Which patients with para-aortic lymph node (LN16) metastasis will truly benefit from curative pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic head cancer?
Liu C, Lu Y, Luo G, Cheng H, Guo M, Liu Z, Xu J, Long J, Liu L, Fu D, Ni Q, Li M, Yu X. Which patients with para-aortic lymph node (LN16) metastasis will truly benefit from curative pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic head cancer? Oncotarget 2016, 7: 29177-29186. PMID: 27081079, PMCID: PMC5045387, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.8690.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic head cancerResectable pancreatic head cancerLymph node ratioHead cancerLymph nodesTumor locationPara-aortic lymph node dissectionPara-aortic lymph node metastasisPara-aortic lymph nodesCurative surgical resectionLymph node dissectionIndependent prognostic factorLymph node metastasisPoor surgical outcomesDuctal adenocarcinoma patientsPoor prognostic markerPreoperative serum CA125Curative pancreaticoduodenectomyNode dissectionPancreatic headRadical surgerySurgical resectionNode metastasisPrognostic factorsSuch patients