Survival after resection of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma in patients with lymph node metastases

Stefan Buettner, Jeroen L.A. van Vugt, Marcia P. Gaspersz, Robert J.S. Coelen, Eva Roos, Tim A. Labeur, Georgios A. Margonis, Cecilia G. Ethun, Shishir K. Maithel, George Poultsides, Thuy Tran, Kamran Idrees, Chelsea A. Isom, Ryan C. Fields, Bradley A. Krasnick, Sharon M. Weber, Ahmed Salem, Robert C.G. Martin, Charles R. Scoggins, Perry ShenHarveshp D. Mogal, Carl Schmidt, Eliza Beal, Ioannis Hatzaras, Rivfka Shenoy, Jan N.M. IJzermans, Thomas M. van Gulik, Timothy M. Pawlik, Bas Groot Koerkamp

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Abstract

Background The aim of this study was to compare patients with PHC with lymph node metastases (LN+) who underwent a resection with patients who did not undergo resection because of locally advanced disease at exploratory laparotomy. Methods Consecutive LN+ patients who underwent a resection for PHC in 12 centers were compared with patients who did not undergo resection because of locally advanced disease at exploratory laparotomy in 2 centers. Results In the resected cohort of 119 patients, the median overall survival (OS) was 19 months and the estimated 1-, 3- and 5-year OS was 69%, 27% and 13%, respectively. In the non-resected cohort of 113 patients, median OS was 12 months and the estimated 1-, 3- and 5-year OS was 49%, 7%, and 3%, respectively. OS was better in the resected LN+ cohort (p < 0.001). Positive resection margin (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.54; 95%CI: 0.97–2.45) and lymphovascular invasion (LVI) (HR: 1.71; 95%CI: 1.09–2.69) were independent poor prognostic factors in the resected cohort. Conclusion Patients with PHC who underwent a resection for LN+ disease had better OS than patients who did not undergo resection because of locally advanced disease at exploratory laparotomy. LN+ PHC does not preclude 5-year survival after resection.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)735-740
Number of pages6
JournalHPB
Volume19
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2017

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