Predictors of occult metastases in potentially Resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

• DOI: 10.1016/j.sopen.2024.07.010
• Publication Date: 2024-07-22T17:14:54Z
• Authors: Takeshi Murakami; Yasutoshi Kimura; Masafumi Imamura; Minoru Nagayama; Toru Kato; Kazuharu Kukita; Makoto Yoshida; Yoshiharu Masaki; Hiroshi Nakase; Ichiro Takemasa
• Keywords: Occult

Patients with resectable (R) or borderline (BR) pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) sometimes show unexpected liver, peritoneal, and para-aortic lymph node metastases intraoperatively. Despite radical pancreatectomy, a nonnegligible number of patients relapse within 6 months after surgery. The aim this study was to identify the preoperative predictors occult (OM), defined as intraoperative distant pancreatectomy.