cancer were identified. Median patient age was 52 years, and median size of in situ disease was 4 cm. Nine tumors (20.0 %) had more than one focus of microinvasion. Lymph nodes metastasis were identified in 9 patients: 1 macrometastasis (2.2 %), 4 micrometastases (8.9 %), and 4 isolated tumor cells (8.9 %). Seven of 9 patients with lymph node involvement underwent adjuvant chemotherapy. Estrogen receptor–negative invasive disease was a significant predictor of lymph node metastasis by multivariable analysis (p < 0.02). There was also a trend toward lymph node involvement in patients with multifocal microinvasion compared to unifocal disease (33.3 vs. 16.7 %, respectively). At a median follow-up of 83 months, 3 patients (6.3 %) had disease recurrence (1 local, 1 distant, 1 local and distant). All patients with recurrence initially had tumor-free lymph nodes and only one focus of microinvasion.Conclusions
Microinvasive breast cancer clearly has the ability to metastasize and recur, but in this series, only 2 % of patients with nodal macrometastasis. Only two patients experienced local recurrence, neither of whom had lymph node metastasis. The importance of identifying nodal micrometastasis in T1mi disease needs to be further explored. 相似文献9.
Yoshiya Fujimoto Masatoshi Oya Hiroya Kuroyanagi Masashi Ueno Takashi Akiyoshi Toshiharu Yamaguchi Tetsuichiro Muto 《Langenbeck's archives of surgery / Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Chirurgie》2010,395(2):139-142
Background
Colorectal carcinoids are described as low-grade malignancy in the WHO classification. However, the survival is equally poor between carcinoids and adenocarcinomas if the tumors have lymph node metastasis or distant metastasis.Patients and methods
We reviewed 17 patients with rectal carcinoid, who underwent surgical resection with lymph node dissection at our institution between March 2005 and November 2007. Our criteria for surgical resection were: tumor size of 10 mm or larger and positive resection margin or the presence of lymphovascular invasion in lesions to which endoscopic or surgical local treatment was carried out.Results
Lymph node metastases were present in 12 patients. Three of them were with tumors less than 10 mm in size, of whom two patients had lymphovascular invasion. In eight out of the 12 with lymph node metastases, preoperative computed tomography (CT) identified lymph nodes of 5 mm or larger in size.Conclusions
The present study demonstrated that rectal carcinoids with lymph node metastasis are common. Previously reported risk factors of lymph node metastasis in rectal carcinoid such as tumor size >?=?10 mm and lymphovascular invasion are useful in predicting lymph node metastasis. In addition, lymph nodes 5 mm or larger in size identified on preoperative CT suggest the presence of metastasis. 相似文献10.
Poultsides GA Huang LC Chen Y Visser BC Pai RK Jeffrey RB Park WG Chen AM Kunz PL Fisher GA Norton JA 《Annals of surgical oncology》2012,19(7):2295-2303
Background
Studies to identify preoperative prognostic variables for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET) have been inconclusive. Specifically, the prevalence and prognostic significance of radiographic calcifications in these tumors remains unclear.Methods
From 1998 to 2009, a total of 110 patients with well-differentiated PNET underwent surgical resection at our institution. Synchronous liver metastases present in 31 patients (28%) were addressed surgically with curative intent. Patients with high-grade PNET were excluded. The presence of calcifications in the primary tumor on preoperative computed tomography was recorded and correlated with clinicopathologic variables and overall survival.Results
Calcifications were present in 16% of patients and were more common in gastrinomas and glucagonomas (50%), but never encountered in insulinomas. Calcified tumors were larger (median size 4.5 vs. 2.3?cm, P?=?0.04) and more commonly associated with lymph node metastasis (75 vs. 35%, P?=?0.01), synchronous liver metastasis (62 vs. 21%, P?0.01), and intermediate tumor grade (80 vs. 31%, P?0.01). On multivariate analysis of factors available preoperatively, calcifications (P?=?0.01) and size (P?0.01) remained independent predictors of lymph node metastasis. Overall survival after resection was significantly worse in the presence of synchronous liver metastasis (5-year, 64 vs. 86%, P?=?0.04), but not in the presence of radiographic calcifications.Conclusions
Calcifications on preoperative computed tomography correlate with intermediate grade and lymph node metastasis in well-differentiated PNET. This information is available preoperatively and supports the routine dissection of regional lymph nodes through formal pancreatectomy rather than enucleation in calcified PNET. 相似文献11.
Komatsu S Ichikawa D Okamoto K Ikoma D Tsujiura M Shiozaki A Fujiwara H Murayama Y Kuriu Y Ikoma H Nakanishi M Ochiai T Kokuba Y Otsuji E 《Journal of gastrointestinal surgery》2012,16(3):503-508
Background
Although remnant gastric cancer (RGC) following distal gastrectomy is located in the proximal stomach, little is known about the differences of the lymphatic distribution and surgical outcomes between RGC and primary proximal gastric cancer (PGC).Methods
Between 1997 and 2008, 1,149 patients underwent gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Of these, 33 (2.9%) RGC patients and 207 (18.5%) PGC patients were treated at our department. We reviewed their hospital records retrospectively.Results
Compared with the PGC patients, those with RGC had a slightly higher age at onset (p?=?0.09), higher incidence of undifferentiated cancer (p?=?0.06), higher incidence of vascular invasion (p?=?0.09), and higher incidence of T4 (p?=?0.07). Gastrectomy for RGC involved greater blood loss (p?0.005), longer surgical duration (p?=?0.01), combined resection, and high incidence of complications. However, the survival rate for RGC patients was similar to that for PGC patients (p?=?0.67). 2) Patients with RGC had a different pattern of lymph node metastasis compared with that in PGC. Particularly in advanced RGC with pT2?CT4 tumors, RGC frequently demonstrated jejunal mesentery lymph node metastases (RGC vs. PGC, 35% vs. 0%) and splenic hilar lymph node metastases (RGC vs. PGC, 17% vs. 10%). The jejunal mesentery lymph node metastases were detected only following Billroth II reconstruction (Billroth I vs. Billroth II, 0% vs. 67%).Conclusion
Although the clinical behaviors of the two gastric cancers were different, the survival rates were similar. The pattern of metastasis indicates that the jejunal mesentery and splenic hilar lymph nodes should be specifically targeted for en bloc resection during complete gastrectomy in RGC. 相似文献12.
H. Kjölhede G. Ahlgren H. Almquist F. Liedberg K. Lyttkens T. Ohlsson O. Bratt 《World journal of urology》2014,32(4):965-970
Purpose
To compare 18F-fluorocholine positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) for the detection of lymph node metastases in a large cohort of patients with high-risk prostate cancer.Materials and methods
Patients with prostate-specific antigen levels between 20 and 99 ng/mL and/or Gleason score 8–10 cancers, planned for treatment with curative intent following a negative or inconclusive standard bone scan, were investigated with 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT followed by an ePLND. None of the patients received hormonal therapy prior to these staging procedures. Results for PET/CT were compared on a per-patient basis with histopathology from ePLND. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values were calculated.Results
PET/CT detected a total of 76 suspected lymph node metastases and four suspected bone metastases in 33 (29 %) of the 112 included patients. Of these, 35 suspected lymph node metastases, only within the anatomical template area of an ePLND, were found in 21 of the patients. Histopathology of the ePLND specimens detected 117 lymph node metastases in 48 (43 %) of the 112 patients. Per-patient sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values for 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT for lymph node metastases within the ePLND template were 0.33, 0.92, 0.76 and 0.65, respectively. Only 11 patients had lymph nodes larger than 10 mm that would have been reported by CT alone.Conclusions
18F-fluorocholine PET/CT detects lymph node metastases in a significant proportion of patients with high-risk prostate cancer with a high specificity, but low sensitivity. 相似文献13.
M. Tayyab A. Sharma A. W. MacDonald J. Gunn J. E. Hartley J. R. T. Monson 《Langenbeck's archives of surgery / Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Chirurgie》2012,397(7):1053-1057
Background
Lymph node ratio (LNR) has been shown to be an independent prognostic factor in stage III colorectal cancer. Abdominoperineal resection (APR) of rectum is historically associated with poorer oncological outcomes compared to other colorectal resections, and significance of LNR in this group of patients has not been studied.Objective
Our aim was to determine impact of LNR on oncological outcomes in a series of patients with rectal cancers undergoing APR.Patients and methods
A series of patients who had undergone APR and had lymph node metastasis were identified from a prospectively maintained clinical, histopathological and radiological database. LNR was calculated, and Cox regression was used to determine the impact of factors affecting local recurrence, distal metastases and overall survival.Results
Fifty-eight (42 males) patients were identified to have rectal cancer with lymph node involvement. LNR was an independent predictor of distal metastasis and overall survival at cutoff levels of 0.17, 0.41 and 0.69.Conclusion
Lymph node ratio is an independent predictor of survival outcomes in patients with stage III tumours undergoing APR. LNR may help improve stratification of this group of patients. 相似文献14.
Hosokawa Y Kinoshita T Konishi M Takahashi S Gotohda N Kato Y Daiko H Nishimura M Katsumata K Sugiyama Y Kinoshita T 《Annals of surgical oncology》2012,19(2):677-683
Background
Treatment strategy for adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG) remains controversial. The aims of this study are to evaluate results of surgery for AEG, to clarify clinicopathological differences according to the Siewert classification, and to define prognostic factors.Methods
We retrospectively analyzed 179 consecutive patients with Siewert type I, II, and III AEG who underwent curative (R0) resection at the National Cancer Center Hospital East between January 1993 and December 2008.Results
Patients with AEG were divided according to tumor: 10 type I (5.6%), 107 type II (59.8%), and 62 type III (34.6%). Larger, deeper tumors and nodal metastasis were more common in type III than type II tumors. No significant differences were seen in 5-year survival rates among the three types: type I (51.4%), type II (51.8%), and type III (62.6%). Multivariate analysis showed that depth of tumor and mediastinal lymph node metastasis were independent prognostic indicators. The recurrence rate for patients with mediastinal lymph node metastasis was 87.5%. The risk factors for mediastinal lymph node metastasis were length of esophageal invasion and histopathological grade.Conclusions
Mediastinal lymph node metastasis and tumor depth were significant and independent factors for poor prognosis after R0 resection for AEG. Esophageal invasion and histopathological grade were significant and independent factors for mediastinal lymph node metastasis. 相似文献15.
Uchiyama S Haruyama Y Asada T Hotokezaka M Nagamachi S Chijiiwa K 《Surgery today》2012,42(10):956-961
Purpose
To assess the role of positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET–CT) and multidetector-row CT (MD-CT) in detecting the primary lesion and lymph node metastasis in patients with colorectal cancers.Methods
A collective total of 80 lesions resected from 77 patients were examined pathologically. We analyzed the significance of the standardized uptake value (SUV) and its relationship with the clinicopathologic findings of primary lesions and lymph node metastasis. The detectability of primary lesions and lymph node metastases on PET–CT images was compared with that on MD-CT images.Results
The detectability of primary lesions was better on PET–CT images than on MD-CT images (p = 0.0023). We observed no significant differences in the SUV with respect to staging, tumor grade, lymphatic or vessel invasion, and macroscopic type; however, primary tumor size analysis revealed that tumors larger than 3 cm had a higher SUV than those smaller than 3 cm. The sensitivity of PET–CT for detecting lymph node metastasis was lower than that of MD-CT, but the specificity of PET–CT was higher than that of MD-CT.Conclusions
The SUV of primary cancers tends to increase in proportion to tumor size. Although the value of PET–CT in detecting lymph node metastasis is limited, PET -positive lymph nodes can be considered metastatic. 相似文献16.
Satoru Motoyama Mario Jin Tamotsu Matsuhashi Hiroshi Nanjo Koichi Ishiyama Yusuke Sato Kei Yoshino Tomohiko Sasaki Akiyuki Wakita Hajime Saito Yoshihiro Minamiya Hirohide Ohnishi Jun-ichi Ogawa 《Surgery today》2013,43(6):638-642
Purpose
This study investigated the actual rate or extent of lymph node metastasis or the survival outcomes among patients that underwent esophagectomy with lymph node dissection after ESD for clinical mucosal, but pathological submucosal, esophageal cancer.Methods
Seventeen patients that received esophagectomy with two- or three-field lymph node dissection as additional treatment after ESD for clinical mucosal, but pathological submucosal, esophageal cancer between 2006 and 2010 were analyzed. The rate and extent of lymph node metastasis and the patient outcomes were determined.Results
The tumor depths were diagnosed as SM1 in 8 (47 %) patients and SM2 in 9 (53 %), based on the analyses of resected specimens. Lymphatic invasion was evident in 13 (76 %) patients, while venous invasion was detected in 5 (29 %). Five (29 %) patients had pathologically detected lymph node involvement. Seven (0.8 %) of the 890 dissected nodes showed cancer involvement. Three patients had one involved node in the mediastinum or abdomen, and 2 patients had 2 involved nodes in the abdomen. The patients were followed up for 11–71 months (median 23 months), and all were alive without recurrence at the final follow-up.Conclusion
Twenty-nine percent of the patients diagnosed with clinically mucosal, but pathologically submucosal, thoracic squamous cell esophageal cancer after ESD had 1–2 cancer-involved lymph nodes in the lower mediastinum and abdomen. Esophagectomy with lymph node dissection is therefore considered to be a necessary and effective additional treatment for these patients. 相似文献17.
E. N. Pijnappel N. Bhoo-Pathy J. Suniza M. H. See G. H. Tan C. H. Yip M. Hartman N. A. Taib H. M. Verkooijen 《World journal of surgery》2014,38(12):3133-3137
Background
In settings with limited resources, sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB) is only offered to breast cancer patients with small tumors and a low a priori risk of axillary metastases.Objective
We investigated whether CancerMath, a free online prediction tool for axillary lymph node involvement, is able to identify women at low risk of axillary lymph node metastases in Malaysian women with 3–5 cm tumors, with the aim to offer SNB in a targeted, cost-effective way.Methods
Women with non-metastatic breast cancers, measuring 3–5 cm were identified within the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) breast cancer registry. We compared CancerMath-predicted probabilities of lymph node involvement between women with versus without lymph node metastases. The discriminative performance of CancerMath was tested using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.Results
Out of 1,017 patients, 520 (51 %) had axillary involvement. Tumors of women with axillary involvement were more often estrogen-receptor positive, progesterone-receptor positive, and human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)-2 positive. The mean CancerMath score was higher in women with axillary involvement than in those without (53.5 vs. 51.3, p = 0.001). In terms of discrimination, CancerMath performed poorly, with an area under the ROC curve of 0.553 (95 % confidence interval CI 0.518–0.588). Attempts to optimize the CancerMath model by adding ethnicity and HER2 to the model did not improve discriminatory performance.Conclusion
For Malaysian women with tumors measuring 3–5 cm, CancerMath is unable to accurately predict lymph node involvement and is therefore not helpful in the identification of women at low risk of node-positive disease who could benefit from SNB. 相似文献18.
Ludmila Katherine Martin MD Dai Chu Luu MD Xiaobai Li PhD Peter Muscarella MD E. Christopher Ellison MD Mark Bloomston MD Tanios Bekaii-Saab MD 《Annals of surgical oncology》2014,21(3):862-867
Background
Pancreas cancer is highly lethal even at early stages. Adjuvant therapy with chemotherapy (CT) or chemoradiation (CRT) is standard following surgery to delay recurrence and improve survival. There is no consensus on the added value of radiotherapy (RT). We conducted a retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes in pancreas cancer patients treated with CT or CRT following surgery.Methods
Patients with resected pancreas adenocarcinoma were identified in our institutional database. Relevant clinicopathologic and demographic data were collected. Patients were grouped according to adjuvant treatment: group A: no treatment; group B: CT; group C: CRT. The primary endpoint of overall survival was compared between groups B vs. C. Univariate and multivariate analyses of potential prognostic factors were conducted including all patients.Results
A total of 146 evaluable patients were included (group A: n = 33; group B: n = 45; group C: n = 68). Demographics and pathologic characteristics were comparable. There was no significant survival benefit for CRT compared with CT (mOS 16.8 months vs. 21.5 months, respectively, p = 0.76). Local recurrence rates were similar in all three groups. Univariate analyses identified absence of lymph node involvement (hazards ratio [HR] 1.43, p = 0.0082) and administration of adjuvant therapy (HR 0.496, p = 0.0008) as significant predictors for improved survival. Multivariate analyses suggested that patients without nodal involvement derived the most benefit from adjuvant treatment.Conclusions
The addition of RT to CT did not improve survival over CT. Lymph node involvement predicts inferior clinical outcome. 相似文献19.
Hirotoshi Kobayashi MD Hidetaka Mochizuki MD Tomoyuki Kato MD Takeo Mori MD Shingo Kameoka MD Kazuo Shirouzu MD Yukio Saito MD Masahiko Watanabe MD Takayuki Morita MD Jin-ichi Hida MD Masashi Ueno MD Masato Ono MD Masamichi Yasuno MD Kenichi Sugihara MD 《Annals of surgical oncology》2010,17(4):973-980
Background
The goal of this multicenter study was to clarify the determinants of local excision for patients with T1–T2 lower rectal cancer.Methods
Data from 567 consecutive patients who underwent radical resection for T1–T2 lower rectal cancer at 12 institutions between 1991 and 1998 were reviewed. Rates of lymph node metastasis were investigated using a tree analysis, which was hierarchized using independent risk factors for nodal involvement.Results
The independent risk factors for lymph node metastasis were female gender, depth of tumor invasion, histology other than well-differentiated adenocarcinoma, and lymphatic invasion. According to the first three parameters that can be obtained preoperatively, only 0.99% of the patients without risk factors had lymph node metastasis. On the other hand, even if the lower rectal cancer was at stage T1, women with histological types other than well-differentiated adenocarcinoma had an approximately 30% probability of having lymph node metastasis. Lymphatic invasion was most useful to predict nodal involvement among patients with T2 lower rectal cancer. The rates of lymph node metastasis in T2 patients with and without lymphatic invasion were 32.9% and 9.1%, respectively.Conclusions
Gender is one of the most important predictors for lymph node metastasis in patients with early distal rectal cancer. Three parameters, including depth of tumor invasion, histology, and gender, are useful determinants for local excision. Additional studies are required to establish the minimum optimal treatment for T2 lower rectal cancer. 相似文献20.
David Schilling Ulf Boekeler Georgios Gakis Christian Schwentner Stefan Corvin Karl Sotlar Arndt-Christian Müller Roland Bares Arnulf Stenzl 《World journal of urology》2010,28(6):715-720