TY - JOUR
T1 - Accuracy and Prognostic Impact of Nodal Status on Preoperative Imaging for Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
T2 - A Multi-Institutional Study
AU - Zhang, Nan
AU - He, Jin
AU - Maithel, Shishir K.
AU - Poultsides, George
AU - Rocha, Flavio
AU - Weber, Sharon
AU - Fields, Ryan
AU - Idrees, Kamran
AU - Cho, Cliff
AU - Lv, Yi
AU - Zhang, Xu Feng
AU - Pawlik, Timothy M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Society of Surgical Oncology 2023.
PY - 2024/5
Y1 - 2024/5
N2 - Background: We sought to define the accuracy of preoperative imaging to detect lymph node metastasis (LNM) among patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs), as well as characterize the impact of preoperative imaging nodal status on survival. Methods: Patients who underwent curative-intent resection for pNETs between 2000 and 2020 were identified from eight centers. Sensitivity and specificity of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET)-CT, and OctreoScan for LNM were evaluated. The impact of preoperative lymph node status on lymphadenectomy (LND), as well as overall and recurrence-free survival was defined. Results: Among 852 patients, 235 (27.6%) individuals had LNM on final histologic examination (hN1). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were 12.4%, 98.1%, 71.8%, and 74.4% for CT, 6.3%, 100%, 100%, and 80.1% for MRI, 9.5%, 100%, 100%, and 58.7% for PET, 11.3%, 97.5%, 66.7%, and 70.8% for OctreoScan, respectively. Among patients with any combination of these imaging modalities, overall sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV was 14.9%, 97.9%, 72.9%, and 75.1%, respectively. Preoperative N1 on imaging (iN1) was associated with a higher number of LND (iN1 13 vs. iN0 9, p = 0.003) and a higher frequency of final hN1 versus preoperative iN0 (iN1 72.9% vs. iN0 24.9%, p < 0.001). Preoperative iN1 was associated with a higher risk of recurrence versus preoperative iN0 (median recurrence-free survival, iN1→hN1 47.5 vs. iN0→hN1 92.7 months, p = 0.05). Conclusions: Only 4% of patients with LNM on final pathologic examine had preoperative imaging that was suspicious for LNM. Traditional imaging modalities had low sensitivity to determine nodal status among patients with pNETs.
AB - Background: We sought to define the accuracy of preoperative imaging to detect lymph node metastasis (LNM) among patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs), as well as characterize the impact of preoperative imaging nodal status on survival. Methods: Patients who underwent curative-intent resection for pNETs between 2000 and 2020 were identified from eight centers. Sensitivity and specificity of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET)-CT, and OctreoScan for LNM were evaluated. The impact of preoperative lymph node status on lymphadenectomy (LND), as well as overall and recurrence-free survival was defined. Results: Among 852 patients, 235 (27.6%) individuals had LNM on final histologic examination (hN1). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were 12.4%, 98.1%, 71.8%, and 74.4% for CT, 6.3%, 100%, 100%, and 80.1% for MRI, 9.5%, 100%, 100%, and 58.7% for PET, 11.3%, 97.5%, 66.7%, and 70.8% for OctreoScan, respectively. Among patients with any combination of these imaging modalities, overall sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV was 14.9%, 97.9%, 72.9%, and 75.1%, respectively. Preoperative N1 on imaging (iN1) was associated with a higher number of LND (iN1 13 vs. iN0 9, p = 0.003) and a higher frequency of final hN1 versus preoperative iN0 (iN1 72.9% vs. iN0 24.9%, p < 0.001). Preoperative iN1 was associated with a higher risk of recurrence versus preoperative iN0 (median recurrence-free survival, iN1→hN1 47.5 vs. iN0→hN1 92.7 months, p = 0.05). Conclusions: Only 4% of patients with LNM on final pathologic examine had preoperative imaging that was suspicious for LNM. Traditional imaging modalities had low sensitivity to determine nodal status among patients with pNETs.
KW - Imaging
KW - Lymph node metastasis
KW - Lymphadenectomy
KW - Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
KW - Prognosis
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U2 - 10.1245/s10434-023-14758-9
DO - 10.1245/s10434-023-14758-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 38097878
AN - SCOPUS:85179689645
SN - 1068-9265
VL - 31
SP - 2882
EP - 2891
JO - Annals of Surgical Oncology
JF - Annals of Surgical Oncology
IS - 5
ER -