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Rhodin KE, Goins S, Kramer R, Eckhoff AM, Herbert G, Shah KN, Allen PJ, Nussbaum DP, Blazer DG, Zani S, Lidsky ME. Simple versus radical cholecystectomy and survival for pathologic stage T1B gallbladder cancer. HPB (Oxford) 2024; 26:594-602. [PMID: 38336604 DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2024.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 12/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Radical cholecystectomy is recommended for T1B and greater gallbladder cancer, however, there are conflicting reports on the utility of extended resection for T1B disease. Herein, we characterize outcomes following simple and radical cholecystectomy for pathologic stage T1B gallbladder cancer. METHODS The National Cancer Database (NCDB) was queried for patients with pathologic T1B gallbladder cancer diagnosed from 2004 to 2018. Patients were stratified by surgical management. Overall survival (OS) was compared with Kaplan-Meier and multivariable Cox proportional hazards methods. RESULTS Altogether, 950 patients were identified with pathologic T1B gallbladder cancer: 187 (19.7 %) receiving simple and 763 (80.3 %) radical cholecystectomy. Median OS was 89.5 (95 % CI 62.5-137) and 91.4 (95 % CI 75.9-112) months for simple and radical cholecystectomy, respectively (log-rank p = 0.55). Receipt of simple cholecystectomy was not associated with greater hazard of mortality compared to radical cholecystectomy (HR 1.23, 95 % CI 0.95-1.59, p = 0.12). DISCUSSION In this analysis, we report comparable outcomes with simple cholecystectomy among patients with pathologic T1B gallbladder cancer. These findings suggest that highly selected patients, such as those with R0 resection and imaging at low risk for residual disease and/or nodal metastasis, may not benefit from extended resection; however, radical cholecystectomy remains standard of care until prospective validation can be achieved.
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- Kristen E Rhodin
- Department of Surgery, Duke University, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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- Duke University School of Medicine, 40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Duke University School of Medicine, 40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Wang LF, Wang Q, Mao F, Xu SH, Sun LP, Wu TF, Zhou BY, Yin HH, Shi H, Zhang YQ, Li XL, Sun YK, Lu D, Tang CY, Yuan HX, Zhao CK, Xu HX. Risk stratification of gallbladder masses by machine learning-based ultrasound radiomics models: a prospective and multi-institutional study. Eur Radiol 2023; 33:8899-8911. [PMID: 37470825 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-023-09891-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of machine learning (ML)-based ultrasound (US) radiomics models for risk stratification of gallbladder (GB) masses. METHODS We prospectively examined 640 pathologically confirmed GB masses obtained from 640 patients between August 2019 and October 2022 at four institutions. Radiomics features were extracted from grayscale US images and germane features were selected. Subsequently, 11 ML algorithms were separately used with the selected features to construct optimum US radiomics models for risk stratification of the GB masses. Furthermore, we compared the diagnostic performance of these models with the conventional US and contrast-enhanced US (CEUS) models. RESULTS The optimal XGBoost-based US radiomics model for discriminating neoplastic from non-neoplastic GB lesions showed higher diagnostic performance in terms of areas under the curves (AUCs) than the conventional US model (0.822-0.853 vs. 0.642-0.706, p < 0.05) and potentially decreased unnecessary cholecystectomy rate in a speculative comparison with performing cholecystectomy for lesions sized over 10 mm (2.7-13.8% vs. 53.6-64.9%, p < 0.05) in the validation and test sets. The AUCs of the XGBoost-based US radiomics model for discriminating carcinomas from benign GB lesions were higher than the conventional US model (0.904-0.979 vs. 0.706-0.766, p < 0.05). The XGBoost-US radiomics model performed better than the CEUS model in discriminating GB carcinomas (AUC: 0.995 vs. 0.902, p = 0.011). CONCLUSIONS The proposed ML-based US radiomics models possess the potential capacity for risk stratification of GB masses and may reduce the unnecessary cholecystectomy rate and use of CEUS. CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT The machine learning-based ultrasound radiomics models have potential for risk stratification of gallbladder masses and may potentially reduce unnecessary cholecystectomies. KEY POINTS • The XGBoost-based US radiomics models are useful for the risk stratification of GB masses. • The XGBoost-based US radiomics model is superior to the conventional US model for discriminating neoplastic from non-neoplastic GB lesions and may potentially decrease unnecessary cholecystectomy rate for lesions sized over 10 mm in comparison with the current consensus guideline. • The XGBoost-based US radiomics model could overmatch CEUS model in discriminating GB carcinomas from benign GB lesions.
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- Li-Fan Wang
- Department of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Center of Minimally Invasive Treatment for Tumor, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Ultrasound Education and Research Institute, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultrasound Diagnosis and Treatment, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, First Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Center of Minimally Invasive Treatment for Tumor, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Ultrasound Education and Research Institute, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultrasound Diagnosis and Treatment, Shanghai, China
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- Bayer Healthcare, Radiology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Center of Minimally Invasive Treatment for Tumor, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Ultrasound Education and Research Institute, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultrasound Diagnosis and Treatment, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Center of Minimally Invasive Treatment for Tumor, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Ultrasound Education and Research Institute, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultrasound Diagnosis and Treatment, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
- Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University (Qingpu Branch), Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Vega EA, Newhook TE, Mellado S, Ruzzenente A, Okuno M, De Bellis M, Panettieri E, Ahmad MU, Merlo I, Rojas J, De Rose AM, Nishino H, Sinnamon AJ, Donadon M, Hauger MS, Guevara OA, Munoz C, Denbo JW, Chun YS, Tran Cao HS, Sanchez Claria R, Tzeng CWD, De Aretxabala X, Vivanco M, Brudvik KW, Seo S, Pekolj J, Poultsides GA, Torzilli G, Giuliante F, Anaya DA, Guglielmi A, Vinuela E, Vauthey JN. Benchmarks and Geographic Differences in Gallbladder Cancer Surgery: An International Multicenter Study. Ann Surg Oncol 2023; 30:4904-4911. [PMID: 37149547 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-13531-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND High-quality surgery plays a central role in the delivery of excellent oncologic care. Benchmark values indicate the best achievable results. We aimed to define benchmark values for gallbladder cancer (GBC) surgery across an international population. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study included consecutive patients with GBC who underwent curative-intent surgery during 2000-2021 at 13 centers, across seven countries and four continents. Patients operated on at high-volume centers without the need for vascular and/or bile duct reconstruction and without significant comorbidities were chosen as the benchmark group. RESULTS Of 906 patients who underwent curative-intent GBC surgery during the study period, 245 (27%) were included in the benchmark group. These were predominantly women (n = 174, 71%) and had a median age of 64 years (interquartile range 57-70 years). In the benchmark group, 50 patients (20%) experienced complications within 90 days after surgery, with 20 patients (8%) developing major complications (Clavien-Dindo grade ≥ IIIa). Median length of postoperative hospital stay was 6 days (interquartile range 4-8 days). Benchmark values included ≥ 4 lymph nodes retrieved, estimated intraoperative blood loss ≤ 350 mL, perioperative blood transfusion rate ≤ 13%, operative time ≤ 332 min, length of hospital stay ≤ 8 days, R1 margin rate ≤ 7%, complication rate ≤ 22%, and rate of grade ≥ IIIa complications ≤ 11%. CONCLUSIONS Surgery for GBC remains associated with significant morbidity. The availability of benchmark values may facilitate comparisons in future analyses among GBC patients, GBC surgical approaches, and centers performing GBC surgery.
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- Eduardo A Vega
- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
- Department of Surgery, Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Tuft University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, G.B. Rossi University Hospital, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, G.B. Rossi University Hospital, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Fondazione "Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- General Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- UGI & HPB Surgery Unit, Hospital Regional de Talca, Universidad Catolica del Maule, Talca, Chile
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Fondazione "Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Section of Hepatobiliary Tumors, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, Bogota, Colombia
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- UGI & HPB Surgery Unit, Hospital Regional de Talca, Universidad Catolica del Maule, Talca, Chile
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- Section of Hepatobiliary Tumors, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- General Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Gallbladder Consortium Chile, Department of Digestive Surgery, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Unit, Surgery Service, Sotero del Rio Hospital and Clinica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile
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- Gallbladder Consortium Chile, Department of Digestive Surgery, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Unit, Surgery Service, Sotero del Rio Hospital and Clinica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- General Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Hepatobiliary Surgery Unit, Fondazione "Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Section of Hepatobiliary Tumors, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, G.B. Rossi University Hospital, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Gallbladder Consortium Chile, Department of Digestive Surgery, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Unit, Surgery Service, Sotero del Rio Hospital and Clinica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
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Cheng J, Liu J, Dou CW, Xie ZC, Fan BF, Jin LM, Liang L, Zhang CW. Standardized lymph node dissection for gallbladder cancer under laparoscopy: en-bloc resection technique. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2023; 408:183. [PMID: 37154945 DOI: 10.1007/s00423-023-02924-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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PURPOSE Positive lymph node (LN) is a key prognostic factor in radically resected gallbladder cancer (GBCA). However, only a few underwent an adequate lymphadenectomy, and the number and extent of lymph node dissection (LND) have not been standardized. This study aims to develop an en bloc and standardized surgical procedure of LND for GBCA under laparoscopy. METHODS Data of patients with GBCA underwent laparoscopic radical resection using a standardized and en bloc technique for LND were collected. Perioperative and long-term outcomes were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS A total of 39 patients underwent laparoscopic radical resection using standardized and en bloc technique for LND except one case (open conversion rate: 2.6%). Patients with stage T1b had significantly lower LNs involved rate than patients with stage T3 (P = 0.04), whereas median LN count in stage T1b was significantly higher than that in stage T2 (P = 0.04), which was significantly higher than that in stage T3 (P = 0.02). Lymphadenectomy with ≥ 6 LNs accounted for 87.5% in stage T1b, up to 93.3% in T2 and 81.3% in T3, respectively. All the patients in stage T1b were alive without recurrence at this writing. The 2-year recurrence-free survival rate was 80% for T2 and 25% for T3, and the 3-year overall survival rate was 73.3% for T2 and 37.5% for T3. CONCLUSION The standardized and en bloc LND permits complete and radical removal of lymph stations for patients with GBCA. This technique is safe and feasible with low complication rates and good prognosis. Further studies are required to explore its value and long-term outcomes compared to conventional approaches.
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- Jian Cheng
- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China
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- General Surgery, Cancer Center, Department of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China.
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Xu X, Wang J, Duan Q. Effects of surgery on survival of elderly patients with gallbladder cancer: A propensity score matching analysis of the SEER database. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1083618. [PMID: 36937413 PMCID: PMC10016611 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1083618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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Background Surgery is the sole curative therapy for gallbladder cancer (GBC) patients. Confronting an aging society, the demand to treat elderly patients with GBC is increasing. But there are few reports on survival benefit in elderly GBC patients treated with surgery. Therefore, we designed this population-based study to assess the survival benefit of surgery in GBC patients aged 70 years or older. Methods GBC patients aged 70 years or older were identified in the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results cancer (SEER) database from 2010 to 2017. A 1:1 propensity score matching (PSM) analysis was conducted to balance the baseline data of patients. Overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) of patients were evaluated by Kaplan-Meier analysis and compared with log-rank test. Independent risk factors associated with OS and CSS were determined by univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analyses and subgroup analysis were performed. Results A total of 2055 GBC patients aged 70 years or older were included in our study, with 1734 patients underwent surgery. Before PSM, the age, AJCC stage, TNM stage, and chemotherapy were significantly different between the surgery and no-surgery group (all P<0.05). Patients with surgery had significantly longer OS and CSS than those without surgery (P<0.0001). After 1:1 PSM, the differences in clinicopathological characteristics were reduced (all P>0.05). Kaplan-Meier analysis also showed patients received surgery had significantly better OS and CSS (P<0.0001). Subgroup analysis further indicated that almost all subgroups received surgery had OS and CSS advantage, especially patients aged 70-84 years old. Finally, univariate and multivariate COX regression analyses showed that age, AJCC stage and T stage were independent prognostic factors for OS and CSS in patients undergoing surgery. Conclusion Our study found that surgery significantly improved OS and CSS in GBC patients aged 70-84 years, but more prospective studies are needed to prove our findings.
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- Xiaoming Xu
- Department of Gastroenterology, Jining First People's Hospital, Jining, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy Oncology, The Affiliated Yancheng First Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, The First People's Hospital of Yancheng, Yancheng, China
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Lv Y, Yin W, Zhang Z. Non-coding RNAs as potential biomarkers of gallbladder cancer. CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FEDERATION OF SPANISH ONCOLOGY SOCIETIES AND OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE OF MEXICO 2022; 25:1489-1511. [PMID: 36576705 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-022-03056-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Gallbladder cancer (GBC) performs strongly invasive and poor prognosis, and adenocarcinoma is the most common histological type in it. Statistically, the 5-year survival rate of patients with advanced GBC is less than 5%. Such dismal outcome might be caused by chemotherapy resistance and native biology of tumor cells, regardless of emerging therapeutic strategies. Early diagnosis, depending on biomarkers, receptors and secretive proteins, is more important than clinical therapy, guiding the pathologic stage of cancer and the choice of medication. Therefore, it is in urgent need to understand the specific pathogenesis of GBC and strive to find promising novel biomarkers for early screening in GBC. Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), especially microRNAs (miRNAs, miRs), long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), and circular RNAs (circRNAs), are confirmed to participate in and regulate the occurrence and development of GBC. Exceptionally, lncRNAs and circRNAs could act as competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) containing binding sites for miRNAs and crosstalk with miRNAs to target regulatory downstream protein-coding messenger RNAs (mRNAs), thus affecting the expression levels of specific proteins to participate in and regulate the development and progression of GBC. It follows that ncRNAs may become promising biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets for GBC. In this review, we mainly summarize the recent research progress of miRNAs and lncRNAs in regulating the development and progression of GBC, chemoresistance, and predicting the prognosis of patients, and highlight the potential applications of the lncRNA/circRNA-miRNA-mRNA cross-regulatory networks in early diagnosis, chemoresistance, and prognostic evaluation, aiming to better understand the pathogenesis of GBC and develop new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
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- Yan Lv
- The Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Immunotherapy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China.
- College of Basic Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Life Science Building, No.8 Daxue Road, Yichang, 443002, China.
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- College of Basic Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Life Science Building, No.8 Daxue Road, Yichang, 443002, China
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- The Third-Grade Pharmacological Laboratory On Traditional Chinese Medicine, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China
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Clockwise Anterior-to-Posterior-Double Isolation (CAP-DI) Approach for Portal Lymphadenectomy in Biliary Tract Cancer: Technique, Yield, and Outcomes. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14235770. [PMID: 36497252 PMCID: PMC9738406 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14235770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background: Portal lymphadenectomy (PLND) is the current standard for oncologic resection of biliary tract cancers (BTCs). However, published data show it is performed infrequently and often yields less than the recommended 6 lymph nodes. We sought to identify yield and outcomes using a Clockwise Anterior-to-Posterior technique with Double Isolation of critical structures (CAP-DI) for PLND. Methods: Consecutive patients undergoing complete PLND for BTCs using CAP-DI technique were identified (2015−2021). Lymph node (LN) yield and predictors of LN count were examined. Secondary outcomes included intraoperative and postoperative outcomes, which were compared to patients having hepatectomy without PLND. Results: In total, 534 patients were included; 71 with complete PLND (36 gallbladder cancers, 24 intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas, 11 perihilar cholangiocarcinomas) and 463 in the control group. The median PLND yield was 5 (IQR 3−8; range 0−17) and 46% had at least 6 nodes retrieved. Older age was associated with lower likelihood of ≥6 node PLND yield (p = 0.032), which remained significant in bivariate analyses with other covariates (p < 0.05). After adjustment for operative factors, performance of complete PLND was independently associated with longer operative time (+46.4 min, p = 0.001), but no differences were observed in intraoperative or postoperative outcomes compared to the control group (p > 0.05). Conclusions: Yield following PLND frequently falls below the recommended minimum threshold of 6 nodes despite a standardized stepwise approach to complete clearance. Older age may be weakly associated with lower PLND yield. While all efforts should be made for complete node retrieval, failure to obtain 6 nodes may be an unrealistic metric of surgical quality.
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Sturm N, Schuhbaur JS, Hüttner F, Perkhofer L, Ettrich TJ. Gallbladder Cancer: Current Multimodality Treatment Concepts and Future Directions. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:5580. [PMID: 36428670 PMCID: PMC9688543 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14225580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common primary tumor site of biliary tract cancer (BTC), accounting for 0.6% of newly diagnosed cancers and 0.9% of cancer-related deaths. Risk factors, including female sex, age, ethnic background, and chronic inflammation of the gallbladder, have been identified. Surgery is the only curative option for early-stage GBC, but only 10% of patients are primary eligible for curative treatment. After neoadjuvant treatment, up to one-third of locally advanced GBC patients could benefit from secondary surgical treatment. After surgery, only a high-risk subset of patients benefits from adjuvant treatment. For advanced-stage GBC, palliative chemotherapy with gemcitabine and cisplatin is the current standard of care in line with other BTCs. After the failure of gemcitabine and cisplatin, data for second-line treatment in non-resectable GBC is poor, and the only recommended chemotherapy regimen is FOLFOX (5-FU/folinic acid and oxaliplatin). Recent advances with the PD-L1 inhibitor durvalumab open the therapy landscape for immune checkpoint inhibition in GBC. Meanwhile, targeted therapy approaches are a cornerstone of GBC therapy based on molecular profiling and new evidence of molecular differences between different BTC forms and might further improve the prognosis of GBC patients.
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- Niklas Sturm
- Department of Internal Medicine I, Ulm University Hospital, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Ulm University Hospital, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Ulm University Hospital, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Ulm University Hospital, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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Li Y, Song Y, Zhang Y, Liu S. Progress in gallbladder cancer with lymph node metastasis. Front Oncol 2022; 12:966835. [PMID: 36072797 PMCID: PMC9441950 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.966835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a malignant tumor that originates from the mucosal lining of the gallbladder. It is distinctly regional and is common in certain geographic regions of developing countries. GBC has a high degree of insidiousness as well as a high propensity for metastatic spread, resulting in the majority of patients being diagnosed at an advanced stage. Lymph node metastasis (LNM) is fairly common in GBC patients and is an independent risk factor for a poor prognosis. This article is focused on the lymph node pathways and metastatic directions of GBC. Furthermore, it summarizes the different lymph node groupings, disease stages and treatments. In the future, it is of great significance to develop individualized treatment and predict the outcomes of GBC patients with different lymph node conditions.
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- Yuhang Li
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Central Laboratory of Hunan Provincial People's Hospital/The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology of Hunan Province, School of Medicine, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
- Central Laboratory of Hunan Provincial People's Hospital/The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
- *Correspondence: Sulai Liu,
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Long-Term Oncologic Outcomes for T2 Gallbladder Cancer According to the Type of Surgery Performed and the Optimal Timing for Sequential Extended Cholecystectomy. J Gastrointest Surg 2022; 26:1705-1712. [PMID: 35641810 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-022-05368-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sequential extended cholecystectomy (SEC) is currently recommended for T2 and higher gallbladder cancer (GBC) diagnosed after simple cholecystectomy (SC), but the value and timing of re-resection has not been fully studied. We evaluated the long-term oncologic outcomes of T2 GBC according to the type of surgery performed and investigated the optimal timing for SEC. METHODS Patients diagnosed with T2 GBC who underwent SC, extended cholecystectomy (EC), or SEC between 2002 and 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. Those who underwent other surgical procedures or those with incomplete medical records were excluded. Overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) according to the types of surgeries and prognostic factors for OS and DFS were analyzed. Survival analysis was done between groups that were divided according to the optimal cutoff time interval between SC and SEC based on DFS data. RESULTS Of the 226 T2 GBC patients, 53, 173, and 44 underwent SC, EC, and SEC, respectively. The 5-year OS rate was 50.1%, 73.2%, and 78.7%, and the DFS rate was 46.8%, 66.3%, and 65.2% in the SC, EC, and SEC groups, respectively. EC (p = 0.001 and p = 0.001) and SEC (p = 0.007 and p = 0.065) groups had better 5-year OS and DFS rates than the SC group. Preoperative CA 19-9 level > 37 U/mL (HR 1.56; 95% CI 1.87-2.79; p < 0.001) and N1 stage (HR 2.88; 95% CI 1.76-4.71; p < 0.001) were associated with poorer prognosis. The optimal cutoff interval between SC and SEC was 28 days. Patients who underwent SEC ≤ 28 days after the initial cholecystectomy had better 5-year DFS rates than patients who underwent SEC after > 28 days (75.0% vs. 52.8%, p = 0.023). CONCLUSIONS SEC is recommended for T2 GBC diagnosed after SC, because SEC provides better survival outcomes than SC alone. A time interval of less than 28 days to SEC is associated with an improved DFS.
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Salehi O, Vega EA, Mellado S, Core MJ, Li M, Kozyreva O, Kutlu OC, Freeman R, Conrad C. High-Quality Surgery for Gallbladder Carcinoma: Rare, Associated with Disparity, and Not Substitutable by Chemotherapy. J Gastrointest Surg 2022; 26:1241-1251. [PMID: 35396641 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-022-05290-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Oncologic surgery for T1b-T3 gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) consists of gallbladder fossa resection or bisegmentectomy IVb/V with negative margins and portal/retropancreatic lymphadenectomy. Frequency of high quality oncologic surgery, factors associated with its use, and the ability of chemotherapy to rescue low-quality surgery (LQS) remain unknown. METHODS The NCDB was queried for patients diagnosed with stage I-III (T1b-T3) GBC undergoing curative-intent surgery from 2004 to 2016. These patients were divided into two groups based on receiving high quality surgery (HQS) or not; HQS was defined as cholecystectomy with partial hepatectomy, lymph node harvest ≥ 6, and negative margins. Logistic regression and Kaplan-Meier survival analyses were performed. RESULTS A total of 3796 patients met inclusion criteria; only 364 (9.6%) met HQS criteria, and 3432 (90.4%) did not achieve HQS and were deemed low-quality surgery (LQS). HQS was associated with improved median overall survival (55.1 vs. 25.5 months, P < .001). Adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) was not able to rescue LQS with poorer survival compared to HQS without AC (27.9 vs 55.1 months, P < .001). Factors associated with HQS included private insurance (OR 1.809, P < .001), higher income (OR 1.380, P = .038), urban/rural residence (vs metropolitan) (OR 1.641, P = .001), higher education (OR 1.342, P = .031), Medicaid expansion states (OR 1.405, P = .005), stage 3 GBC (OR 1.642, P = .020), and reresection (OR 2.685, P < .001). Factors associated with LQS included older age (OR 0.974, P < .001), comorbidities (OR 0.701, P = .004), and laparoscopic approach (0.579, P < .001). Facility type incrementally improved HQS rate (integrated cancer network vs. comprehensive community, 9.8% vs. 6.1%, OR 1.694, P = .003; academic/research center vs. integrated cancer network, 14.9% vs. 9.8%, OR 1.599, P = .003). CONCLUSION While HQS for GBC strongly improves survival, it is infrequently practiced. The newly identified factors that improve survival for GBC, such as centralization, open approach, and insurance coverage, are modifiable and, therefore, should be considered to achieve optimal outcomes.
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- Omid Salehi
- Department of Surgery, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 11 Nevins St., Suite 201, Brighton, Boston, MA, 02135, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 11 Nevins St., Suite 201, Brighton, Boston, MA, 02135, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 11 Nevins St., Suite 201, Brighton, Boston, MA, 02135, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 11 Nevins St., Suite 201, Brighton, Boston, MA, 02135, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 11 Nevins St., Suite 201, Brighton, Boston, MA, 02135, USA.
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Tharmalingam S, Flemming J, Richardson H, Hurlbut D, Cleary S, Nanji S. Surgical practice patterns and outcomes in T2 and T3 gallbladder cancer: a population-based study. Can J Surg 2022; 65:E16-E24. [PMID: 35017185 PMCID: PMC8759294 DOI: 10.1503/cjs.019719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background: The extent of resection required in advanced gallbladder cancer is controversial. We aimed to describe the management and outcomes in patients with resected stage T2 and T3 gallbladder cancer. Methods: In this population-based study, all T2 and T3 gallbladder cancer cases from Jan. 1, 2002, to Mar. 31, 2012, were identified from the Ontario Cancer Registry; pathology reports were linked and abstracted. The type of resection was classified as extended (cholecystectomy + liver resection, with or without bile duct resection) or simple (cholecystectomy only). We used Kaplan–Meier survival analysis to model time to death and evaluated factors associated with overall survival using the Cox proportional hazards regression model. Results: A total of 370 patients were included, 232 with T2 disease and 138 with T3 disease. The proportions who underwent extended resection were 24.1% (56/232) and 37.0% (51/138), respectively. The unadjusted 5-year overall survival rates for simple and extended resection were 39.7% and 49.5%, respectively, for T2 disease (p = 0.03), and 13.5% and 22.8%, respectively, for T3 disease (p = 0.05). In adjusted analysis, extended resection significantly improved overall survival among patients with T2 disease (hazard ratio [HR] 0.51, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.30–0.97), whereas higher grade of differentiation, presence of lymphovascular invasion and positive lymph nodes led to worse survival. Extended resection was not associated with improved survival in the T3 group; however, in subgroup analysis stratified by lymph node status, a trend toward improved overall survival with extended resection was seen in node-negative patients (HR 0.20, 95% CI 0.03–1.06). Conclusion: Extended resection improved overall survival in T2 disease regardless of nodal status but appeared most beneficial in node-negative T3 disease. The finding that extended resection was offered only to a small proportion of eligible patients highlights the need for improved knowledge translation at national surgical meetings.
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- Senthuran Tharmalingam
- From the Department of Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Tharmalingam, Nanji); the Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Flemming); the Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Flemming, Richardson); the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Hurlbut); and the Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Cleary).
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- From the Department of Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Tharmalingam, Nanji); the Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Flemming); the Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Flemming, Richardson); the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Hurlbut); and the Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Cleary)
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- From the Department of Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Tharmalingam, Nanji); the Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Flemming); the Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Flemming, Richardson); the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Hurlbut); and the Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Cleary)
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- From the Department of Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Tharmalingam, Nanji); the Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Flemming); the Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Flemming, Richardson); the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Hurlbut); and the Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Cleary)
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- From the Department of Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Tharmalingam, Nanji); the Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Flemming); the Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Flemming, Richardson); the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Hurlbut); and the Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Cleary)
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- From the Department of Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Tharmalingam, Nanji); the Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Flemming); the Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Flemming, Richardson); the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Hurlbut); and the Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (Cleary)
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Hunt TM, Waletzko MR, Knudsen JM, Atwell TD, Chupka NM. The Effectiveness of Identifying Primary Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma Utilizing Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: A Case Report. JOURNAL OF DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHY 2021. [DOI: 10.1177/87564793211018959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gallbladder carcinoma is rare and difficult to detect in the early stages of the disease process, due to lack of symptoms. Sonography is typically the first modality of choice for assessing gallbladder pathology due to its high sensitivity, portability, real-time imaging capability, and non-ionizing technique. Conventional gray-scale and color Doppler sonographic imaging may be ambiguous for diagnosing solid tumors, such as gallbladder carcinoma. In this case, gallbladder carcinoma was definitively diagnosed utilizing contrast-enhanced ultrasound, allowing for quick patient treatment options and an optimal surgical outcome.
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Burasakarn P, Thienhiran A, Hongjinda S, Fuengfoo P. The optimal extent of surgery in T2 gallbladder cancer and the need for hepatectomy: A meta-analysis. Asian J Surg 2021; 45:33-38. [PMID: 34052085 DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2021.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Extensive surgery is the mainstay treatment for gallbladder cancer and offers a long-term survival benefits to the patients. However, the optimal extent of surgery remains debatable. We aimed to perform a meta-analysis of hepatectomy and no hepatectomy approaches in patients with T2 gallbladder cancer. We searched the following electronic databases for systematic literature: PubMed, Google Scholar, and the Cochrane Library. We selected studies that compared patients with T2 gallbladder cancer who underwent hepatectomy with those who did not. While the long-term overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were the primary outcomes, perioperative morbidity and mortality were the secondary outcome. We analysed over 18 studies with 4,587 patients. Of the total patients, 1,683 and 1,303 patients underwent hepatectomy and no hepatectomy, respectively. The meta-analysis revealed no significant difference between the hepatectomy and no hepatectomy groups, in terms of the overall morbidity (risk ratio [RR] = 1.85, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.66-5.20) and 30-day mortality (RR = 0.9, 95% CI = 0.1-8.2). The results were comparable in terms of the OS (RR = 0.76, 95% CI = 0.57-1.01), (HR = 0.74, 95% CI = 0.49-1.12), and DFS (RR = 0.99, 95% CI = 0.88-1.11). In conclusion, the perioperative and long-term outcomes of hepatectomy and no hepatectomy approaches were comparable. Hepatectomy may not be required in T2 gall bladder cancer if the preoperative evaluation confirms the depth of the tumour in the perimuscular connective tissue and the intraoperative frozen sections confirm microscopic negative margins. Likewise, for those whom gall bladder cancer was diagnosed from the pathological report after simple cholecystectomy, further hepatectomy may not necessary.
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- Pipit Burasakarn
- Division of HPB Surgery, Department of Surgery, Phramongkutklao Hospital, Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
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- Division of HPB Surgery, Department of Surgery, Phramongkutklao Hospital, Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
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- Division of HPB Surgery, Department of Surgery, Phramongkutklao Hospital, Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
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- Division of HPB Surgery, Department of Surgery, Phramongkutklao Hospital, Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
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Kingham TP, Aveson VG, Wei AC, Castellanos JA, Allen PJ, Nussbaum DP, Hu Y, D'Angelica MI. Surgical management of biliary malignancy. Curr Probl Surg 2021; 58:100854. [PMID: 33531120 PMCID: PMC8022290 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpsurg.2020.100854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornel Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Duke Cancer Center, Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Professor of Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY..
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Kamada Y, Hori T, Yamamoto H, Harada H, Yamamoto M, Yamada M, Yazawa T, Tani M, Sato A, Tani R, Aoyama R, Sasaki Y, Zaima M. Surgical treatment of gallbladder cancer: An eight-year experience in a single center. World J Hepatol 2020; 12:641-660. [PMID: 33033570 PMCID: PMC7522563 DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v12.i9.641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common biliary malignancy and has the worst prognosis, but aggressive surgeries [e.g., resection of the extrahepatic bile duct (EHBD), major hepatectomy and lymph node (LN) dissection] may improve long-term survival. GBC may be suspected preoperatively, identified intraoperatively, or discovered incidentally on histopathology.
AIM To present our data together with a discussion of the therapeutic strategies for GBC.
METHODS We retrospectively investigated nineteen GBC patients who underwent surgical treatment.
RESULTS Nearly all symptomatic patients had poor outcomes, while suspicious or incidental GBCs at early stages showed excellent outcomes without the need for two-stage surgery. Lymph nodes around the cystic duct were reliable sentinel nodes in suspicious/incidental GBCs. Intentional LN dissection and EHBD resection prevented metastases or recurrence in early-stage GBCs but not in advanced GBCs with metastatic LNs or invasion of the nerve plexus. All patients with positive surgical margins (e.g., the biliary cut surface) showed poor outcomes. Hepatectomies were performed in sixteen patients, nearly all of which were minor hepatectomies. Metastases were observed in the left-sided liver but not in the caudate lobe. We may need to reconsider the indications for major hepatectomy, minimizing its use except when it is required to accomplish negative bile duct margins. Only a few patients received neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemoradiation. There were significant differences in overall and disease-free survival between patients with stages ≤ IIB and ≥ IIIA disease. The median overall survival and disease-free survival were 1.66 and 0.79 years, respectively.
CONCLUSION Outcomes for GBC patients remain unacceptable, and improved therapeutic strategies, including neoadjuvant chemotherapy, optimal surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy, should be considered for patients with advanced GBCs.
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- Yasuyuki Kamada
- Department of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama 524-8524, Shiga, Japan
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AlMasri S, Nassour I, Tohme S, Adam MA, Hoehn RS, Bartlett DL, Lee KK, Zureikat AH, Paniccia A. Long-term survival following minimally invasive extended cholecystectomy for gallbladder cancer: A 7-year experience from the National Cancer Database. J Surg Oncol 2020; 122:707-715. [PMID: 32531820 DOI: 10.1002/jso.26062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Open extended cholecystectomy (O-EC) has long been the recommended treatment for resectable gallbladder cancer (GBC), while the minimally-invasive approach for EC (MIS-EC) remains controversial. Our aim was to analyze overall survival of GBC patients treated with MIS-EC vs O-EC at the national level. METHODS A retrospective review of the National Cancer Database of patients with resectable GBC (2010-2016) and treated with either MIS-EC or O-EC was performed. Overall survival (OS) was compared by the surgical approach. RESULTS A total of 680 patients were identified, of whom 235 (34.6%) underwent MIS-EC. There were no differences in the rates of positive margins between MIS-EC and O-EC (14% vs 19%, respectively; P = .278), and in the mean lymph node yield (6.54 vs 6.66, respectively; P = .914). The median survival following MIS-EC was significantly higher than that of O-EC (39 vs 26 months; P = .048). After stratification by pathological stage and after adjustment, there was no significant difference in OS between the groups (HR = 0.9, 95% CI, 0.6-1.5). CONCLUSION In this large national cohort, MIS-EC oncologic outcomes were noninferior to the O-EC. Proficiency with MIS techniques, proper patient selection, and referral to specialized centers may allow a greater benefit from this treatment modality.
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- Samer AlMasri
- Department of Surgery, Division of GI Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, Division of GI Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, Division of GI Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, Division of GI Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, Division of GI Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, Division of GI Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, Division of GI Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, Division of GI Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, Division of GI Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Leigh N, Solomon D, Pletcher E, Labow DM, Magge DR, Sarpel U, Golas BJ. Is cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy indicated in hepatobiliary malignancies? World J Surg Oncol 2020; 18:124. [PMID: 32527272 PMCID: PMC7291534 DOI: 10.1186/s12957-020-01898-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Hepatopancreaticobiliary malignancies with peritoneal carcinomatosis exhibit poor survival with current therapies: hepatocellular carcinoma 11 months with sorafenib, and pancreaticobiliary 9–14 months with systemic chemotherapy. However, limited data exist on the utility of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in these patients. Methods We retrospectively reviewed our institutional hepatopancreaticobiliary malignancies with peritoneal carcinomatosis which underwent cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy from 2007 to 2017 and analyzed perioperative and oncologic outcomes. Results Seventeen patients were included: 9 hepatocellular carcinoma, 8 pancreaticobiliary (4 cholangiocarcinoma, 3 gallbladder, 1 pancreatic). Peritoneal cancer index, number of organs resected, completeness of cytoreduction, and 30-day morbidity were equivalent. Hepatocellular carcinoma received significantly less neoadjuvant therapy (11%, p = 0.008), though adjuvant therapy rates were similar. At a median follow-up of 15 months, progression-free survival was similar amongst all cohorts. However, overall survival was longer in hepatocellular carcinoma (42 months vs. cholangiocarcinoma 19 months, gallbladder 8 months, pancreatic 15 months, p = 0.206) with 59% 3-year overall survival (vs. 0% cholangiocarcinoma, 0% gallbladder, 0% pancreatic). Conclusions Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy may offer a survival benefit in select hepatocellular carcinoma patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis, though has dubious utility in pancreaticobiliary malignancies.
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- Natasha Leigh
- Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's West Hospital, 425 West 59th Street, Suite 7B, New York, NY, 10019, USA.
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's West Hospital, 425 West 59th Street, Suite 7B, New York, NY, 10019, USA
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's West Hospital, 425 West 59th Street, Suite 7B, New York, NY, 10019, USA
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's West Hospital, 425 West 59th Street, Suite 7B, New York, NY, 10019, USA
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's West Hospital, 425 West 59th Street, Suite 7B, New York, NY, 10019, USA
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's West Hospital, 425 West 59th Street, Suite 7B, New York, NY, 10019, USA
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's West Hospital, 425 West 59th Street, Suite 7B, New York, NY, 10019, USA
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Effect of lymphadenectomy in curative gallbladder cancer treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2020; 405:573-584. [PMID: 32458141 DOI: 10.1007/s00423-020-01878-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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PURPOSE Only a small fraction of resectable gallbladder cancer (GBC) patients receive a thorough lymphadenectomy. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to investigate the effect of lymphadenectomy on survival in GBC surgery. METHODS On May 19, 2019, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were searched for English or German articles published since 2002. Studies assessing the effect of lymphadenectomy on survival in GBC surgery were included. Fixed effect and random effects models were used to summarise the hazard ratio (HR). RESULTS Of the 530 identified articles, 18 observational studies (27,570 patients, 10 population-based, 8 cohort studies) were reviewed. In the meta-analysis, lymphadenectomy did not show a significant benefit for T1a tumours (n = 495; HR, 1.37; 95%CI, 0.65-2.86; P = 0.41). Lymphadenectomy showed a significant survival benefit in T1b (n = 1618; HR, 0.69; 95%CI, 0.50-0.94; P = 0.02) and T2 (n = 6204; HR, 0.68; 95%CI, 0.56-0.83; P < 0.01) tumours. Lymphadenectomy improved survival in the 2 studies assessing T3 tumours (n = 1961). A conclusive analysis was not possible for T4 tumours due to a low case load. Among patients undergoing lymphadenectomy, improved survival was observed in patients with a higher number of resected lymph nodes (HR, 0.57; 95%CI, 0.45-0.71; P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Regional lymphadenectomy improves survival in T1b to T3 GBC. A minimum of 6 retrieved lymph nodes are necessary for adequate staging, indicating a thorough lymphadenectomy. Patients with T1a tumours should be evaluated for lymphadenectomy, especially if lymph node metastases are suspected.
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Bekric D, Neureiter D, Ritter M, Jakab M, Gaisberger M, Pichler M, Kiesslich T, Mayr C. Long Non-Coding RNAs in Biliary Tract Cancer-An Up-to-Date Review. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9041200. [PMID: 32331331 PMCID: PMC7231154 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9041200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The term long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) describes non protein-coding transcripts with a length greater than 200 base pairs. The ongoing discovery, characterization and functional categorization of lncRNAs has led to a better understanding of the involvement of lncRNAs in diverse biological and pathological processes including cancer. Aberrant expression of specific lncRNA species was demonstrated in various cancer types and associated with unfavorable clinical characteristics. Recent studies suggest that lncRNAs are also involved in the development and progression of biliary tract cancer, a rare disease with high mortality and limited therapeutic options. In this review, we summarize current findings regarding the manifold roles of lncRNAs in biliary tract cancer and give an overview of the clinical and molecular consequences of aberrant lncRNA expression as well as of underlying regulatory functions of selected lncRNA species in the context of biliary tract cancer.
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- Dino Bekric
- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; (D.B.); (M.R.); (M.J.); (M.G.); (T.K.)
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- Institute of Pathology, Paracelsus Medical University/Salzburger Landeskliniken (SALK), 5020 Salzburg, Austria;
- Cancer Cluster Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; (D.B.); (M.R.); (M.J.); (M.G.); (T.K.)
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Arthritis and Rehabilitation, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
- Gastein Research Institute, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; (D.B.); (M.R.); (M.J.); (M.G.); (T.K.)
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; (D.B.); (M.R.); (M.J.); (M.G.); (T.K.)
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Arthritis and Rehabilitation, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
- Gastein Research Institute, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Research Unit of Non-Coding RNAs and Genome Editing, Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria;
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; (D.B.); (M.R.); (M.J.); (M.G.); (T.K.)
- Department of Internal Medicine I, Paracelsus Medical University/Salzburger Landeskliniken (SALK), 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; (D.B.); (M.R.); (M.J.); (M.G.); (T.K.)
- Department of Internal Medicine I, Paracelsus Medical University/Salzburger Landeskliniken (SALK), 5020 Salzburg, Austria
- Correspondence:
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de Savornin Lohman E, de Bitter T, Verhoeven R, van der Geest L, Hagendoorn J, Haj Mohammad N, Daams F, Klümpen HJ, van Gulik T, Erdmann J, de Boer M, Hoogwater F, Koerkamp BG, Braat A, Verheij J, Nagtegaal I, van Laarhoven C, van den Boezem P, van der Post R, de Reuver P. Trends in Treatment and Survival of Gallbladder Cancer in the Netherlands; Identifying Gaps and Opportunities from a Nation-Wide Cohort. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12040918. [PMID: 32283627 PMCID: PMC7226578 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12040918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is rare in Western populations and data about treatment and outcomes are scarce. This study aims to analyze survival and identify opportunities for improvement using population-based data from a low-incidence country. GBC patients diagnosed between 2005 and 2016 with GBC were identified from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. Patients were grouped according to time period (2005–2009/2010–2016) and disease stage. Trends in treatment and overall survival (OS) were analyzed. In total 1834 patients were included: 661 (36%) patients with resected, 278 (15%) with non-resected non-metastatic, and 895 (49%) with metastatic GBC. Use of radical versus simple cholecystectomy (12% vs. 26%, p < 0.001) in early (pT1b/T2) GBC increased. More patients with metastatic GBC received chemotherapy (11% vs. 29%, p < 0.001). OS improved from 4.8 months (2005–2009) to 6.1 months (2010–2016) (p = 0.012). Median OS increased over time (2005–2009 vs. 2010–2016) in resected (19.4 to 26.8 months, p = 0.038) and metastatic (2.3 vs. 3.4 months, p = 0.001) GBC but not in unresected, non-metastatic GBC. In early GBC, patients with radical cholecystectomy had a median OS of 76.7 compared to 18.4 months for simple cholecystectomy (p < 0.001). Palliative chemotherapy showed superior (p < 0.001) survival in metastatic (7.3 versus 2.1 months) and non-resected non-metastatic (7.7 versus 3.5 months) GBC. In conclusion, survival of GBC remains poor. Radical surgery and palliative chemotherapy appear to improve prognosis but remain under-utilized.
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- Elise de Savornin Lohman
- Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; (E.d.S.L.); (R.V.); (C.v.L.); (P.v.d.B.)
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- Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; (T.d.B.); (I.N.); (R.v.d.P.)
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; (E.d.S.L.); (R.V.); (C.v.L.); (P.v.d.B.)
- Department of Research, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organization, 3501 DB Utrecht, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Research, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organization, 3501 DB Utrecht, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Surgery, Utrecht University Medical Center, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Utrecht University Medical Center, Utrecht University, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, VU University, Cancer Center Amsterdam, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, 1100DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (T.v.G.); (J.E.)
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- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, 1100DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (T.v.G.); (J.E.)
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- Department of Surgery, Section of HPB-Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, 97700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands; (M.d.B.); (F.H.)
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- Department of Surgery, Section of HPB-Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, 97700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands; (M.d.B.); (F.H.)
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- Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; (T.d.B.); (I.N.); (R.v.d.P.)
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; (E.d.S.L.); (R.V.); (C.v.L.); (P.v.d.B.)
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; (E.d.S.L.); (R.V.); (C.v.L.); (P.v.d.B.)
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- Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; (T.d.B.); (I.N.); (R.v.d.P.)
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; (E.d.S.L.); (R.V.); (C.v.L.); (P.v.d.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel./Fax: +31-24-3613983
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Prognostic Impact of Lymph Node Excision in T1 and T2 Gallbladder Cancer: a Population-Based and Propensity Score-Matched SEER Analysis. J Gastrointest Surg 2020; 24:633-642. [PMID: 30887297 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-019-04175-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to assess the effect of lymphadenectomy on survival in T1/T2 gallbladder cancer (GBC). METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, patients undergoing surgery for T1/T2 GBC from 2004 to 2014 were identified in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. The effect of lymph node excision (LNE) on survival was assessed using Cox regression and propensity score methods. RESULTS A total of 2112 patients were identified: 11.4% had T1a, 18.5% T1b, and 70.1% had T2 tumors. Mean follow-up was 31.3 months. In 48.8% of patients, LNE was performed with a mean of 3.6 ± 4.3 nodes retrieved. Cancer-specific 5-year survival for T1 and T2 stages combined was 49.6% (95% confidence interval (CI), 45.9-53.6%) without LNE compared to 56.2% (95% CI, 52.4-60.4%) if LNE was performed (hazard ratio (HR), 0.75; 95%CI, 0.64-0.86, P < 0.001). Propensity score analyses for both stages combined confirmed this survival benefit with an HR of 0.67 (95% CI, 0.55-0.80) for the LNE group (P < 0.001). Stratified for tumor stages, LNE had no significant effect on cancer-specific survival in T1a (HR, 1.80 (95% CI, 0.76-4.26), P = 0.185) or T1b tumors (HR, 0.95 (95% CI, 0.57-1.58), P = 0.844), whereas it persistently revealed an advantage for patients with T2 tumors (HR 0.68 (95% CI, 0.55-0.83, P < 0.001). No correlation between the number of retrieved lymph nodes and the N+ rate was found (P = 0.134). CONCLUSIONS LNE is associated with improved survival in T2 GBC. No significant survival benefit was observed in T1a and T1b tumors. The retrieval of even a few lymph nodes reliably predicts the nodal status, which might assist in patient selection for re-resection in T1 GBC.
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Kim BH, Kim SH, Song IS, Chun GS. The appropriate surgical strategy for T1b gallbladder cancer incidentally diagnosed after a simple cholecystectomy. Ann Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2019; 23:327-333. [PMID: 31824997 PMCID: PMC6893052 DOI: 10.14701/ahbps.2019.23.4.327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Revised: 07/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Backgrounds/Aims The appropriate surgical treatment was investigated for T1b gallbladder (GB) cancer through a retrospective analysis of the clinical outcomes of patients with incidental T1 GB cancer. Methods Patients with T1 GB cancer who were incidentally diagnosed while undergoing a simple cholecystectomy at Chungnam University Hospital from January 2004 to December 2017 were enrolled. Overall, 39 patients with T1 GB cancer, 17 patients with T1a, and 22 patients with T1b were included. We retrospectively analyzed the patients' clinical and pathologic findings and follow-up results. Results Among the 6490 patients who underwent cholecystectomy during the study period, 165 patients were diagnosed with GB cancer (T1=42 [25.5%]). The risk factor associated with recurrence and cancer-related death in patients with T1 GB cancer was lymphovascular invasion (recurrence, p=0.028; death, p=0.004). In the T1b group, the 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) rate showed a statistical difference between patients with and without lymphovascular invasion (45.7% vs. 83.6%, p=0.048). There was no statistically significant difference in 5-year DFS and overall survival rate between simple cholecystectomy and extended cholecystectomy in T1b GB cancer with lymphovasular invasion (p=0.054 and p=0.091, respectively). Conclusions In incidental T1b GB cancer, extended cholecystectomy was not superior to simple cholecystectomy in terms of the 5-year DFS rate and nor in overall survival rate or recurrence rate, even when lymphovascular invasion was identified after simple cholecystectomy. Therefore, simple cholecystectomy may be recommended as a primary surgical strategy for T1b GB cancer.
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- Byoung-Hyoung Kim
- Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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Leigh NL, Solomon D, Feingold D, Hiotis SP, Labow DM, Magge DR, Sarpel U, Golas BJ. Staging gallbladder cancer with lymphadenectomy: the practical application of new AHPBA and AJCC guidelines. HPB (Oxford) 2019; 21:1563-1569. [PMID: 31010632 DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2019.03.372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 03/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Current guidelines recommend harvesting a total lymph node count (TLNC) ≥6 from portal lymphadenectomy in ≥pT1b gallbladder cancers (GBC) for accurate staging and prognostication. This study aimed to determine nodal yields from portal lymphadenectomy and identify measures to maximize TLNC. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all ≥pT1b GBC which underwent resection with curative intent including portal lymphadenectomy at our specialized HPB center from 2007 to 2017. We compared outcomes of TLNC < 6 and TLNC ≥ 6 cohorts and determined factors predictive of TLNC. RESULTS Of 92 patients, 20% had a TLNC ≥ 6 (IQR 7-11) and 9% had no nodes found on pathology. Malignant lymphadenopathy was twice as common in TLNC ≥ 6 as TLNC < 6 (p = 0.003) most frequently from portal, cystic and pericholedochal stations. On logistic regression analysis, concomitant liver resection was an independent predictor of higher TLNC [4b/5 wedge resection (OR 0.166, CI 0.057-0.486, p = 0.001) extended hepatectomy (OR 0.065, CI 0.012-0.340, p = 0.001)]; biliary resection and en bloc adjacent organ resection were not. CONCLUSION At our center, prior to current guidelines, a TLNC≥6 was not met in 80% undergoing portal lymphadenectomy for ≥ pT1b GBC. To increase nodal yield, future guidelines should consider including additional lymph node stations and incorporation of frozen section analysis.
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- Natasha L Leigh
- Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, 425 West 59th Street, Suite 7B, New York, NY 10019, United States; Mount Sinai Hospital Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 19 East 98th Street, Suite 7A, New York, NY 10029, United States.
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- Mount Sinai Hospital Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 19 East 98th Street, Suite 7A, New York, NY 10029, United States
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- Mount Sinai Hospital Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 19 East 98th Street, Suite 7A, New York, NY 10029, United States
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- Mount Sinai Hospital Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 19 East 98th Street, Suite 7A, New York, NY 10029, United States
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, 425 West 59th Street, Suite 7B, New York, NY 10019, United States; Mount Sinai Hospital Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 19 East 98th Street, Suite 7A, New York, NY 10029, United States
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, 425 West 59th Street, Suite 7B, New York, NY 10019, United States; Mount Sinai Hospital Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 19 East 98th Street, Suite 7A, New York, NY 10029, United States
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- Mount Sinai Hospital Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 19 East 98th Street, Suite 7A, New York, NY 10029, United States
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, 425 West 59th Street, Suite 7B, New York, NY 10019, United States; Mount Sinai Hospital Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 19 East 98th Street, Suite 7A, New York, NY 10029, United States
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Chen M, Cao J, Bai Y, Tong C, Lin J, Jindal V, Barchi LC, Nadalin S, Yang SX, Pesce A, Panaro F, Ariche A, Kai K, Memeo R, Bekaii-Saab T, Cai X. Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Early Detection of Malignant Gallbladder Lesions. Clin Transl Gastroenterol 2019; 10:e00098. [PMID: 31663905 PMCID: PMC6884352 DOI: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Preoperative decision-making for differentiating malignant from benign lesions in the gallbladder remains challenging. We aimed to create a diagnostic nomogram to identify gallbladder cancer (GBC), especially for incidental GBC (IGBC), before surgical resection. METHODS A total of 587 consecutive patients with pathologically confirmed gallbladder lesions from a hospital were randomly assigned to a training cohort (70%) and an internal validation cohort (30%), with 287 patients from other centers as an external validation cohort. Radiological features were developed by the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator logistic regression model. Significant radiological features and independent clinical factors, identified by multivariate analyses, were used to construct a nomogram. RESULTS A diagnostic nomogram was established by age, CA19.9, and 6 radiological features. The values of area under the curve in the internal and external validation cohorts were up to 0.91 and 0.89, respectively. The calibration curves for probability of GBC showed optimal agreement between nomogram prediction and actual observation. Compared with previous methods, it demonstrated superior sensitivity (91.5%) and accuracy (85.1%) in the diagnosis of GBC. The accuracy using the nomogram was significantly higher in GBC groups compared with that by radiologists in the training cohort (P < 0.001) and similarly in each cohort. Notably, most of the IGBC, which were misdiagnosed as benign lesions, were successfully identified using this nomogram. DISCUSSION A novel nomogram provides a powerful tool for detecting the presence of cancer in gallbladder masses, with an increase in accuracy and sensitivity. It demonstrates an unprecedented potential for IGBC identification.
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- Mingyu Chen
- Department of General Surgery, Sir Run-Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Sir Run-Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Jinhua, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Longyou People's Hospital, Quzhou, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Digestive Surgery Division, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- National Clinical Target Validation Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “G.F. Ingrassia” Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele Hospital, Unit of General Surgery, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, University of Montpellier-College of Medicine, Saint Eloi Hospital, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, General Surgery and Transplantation, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, Sir Run-Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Lee W, Jeong CY, Kim YH, Roh YH, Yoon MH, Seo HI, Park JI, Jung BH, Shin DH, Choi YI, Ryu JH, Yang KH, Choi CS, Park YH, Nah YW, Hong SC. Validation of the prognostic performance in various nodal staging systems for gallbladder cancer: results of a multicenter study. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2019; 404:581-588. [PMID: 31414179 DOI: 10.1007/s00423-019-01807-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although the current nodal staging system for gallbladder cancer (GBC) was changed based on the number of positive lymph nodes (PLN), it needs to be evaluated in various situations. METHODS We reviewed the clinical data for 398 patients with resected GBC and compared nodal staging systems based on the number of PLNs, the positive/retrieved LN ratio (LNR), and the log odds of positive LN (LODDS). Prognostic performance was evaluated using the C-index. RESULTS Subgroups were formed on the basis of an restricted cubic spline plot as follows: PLN 3 (PLN = 0, 1-2, ≥ 3); PLN 4 (PLN = 0, 1-3, ≥ 4); LNR (LNR = 0, 0-0.269, ≥ 0.27); and LODDS (LODDS < - 0.8, - 0.8-0, ≥ 0). The oncological outcome differed significantly between subgroups in each system. In all patients with GBC, PLN 4 (C-index 0.730) and PLN 3 (C-index 0.734) were the best prognostic discriminators of survival and recurrence, respectively. However, for retrieved LN (RLN) ≥ 6, LODDS was the best discriminator for survival (C-index 0.852). CONCLUSION The nodal staging system based on PLN was the optimal prognostic discriminator in patients with RLN < 6, whereas the LODDS system is adequate for RLN ≥ 6. The following nodal staging system considers applying different systems according to the RLN.
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- Woohyung Lee
- Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University, College of Medicine, 79 Gangnam-ro, Jinju, 660-702, Republic of Korea
- Division of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University, College of Medicine, 79 Gangnam-ro, Jinju, 660-702, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Dong-A University Hospital, Dong-A University, College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Dong-A University Hospital, Dong-A University, College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University, College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University, College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University, College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University, College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Kosin University, College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Kosin University, College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Pusan University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan University, College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Pusan University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan University, College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan University, College of Medicine, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University, College of Medicine, 79 Gangnam-ro, Jinju, 660-702, Republic of Korea.
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Kim HS, Park JW, Kim H, Han Y, Kwon W, Kim SW, Hwang YJ, Kim SG, Kwon HJ, Vinuela E, Járufe N, Roa JC, Han IW, Heo JS, Choi SH, Choi DW, Ahn KS, Kang KJ, Lee W, Jeong CY, Hong SC, Troncoso A, Losada H, Han SS, Park SJ, Yanagimoto H, Endo I, Kubota K, Wakai T, Ajiki T, Adsay NV, Jang JY. Optimal surgical treatment in patients with T1b gallbladder cancer: An international multicenter study. JOURNAL OF HEPATO-BILIARY-PANCREATIC SCIENCES 2019; 25:533-543. [PMID: 30562839 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is no consensus on the optimal treatment of T1b gallbladder cancer (GBC) due to the lack of evidence and the difficulty of anatomy and pathological standardization. METHODS A total of 272 patients with T1b GBC who underwent surgical resection at 14 centers with specialized hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgeons and pathologists in Korea, Japan, Chile, and the United States were studied. Clinical outcomes including disease-specific survival (DSS) rates according to the types of surgery were analyzed. RESULTS After excluding patients, the 237 qualifying patients consisted of 90 men and 147 women. Simple cholecystectomy (SC) was performed in 116 patients (48.9%) and extended cholecystectomy (EC) in 121 patients (51.1%). The overall 5-year DSS was 94.6%, and it was similar between SC and EC patients (93.7% vs. 95.5%, P = 0.496). The 5-year DSS was similar between SC and EC patients in America (82.3% vs. 100.0%, P = 0.249) as well as in Asia (98.6% vs. 95.2%, P = 0.690). The 5-year DSS also did not differ according to lymph node metastasis (P = 0.688) or tumor location (P = 0.474). CONCLUSIONS SC showed similar clinical outcomes (including recurrence) and survival outcomes as EC; therefore, EC is not needed for the treatment of T1b GBC.
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- Hyeong Seok Kim
- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Surgery, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, South Korea
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, South Korea
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- Surgery Department, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Surgery Department, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Liver Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Liver Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, South Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Pathology, Emory University School, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Toge K, Sakata J, Hirose Y, Yuza K, Ando T, Soma D, Katada T, Miura K, Takizawa K, Kobayashi T, Wakai T. Lymphatic spread of T2 gallbladder carcinoma: Regional lymphadenectomy is required independent of tumor location. Eur J Surg Oncol 2019; 45:1446-1452. [PMID: 30962045 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Revised: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate the incidence and distribution of regional lymph node metastasis according to tumor location, and to clarify whether tumor location could determine the extent of regional lymphadenectomy in patients with pathological T2 (pT2) gallbladder carcinoma. METHODS In total, 81 patients with pT2 gallbladder carcinoma (25 with pT2a tumors and 56 with pT2b tumors) who underwent radical resection were enrolled. Tumor location was determined histologically in each gallbladder specimen. RESULTS Survival after resection was significantly worse in patients with pT2b tumors than those with pT2a tumors (5-year survival, 72% vs. 96%; p = 0.027). Tumor location was an independent prognostic factor on multivariate analysis (hazard ratio, 14.162; p = 0.018). The incidence of regional lymph node metastasis was significantly higher in patients with pT2b tumors than in those with pT2a tumors (46% vs. 20%; p = 0.028). However, the number of positive nodes was similar between the two groups (median, 2 vs. 2; p = 0.910). For node-positive patients with pT2b tumors, metastasis was found in every regional node group (12%-63%), whereas even for node-positive patients with pT2a tumors, metastasis was observed in regional node groups outside the hepatoduodenal ligament. CONCLUSIONS Tumor location in patients with pT2 gallbladder carcinoma can predict the presence or absence of regional lymph node metastasis but not the number and anatomical distribution of positive regional lymph nodes. The extent of regional lymphadenectomy should not be changed even in patients with pT2a tumors, provided that they are fit enough for surgery.
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- Koji Toge
- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan.
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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Tsilimigras DI, Hyer JM, Paredes AZ, Moris D, Beal EW, Merath K, Mehta R, Ejaz A, Cloyd JM, Pawlik TM. The optimal number of lymph nodes to evaluate among patients undergoing surgery for gallbladder cancer: Correlating the number of nodes removed with survival in 6531 patients. J Surg Oncol 2019; 119:1099-1107. [DOI: 10.1002/jso.25450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Diamantis I. Tsilimigras
- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical OncologyThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research InstituteColumbus Ohio
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical OncologyThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research InstituteColumbus Ohio
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical OncologyThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research InstituteColumbus Ohio
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- Department of SurgeryDuke University Medical CenterDurham North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical OncologyThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research InstituteColumbus Ohio
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical OncologyThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research InstituteColumbus Ohio
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical OncologyThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research InstituteColumbus Ohio
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical OncologyThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research InstituteColumbus Ohio
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical OncologyThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research InstituteColumbus Ohio
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical OncologyThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research InstituteColumbus Ohio
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Narayan RR, Creasy JM, Goldman DA, Gönen M, Kandoth C, Kundra R, Solit DB, Askan G, Klimstra DS, Basturk O, Allen PJ, Balachandran VP, D'Angelica MI, DeMatteo RP, Drebin JA, Kingham TP, Simpson AL, Abou-Alfa GK, Harding JJ, O'Reilly EM, Butte JM, Matsuyama R, Endo I, Jarnagin WR. Regional differences in gallbladder cancer pathogenesis: Insights from a multi-institutional comparison of tumor mutations. Cancer 2018; 125:575-585. [PMID: 30427539 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Revised: 09/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although rare in the United States, gallbladder cancer (GBCA) is a common cause of cancer death in some parts of the world. To investigate regional differences in pathogenesis and outcomes for GBCA, tumor mutations were analyzed from a sampling of specimens. METHODS Primary tumors from patients with GBCA who were treated in Chile, Japan, and the United States between 1999 and 2016 underwent targeted sequencing of known cancer-associated genes. Fisher exact and Kruskal-Wallis tests assessed differences in clinicopathologic and genetic factors. Kaplan-Meier methods evaluated differences in overall survival from the time of surgery between mutations. RESULTS A total of 81 patients were included. Japanese patients (11 patients) were older (median age, 72 years [range, 54-81 years]) compared with patients from Chile (21 patients; median age, 59 years [range, 32-73 years]) and the United States (49 patients; median age, 66 years [range, 46-87 years]) (P = .002) and had more well-differentiated tumors (46% vs 0% for Chile/United States; P < .001) and fewer gallstone-associated cancers (36% vs 67% for Chile and 69% for the United States; P = .13). Japanese patients had a median mutation burden of 6 (range, 1-23) compared with Chile (median mutation burden, 7 [range, 3-20]) and the United States (median mutation burden, 4 [range, 0-27]) (P = .006). Tumors from Japanese patients lacked AT-rich interaction domain 1A (ARID1A) and phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha (PIK3CA) mutations, whereas Chilean tumors lacked Erb-B2 receptor tyrosine kinase 3 (ERBB3) and AT-rich interaction domain 2 (ARID2) mutations. SMAD family member 4 (SMAD4) was found to be mutated similarly across centers (38% in Chile, 36% in Japan, and 27% in the United States; P = .68) and was univariately associated with worse overall survival (median, 10 months vs 25 months; P = .039). At least one potentially actionable gene was found to be altered in 80% of tumors. CONCLUSIONS Differences in clinicopathologic variables suggest the possibility of distinct GBCA pathogenesis in Japanese patients, which may be supported by differences in mutation pattern. Among all centers, SMAD4 mutations were detected in approximately one-third of patients and may represent a converging factor associated with worse survival. The majority of patients carried mutations in actionable gene targets, which may inform the design of future trials.
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- Raja R Narayan
- Hepatopancreatobiliary Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.,Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.,Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Gastrointestinal Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Gastrointestinal Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Gastrointestinal Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Arturo Lopez Perez Foundation Cancer Institute, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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Köhn N, Maubach J, Warschkow R, Tsai C, Nussbaum DP, Candinas D, Gloor B, Schmied BM, Blazer DG, Worni M. High rate of positive lymph nodes in T1a gallbladder cancer does not translate to decreased survival: a population-based, propensity score adjusted analysis. HPB (Oxford) 2018; 20:1073-1081. [PMID: 29891423 DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2018.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Current consensus guidelines suggest that gallbladder cancer (GBC) patients with resected T1a disease can be observed while patients with T1b or greater lesions should undergo lymphadenectomy (LNE). The primary aim of this study was to critically explore the impact of LNE in early-stage GBC on overall survival (OS) on a population-based level. METHOD The 2004-2014 National Cancer Database was reviewed to identify non-metastatic GBC patients with T1a, T1b, or T2 disease and grouped whether a dedicated LNE was performed. OS and relative survival were assessed using Cox proportional hazard regression analyses before and after propensity score adjustments. RESULTS 4015 patients were included, 246 (6%) had T1a, 654 (16%) T1b, and 3115 (78%) T2 GBC. The rate of positive lymph nodes was 13%, 12%, and 40% for T1a, T1b, and T2 tumors, respectively. Even after propensity score adjustment, no OS benefit was found if LNE was performed for T1a disease (HR:0.63, 95%CI:0.35-1.13) while OS was improved for T1b (HR:0.65, 95%CI:0.49-0.87) and T2 tumors (HR:0.65, 95%CI:0.57-0.73). CONCLUSION Despite a higher rate of nodal positivity among patients with T1a disease compared to previous reports, there was no impact on survival and current treatment guidelines appear appropriate for the management of T1a disease.
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- Nastassja Köhn
- Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Surgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, 9007, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Surgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, 9007, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
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Dasari BVM, Ionescu MI, Pawlik TM, Hodson J, Sutcliffe RP, Roberts KJ, Muiesan P, Isaac J, Marudanayagam R, Mirza DF. Outcomes of surgical resection of gallbladder cancer in patients presenting with jaundice: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Surg Oncol 2018; 118:477-485. [PMID: 30259519 DOI: 10.1002/jso.25186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Preoperative jaundice is considered a relative contraindication to radical gallbladder cancer (GBC) resection due to poor prognosis and high postoperative morbidity. Recent reports have indicated that aggressive surgery may improve long-term survival for patients with advanced GBC who present with obstructive jaundice. The current systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to compare postoperative outcomes among jaundiced and non-jaundiced patients with resectable GBC. METHODS An electronic search was performed using several Medical Subject Headings terms: cholecyst, gallbladder, tumor, cancer, carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, neoplasia, neoplasm, jaundice, and icterus. Overall survival after surgery was the primary outcome; resectability and postoperative morbidity were the secondary outcomes. RESULTS Overall survival was shorter among patients who presented with jaundice (Hazard ratio [HR]: 2.21, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.64-2.97; P < 0.001). Patients with jaundice were less likely to have resectable disease (odds ratio: 0.27, 95% CI, 0.17-0.43; P < 0.001). The jaundice group had higher odds of postoperative morbidity, bile-leak, and posthepatectomy failure versus the non-jaundiced control group. CONCLUSIONS Radical surgery for GBC resection for patients presenting with obstructive jaundice was associated with reduced overall survival and increased postoperative morbidity. Jaundiced patients with advanced GBC should be considered for surgical resection but need careful evaluation and counseling before undertaking extensive surgical resection.
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- Bobby V M Dasari
- Department of HPB Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Centre, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Lee SE, Kim SW, Han HS, Lee WJ, Yoon DS, Cho BH, Choi IS, Kim HJ, Hong SC, Lee SM, Choi DW, Park SJ, Kim HJ, Jang JY. Surgical Strategy for T2 Gallbladder Cancer: Nationwide Multicenter Survey in Korea. J Korean Med Sci 2018; 33:e186. [PMID: 29983693 PMCID: PMC6033102 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although all guidelines suggest that T2 gallbladder (GB) cancer should be treated by extended cholecystectomy (ECx), high-level scientific evidence is lacking because there has been no randomized controlled trial on GB cancer. METHODS A nationwide multicenter study between 2000 and 2009 from 14 university hospitals enrolled a total of 410 patients with T2 GB cancer. The clinicopathologic findings and long-term follow-up results were analyzed after consensus meeting of Korean Pancreas Surgery Club. RESULTS The 5-year cumulative survival rate (5YSR) for the patients who underwent curative resection was 61.2%. ECx group showed significantly better 5YSR than simple cholecystectomy (SCx) group (65.4% vs. 54.0%, P = 0.016). For N0 patients, there was no significant difference in 5YSR between SCx and ECx groups (68.7% vs. 73.6%, P = 0.173). Systemic recurrence was more common than locoregional recurrence (78.5% vs. 21.5%). Elevation of cancer antigen 19-9 level preoperatively and lymph node (LN) metastasis were significantly poor prognostic factors in a multivariate analysis. CONCLUSION ECx including wedge resection of GB bed should be recommended for T2 GB cancer. Because systemic recurrence was more common and recurrence occurred more frequently in patients with LN metastasis, postoperative adjuvant therapy should be considered especially for the patients with LN metastasis.
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- Seung Eun Lee
- Department of Surgery, Chung-Ang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Chonbuk National University College of Medicine, Jeonju, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Liver Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Clinicopathological characteristics and outcomes of rare histologic subtypes of gallbladder cancer over two decades: A population-based study. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0198809. [PMID: 29889907 PMCID: PMC5995371 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background There is limited literature about the clinicopathological characteristics and outcomes of rare histologic variants of gallbladder cancer (GBC). Methods Using SEER database, surgically managed GBC patients with microscopically confirmed adenocarcinoma, adenosquamous/squamous cell carcinoma and papillary carcinoma were identified from 1988 to 2009. Patients with second primary cancer and distant metastasis at presentation were excluded. The effect of clinicopathological variables on overall survival (OS) and disease specific survival (DSS) were analyzed using univariate and multivariate proportional hazards modeling. All associations were considered statistically significant at an alpha error of 0.01. Results Out of 4738 cases, 217 adenosquamous/squamous (4.6%), 367 papillary (7.7%), and 4154 adenocarcinomas (87.7%) were identified. Median age was 72 years. Higher tumor grade (grade 2, 3, 4 versus grade 1), higher T stage (T2, T3, T4 versus T1), lymph node positivity (N1 versus N0) and adenosquamous/squamous histology (versus adenocarcinoma) had worse OS and DSS (p < .001). Papillary GBC had better OS and DSS than adenocarcinoma (HR = 0.7; p < .001). Radical surgery (versus simple cholecystectomy) had better OS (HR = 0.83, p = 0.002) in multivariate analysis. OS rates at 3 and 5 years were 0.56 and 0.44 for papillary, 0.3 and 0.22 for adenocarcinoma, and 0.14 and 0.12 for adenosquamous/squamous histology, while DSS rates at 3 and 5 years were 0.67 and 0.61 for papillary, 0.38 and 0.31 for adenocarcinoma, and 0.17 and 0.16 for adenosquamous/squamous subtypes respectively. Conclusion Papillary GBC had better survival outcomes while adenosquamous/squamous GBC had worse survival outcomes compared to gallbladder adenocarcinoma.
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Mochizuki T, Abe T, Amano H, Hanada K, Hattori M, Kobayashi T, Nakahara M, Ohdan H, Noriyuki T. Efficacy of the Gallbladder Cancer Predictive Risk Score Based on Pathological Findings: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. Ann Surg Oncol 2018; 25:1699-1708. [DOI: 10.1245/s10434-018-6444-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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Ong CT, Leung K, Nussbaum DP, Sun Z, Gloor B, Blazer DG, Worni M. Open versus laparoscopic portal lymphadenectomy in gallbladder cancer: is there a difference in lymph node yield? HPB (Oxford) 2018; 20:505-513. [PMID: 29472106 DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2017.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Revised: 10/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common biliary tract malignancy. Because it commonly metastasizes via lymphatics, portal lymphadenectomy should be included in oncologic resections. This study aimed to compare the oncologic equivalence of the laparoscopic versus open technique by evaluating lymph node (LN) yield. METHODS The 2010-2012 National Cancer Data Base identified patients who underwent laparoscopic or open resection of GBC with dedicated lymphadenectomy. LN yield was compared by resection method. Variables associated with LN yield ≥3 were identified. RESULTS Of 1524 patients identified, 52% were intended to undergo laparoscopic surgery, with 20% of these patients converted to open. Collection of ≥3 LNs following open resection (47%) was higher than for laparoscopic resection (34%), p < 0.001. Operations performed at high-volume (aOR:1.74, p < 0.001) and/or academic centers (aOR:1.70, p = 0.024) had superior LN yield. LN yield was not associated with overall survival (aHR:0.93, p = 0.493). CONCLUSIONS In this analysis of national data, LN yield following laparoscopic resection for GBC was significantly lower than following open resection. Open resection is more frequently performed at academic centers, possibly to assure adequate oncologic resection. Enforcing consensus guidelines for lymphadenectomy in gallbladder cancer will optimize outcomes as minimally invasive approaches evolve.
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- Cecilia T Ong
- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Neychev V, Ivanova V, Dikov T, Todorov G. Diffuse Xanthogranulomatous Cholecystitis: Master of Disguise. Cureus 2018; 10:e2492. [PMID: 29922533 PMCID: PMC6003789 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.2492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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A 67-year-old woman presented with clinical symptoms, radiological findings, and preoperative work-up highly suggestive of advanced stage IV carcinoma of the gallbladder (CG). An extended cholecystectomy with the excision of adjacent liver segments and loco-regional lymphadenectomy was performed. Final pathology results revealed diffuse xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XG) with ruptured Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses with tumor-resembling adenomyosis without atypical or malignant cells. There was a reactive inflammatory and fatty degeneration of the adjacent hepatic tissue and a nonspecific inflammatory reaction of the enlarged periportal lymph nodes. The main concern in the management of patients with mass-forming XG is that this benign condition shares strikingly similar clinical, imaging, biochemical, and intraoperative features with advanced CG, which has one of the poorest overall survival rates. Misdiagnosis is not uncommon, which causes significant distress for patients and their families and, in some cases, may result in erroneous treatment. Although the presence of some preoperative imaging findings and/or intraoperative frozen section biopsies may be helpful in suspecting XG, definitive diagnosis is usually delayed until the final pathology result that may come as a surprise. Increasing awareness of this rare, insidious disease will contribute to a better understanding of its biology and natural history and, eventually, help improve management.
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- Vladimir Neychev
- Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, USA
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- Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Surgery, "alexandrovska" University Hospital, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
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Zhang L, Hou C, Xu Z, Wang L, Ling X, Xiu D. Laparoscopic treatment for suspected gallbladder cancer confined to the wall: a 10-year study from a single institution. Chin J Cancer Res 2018; 30:84-92. [PMID: 29545722 DOI: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2018.01.09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Objective Although laparoscopic treatment of gallbladder cancer (GBC) has been explored in the last decade, long-term results are still rare. This study evaluates long-term results of intended laparoscopic treatment for suspected GBC confined to the gallbladder wall, based on our experience over 10 years. Methods Between August 2006 and December 2015, 164 patients with suspected GBC confined to the wall were enrolled in the protocol for laparoscopic surgery. The process for GBC treatment was analyzed to evaluate the feasibility of computed tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) combined with frozen-section examination in identifying GBC confined to the wall. Of 159 patients who underwent the intended laparoscopic radical treatment, 47 with pathologically proven GBC were investigated to determine the safety and oncologic outcomes of a laparoscopic approach to GBC. Results Among the 164 patients, 5 patients avoided further radical surgery because of unresectable disease and 12 were converted to open surgery; in the remaining 147 patients, totally laparoscopic treatment was successfully accomplished. Extended cholecystectomy was performed in 37 patients and simple cholecystectomy in 10. The T stages based on final pathology were Tis (n=6), T1a (n=2), T1b (n=9), T2 (n=26), and T3 (n=4). Recurrence was detected in 11 patients over a median follow-up of 51 months. The disease-specific 5-year survival rate of these 47 patients was 68.8%, and rose to 85% for patients with a normal cancer antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) level. Conclusions The favorable long-term outcomes demonstrate the feasibility of combined CT/MRI and frozen-section examination in the selection of patients with GBC confined to the gallbladder wall, confirm the oncologic safety of laparoscopic treatment in selected GBC patients, and favor measurement of preoperative CA19-9 in the selection of GBCs suitable for laparoscopic treatment.
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- Lingfu Zhang
- Department of General Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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Lee H, Kwon W, Han Y, Kim JR, Kim SW, Jang JY. Optimal extent of surgery for early gallbladder cancer with regard to long-term survival: a meta-analysis. JOURNAL OF HEPATO-BILIARY-PANCREATIC SCIENCES 2017; 25:131-141. [DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Hongeun Lee
- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute; Seoul National University Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; 101 Daehak-ro Chongno-gu, Seoul 03080 Korea
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute; Seoul National University Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; 101 Daehak-ro Chongno-gu, Seoul 03080 Korea
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute; Seoul National University Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; 101 Daehak-ro Chongno-gu, Seoul 03080 Korea
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute; Seoul National University Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; 101 Daehak-ro Chongno-gu, Seoul 03080 Korea
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute; Seoul National University Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; 101 Daehak-ro Chongno-gu, Seoul 03080 Korea
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute; Seoul National University Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; 101 Daehak-ro Chongno-gu, Seoul 03080 Korea
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Dixit R, Raza M, Kumar M, Basu S, Shukla VK. Expression Analysis of Survivin and XIAP in Gallbladder Cancer: a Case-control Study in Indo-Gangetic Plain. J Gastrointest Cancer 2017; 49:487-492. [DOI: 10.1007/s12029-017-0008-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Patkar S, Ostwal V, Ramaswamy A, Engineer R, Chopra S, Shetty N, Dusane R, Shrikhande SV, Goel M. Emerging role of multimodality treatment in gall bladder cancer: Outcomes following 510 consecutive resections in a tertiary referral center. J Surg Oncol 2017; 117:372-379. [DOI: 10.1002/jso.24837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Shraddha Patkar
- GI and HPB Service, Department of Surgical Oncology; Tata Memorial Hospital; Mumbai India
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- Department of Medical Oncology; Tata Memorial Hospital; Mumbai India
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- Department of Medical Oncology; Tata Memorial Hospital; Mumbai India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology; Tata Memorial Hospital; Mumbai India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology; Tata Memorial Hospital; Mumbai India
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- Department of Interventional Radiology; Tata Memorial Hospital; Mumbai India
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- Department of Biostatistics; Tata Memorial Hospital; Mumbai India
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- GI and HPB Service, Department of Surgical Oncology; Tata Memorial Hospital; Mumbai India
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- GI and HPB Service, Department of Surgical Oncology; Tata Memorial Hospital; Mumbai India
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Sakata J, Kobayashi T, Tajima Y, Ohashi T, Hirose Y, Takano K, Takizawa K, Miura K, Wakai T. Relevance of Dissection of the Posterior Superior Pancreaticoduodenal Lymph Nodes in Gallbladder Carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 2017; 24:2474-2481. [PMID: 28653160 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-017-5939-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study was designed to evaluate the prognostic value of positive posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes to clarify the need for dissection of these nodes. METHODS A total of 148 patients with gallbladder carcinoma who underwent radical resection including dissection of the posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal nodes were enrolled. The incidence of metastasis and the survival rates among patients with metastasis to each lymph node group were calculated. RESULTS Of the 148 patients, 70 (47%) had nodal disease. The incidences of metastasis in the cystic duct, pericholedochal, retroportal, and hepatic artery node groups, defined as regional nodes in the UICC TNM staging system, ranged from 8.3 to 24.3% with 5-year survival rates of 12.5-46.4% in patients with positive nodes. The incidence of metastasis to the posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal nodes was 12.8% with a 5-year survival rate of 31.6% in patients with positive nodes. Survival after resection was significantly better in patients with distant nodal disease affecting only the posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal nodes (5-year survival, 55.6%) than in patients with distant nodal disease beyond these nodes (5-year survival, 15.0%; p = 0.046), whereas survival after resection was comparable between the former group and patients with regional nodal disease alone (5-year survival, 40.7%; p = 0.426). CONCLUSIONS In gallbladder carcinoma, involvement of the posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal nodes is similar to that of regional nodes in terms of both the incidence of metastasis and the impact on survival. Inclusion of the posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal nodes among the regional nodes should be considered.
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- Jun Sakata
- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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Sternby Eilard M, Lundgren L, Cahlin C, Strandell A, Svanberg T, Sandström P. Surgical treatment for gallbladder cancer - a systematic literature review. Scand J Gastroenterol 2017; 52:505-514. [PMID: 28270039 DOI: 10.1080/00365521.2017.1284895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate existing evidence regarding surgical treatments for gallbladder cancer in a Health Technology Assessment. A specific aim was to evaluate whether extended surgery regarding liver, lymph nodes, bile duct, and adjacent organs compared with cholecystectomy alone in the adult patient with gallbladder cancer in early and late stages implies improved survival. METHODS In April 2015 and updated in June 2016, a systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library. Two authors independently screened titles, abstracts, and full-text articles. The certainty of evidence was evaluated according to GRADE. MAIN RESULTS Forty-four observational studies (non-randomised, controlled studies) and seven case series were included. Radical resection, including liver and lymph node resection, compared with cholecystectomy alone showed significantly better survival for patients with stages T1b and above. All studies had serious study limitations and the certainty of evidence was very low (GRADE ⊕○○○). A survival benefit seen in patients with stage T1b or higher with lymph node resection, was most evident in stage T2, but the certainty of evidence was low (GRADE ⊕⊕○○). It is uncertain whether routine bile duct resections improve overall survival in patients with gallbladder cancer stage T2-T4 (GRADE ⊕○○○). CONCLUSION Data indicate that prognosis can be improved if liver resection and lymph node resection is performed in patients with tumour stage T1b or higher. There is no evidence supporting resection of the bile duct or adjacent organs if it is not necessary in order to achieve radicality.
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- Malin Sternby Eilard
- a Department of Transplantation and Liver Surgery , Sahlgrenska University Hospital , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- b Department of Surgery , Ryhov Hospital , Jönköping , Sweden
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- a Department of Transplantation and Liver Surgery , Sahlgrenska University Hospital , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- c HTA-Centrum of Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- d Medical Library, Sahlgrenska University Hospital , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- e Department of Surgery , Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Linkoping , Linköping , Sweden
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Vinuela E, Vega EA, Yamashita S, Sanhueza M, Mege R, Cavada G, Aloia TA, Chun YS, Lee JE, Vauthey JN, Conrad C. Incidental Gallbladder Cancer: Residual Cancer Discovered at Oncologic Extended Resection Determines Outcome: A Report from High- and Low-Incidence Countries. Ann Surg Oncol 2017; 24:2334-2343. [DOI: 10.1245/s10434-017-5859-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Rahman R, Simoes EJ, Schmaltz C, Jackson CS, Ibdah JA. Trend analysis and survival of primary gallbladder cancer in the United States: a 1973-2009 population-based study. Cancer Med 2017; 6:874-880. [PMID: 28317286 PMCID: PMC5387125 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.1044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 01/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Primary gallbladder cancer is an aggressive and uncommon cancer with poor outcomes. Our study examines epidemiology, trend, and survival of gallbladder cancer in the United States from 1973 to 2009. We utilized the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results database (SEER). Frequency and rate analyses on demographics, stage, and survival were compared among non-Hispanic whites, Hispanics, African American, and Asian/Pacific Islanders. A total of 18,124 cases were reported in SEER from 1973 to 2009 comprising 1.4% of all reported gastrointestinal cancers. Gallbladder cancer was more common in females than males (71 vs. 29%, respectively). The age-adjusted incidence rate was 1.4 per 100,000, significantly higher in females than males (1.7 vs. 1.0). Trend analysis showed that the incidence rate has been decreasing over the last three decades for males. However, among females, the incidence rate had decreased from 1973 to mid-90s but has remained stable since then. Trend analysis for stage at diagnosis showed that the proportion of late-stage cases has been increasing significantly since 2001 after a decreasing pattern since 1973. Survival has improved considerably over time, and survival is better in females than males and in Asian/Pacific Islanders than other racial groups. The highest survival was in patients who received both surgery and radiation. Trend analysis revealed a recent increase of the incidence of late-stage gallbladder cancer. Highest survival was associated with receiving both surgery and radiation.
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- Rubayat Rahman
- Division of Gastroenterology and HepatologyUniversity of Missouri School of MedicineOne Hospital Drive, CE 405ColumbiaMissouri65212
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- Department of Health Management and InformaticsUniversity of Missouri School of MedicineOne Hospital DriveCE707 CS&E BldgColumbiaMissouri65212
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- Missouri Cancer Registry and Research CenterUniversity of Missouri at Columbia401 Clark HallColumbiaMissouri65211
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- Division of Gastroenterology and HepatologyUniversity of Missouri School of MedicineOne Hospital Drive, CE 405ColumbiaMissouri65212
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Sakata J, Kobayashi T, Ohashi T, Hirose Y, Takano K, Takizawa K, Miura K, Ishikawa H, Toge K, Yuza K, Soma D, Ando T, Wakai T. Prognostic heterogeneity of the seventh edition of UICC Stage III gallbladder carcinoma: Which patients benefit from surgical resection? Eur J Surg Oncol 2017; 43:780-787. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2017.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Gavriilidis P, Askari A, Azoulay D. To Resect or Not to Resect Extrahepatic Bile Duct in Gallbladder Cancer? J Clin Med Res 2016; 9:81-91. [PMID: 28090223 PMCID: PMC5215011 DOI: 10.14740/jocmr2804w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The indications for and limitations of extrahepatic bile duct resection (EHBDR) in the context of gallbladder (GB) cancer are unclear. The purpose of this review was to examine the current literature to determine the impact of EHBDR on loco-regional recurrence and survival in GB cancer. The EMBASE and Medline databases were searched up to February 2016 using the terms: extrahepatic bile duct resection and gallbladder cancer. Studies published in the last 20 years were eligible for inclusion. Given the heterogeneity of the population and the study methodologies employed, qualitative data synthesis in the form of meta-analysis was deemed implausible. Twenty-four studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The selected studies include 6,722 (55%) EHBDRs in a total of 12,251 GB cancer operations. The 25 studies were categorized into seven groups: 1) cancer survival all stages; 2) hepatoduodenal ligament invasion; 3) outcome in EHBDR and EHBDNR; 4) pT1b tumors; 5) pT2 tumors; 6) pT3/T4 tumors; and 7) incidental GB cancer. Radical cholecystectomy with EHBDR should be used as a standard operation for tumors involving the neck or the cystic duct of the GB (either macroscopically or microscopically). In all other cases, operative strategy should be individualized to the patient.
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- Paschalis Gavriilidis
- Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Henri Mondor University Hospital, 51 Avenue du Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Creteil, France
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- Department of Surgery, Ipswich Hospital, NHS Trust Ipswich, Heath Rd IP4 5PD, UK
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- Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Henri Mondor University Hospital, 51 Avenue du Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Creteil, France; INSERM U 955, Creteil, France
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Khandelwal A, Malhotra A, Jain M, Vasquez KM, Jain A. The emerging role of long non-coding RNA in gallbladder cancer pathogenesis. Biochimie 2016; 132:152-160. [PMID: 27894946 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2016.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common and aggressive form of biliary tract carcinoma with an alarmingly low 5-year survival rate. Despite its high mortality rate, the underlying mechanisms of GBC pathogenesis are not completely understood. Recently, from a growing volume of literature, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as key regulators of gene expression and appear to play vital roles in many human cancers. To date, a number of lncRNAs have been implicated in GBC, but their potential roles in GBC have not been systematically examined. Thus, in this review, we critically discuss the emerging roles of lncRNAs in GBC, and the pathways involved. Specifically, we note that some lncRNAs show greater expression in T1 and T2 tumor stages compared to T3 and T4 tumor stages and that their dysregulation leads to alterations in cell cycle progression and can cause an increase in GBC cell proliferation or apoptosis. In addition, some lncRNAs control the epithelial-mesenchymal transition process, while others take part in the regulation of ERK/MAPK and Ras cancer-associated signaling pathways. We also present their potential utility in diagnosis, prognosis, and/or treatment of GBC. The overall goal of this review is to stimulate interest in the role of lncRNAs in GBC, which may open new avenues in the determination of GBC pathogenesis and may lead to the development of new preventive and therapeutic strategies for GBC.
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- Akanksha Khandelwal
- Centre for Animal Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India; Centre for Biochemistry and Microbial Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, HP, India
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- Centre for Biochemistry and Microbial Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, 1400 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Austin, TX, 78723, USA
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- Centre for Animal Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India.
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Prognostic significance of immune cells in the tumor microenvironment and peripheral blood of gallbladder carcinoma patients. Clin Transl Oncol 2016; 19:477-488. [PMID: 27718154 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-016-1553-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of the interaction between tumor cells and inflammatory cells in gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) is unclear. Inflammatory cells exist in both the tumor immune microenvironment and the host peripheral blood circulatory system. In the current study, we examined the prognostic value of inflammatory cells in the tumor microenvironment and peripheral blood in patients with GBC. METHODS 98 patients with GBC were recruited in this retrospective study. Using immunohistochemistry, we examined tumor-infiltrating CD3+ generic T-cells, CD8+ cytotoxic T-cells, CD45RO+ memory T-cells, and CD15+ neutrophils. Peripheral venous blood samples were also collected, and absolute neutrophil count (ANC), absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) were measured. The relationships between these variables and patient outcome were evaluated. RESULTS Survival analysis revealed that the density of CD3+ cell infiltrates in the tumor microenvironment was positively correlated with overall survival (OS) and the density of CD15+ cell infiltrates was negatively correlated with the OS. The combined analysis showed that a high density of CD3+ cell infiltrates combined with a low density of CD15+ cell infiltrates was an independent prognostic factor for GBC. In peripheral blood, survival analysis suggested that ANC and NLR were negatively correlated, while ALC was positively correlated with OS. Multivariate survival analysis showed that NLR was an independent prognostic factor for gallbladder cancer prognosis. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that the combination of high density of CD3+ cell infiltrates combined with a low density of CD15+ cell infiltrates in tumor samples and pretreatment peripheral blood NLR were independent prognostic factors in patients with GBC.
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Huang Y, Du Q, Wu W, She F, Chen Y. Rescued expression of WIF-1 in gallbladder cancer inhibits tumor growth and induces tumor cell apoptosis with altered expression of proteins. Mol Med Rep 2016; 14:2573-81. [PMID: 27430608 PMCID: PMC4991677 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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As a highly conserved metabolic pathway, the Wnt signaling pathway is involved in cell differentiation, proliferation and several other processes. In normal cells, this pathway is suppressed, and abnormal activation is often associated with tumor occurrence and development. In certain types of tumor, Wnt inhibitory factor 1 (WIF-1), an inhibitor of the Wnt pathway, inhibits tumor growth. However, the effect of the expression of WIF-1 on gallbladder cancer remains to be fully elucidated. In the current study, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blotting were conducted. The present study demonstrated that, in gallbladder cancer, WIF-1 generally exhibited low levels of expression as a result of gene promoter methylation. Treatment with the drug, 5-aza-2-deoxycytidine, increased the expression of WIF-1 in the GBC-SD gallbladder cell line. In addition, a WIF-1-expression plasmid was transfected into GBC-SD cells, and it was found that cell proliferation, invasion and metastasis declined significantly, whereas the apoptotic rate increased. A nude mouse tumor transplantation experiment showed that the oncogenicity of the GBC-SD cells expressing WIF-1 was substantially lower, compared with that of the untransfected GBC-SD cells and of GBD-SD cells expressing the control plasmid. A fluorescent protein chip experiment showed that the restored expression of WIF-1 affected the expression of several cellular proteins. These alterations may explain the different biological behavior of the tumor cells expressing WIF-1. As an effective inhibitory factor of the Wnt signaling pathway, WIF-1 modulated the expression of proteins controlling the proliferation, apoptosis and metastasis of gallbladder tumor cells, thus suppressing the tumor. Therefore, WIF-1 may be an effective treatment target for gallbladder cancer.
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- Yan Huang
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, P.R. China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, P.R. China
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