Duodenal Adenocarcinoma: Clinicopathologic Analysis and Implications for Treatment
Poultsides GA, Huang LC, Cameron JL, Tuli R, Lan L, Hruban RH, Pawlik TM, Herman JM, Edil BH, Ahuja N, Choti MA, Wolfgang CL, Schulick RD. Duodenal Adenocarcinoma: Clinicopathologic Analysis and Implications for Treatment. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2011, 19: 1928-1935. PMID: 22167476, PMCID: PMC3663711, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-2168-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDuodenal adenocarcinomaOverall survivalLymph nodesMultivariate analysisInvolved lymph nodesSmall bowel adenocarcinomaEffective systemic therapyFive-year survivalOnly independent predictorProlongs overall survivalAmpulla of VaterConclusionsThe prognostic significanceAdjuvant chemoradiationBowel adenocarcinomaUnderwent pancreaticoduodenectomySystemic therapyAdequate lymphadenectomyIndependent predictorsLocal recurrenceNodal metastasisClinicopathologic analysisPrognostic significanceClinicopathologic variablesRare cancersAdenocarcinoma