Precursor Epithelial Subtypes of Adenocarcinoma Arising from Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms (A-IPMN): Clinicopathological Features, Recurrence and Response to Adjuvant Chemotherapy.

Adjuvant chemotherapy Epithelial subtypes Gastric IPMN Intestinal Pancreatobiliary Recurrence Survival

Journal

Annals of surgical oncology
ISSN: 1534-4681
Titre abrégé: Ann Surg Oncol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9420840

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
03 Jul 2024
Historique:
received: 07 03 2024
accepted: 10 06 2024
medline: 4 7 2024
pubmed: 4 7 2024
entrez: 3 7 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The clinico-oncological outcomes of precursor epithelial subtypes of adenocarcinoma arising from intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (A-IPMN) are limited to small cohort studies. Differences in recurrence patterns and response to adjuvant chemotherapy between A-IPMN subtypes are unknown. Clincopathological features, recurrence patterns and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing pancreatic resection (2010-2020) for A-IPMN were reported from 18 academic pancreatic centres worldwide. Precursor epithelial subtype groups were compared using uni- and multivariate analysis. In total, 297 patients were included (median age, 70 years; male, 78.9%), including 54 (18.2%) gastric, 111 (37.3%) pancreatobiliary, 80 (26.9%) intestinal and 52 (17.5%) mixed subtypes. Gastric, pancreaticobiliary and mixed subtypes had comparable clinicopathological features, yet the outcomes were significantly less favourable than the intestinal subtype. The median time to recurrence in gastric, pancreatobiliary, intestinal and mixed subtypes were 32, 30, 61 and 33 months. Gastric and pancreatobiliary subtypes had worse overall recurrence (p = 0.048 and p = 0.049, respectively) compared with the intestinal subtype but gastric and pancreatobiliary subtypes had comparable outcomes. Adjuvant chemotherapy was associated with improved survival in the pancreatobiliary subtype (p = 0.049) but not gastric (p = 0.992), intestinal (p = 0.852) or mixed subtypes (p = 0.723). In multivariate survival analysis, adjuvant chemotherapy was associated with a lower likelihood of death in pancreatobiliary subtype, albeit with borderline significance [hazard ratio (HR) 0.56; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.31-1.01; p = 0.058]. Gastric, pancreatobiliary and mixed subtypes have comparable recurrence and survival outcomes, which are inferior to the more indolent intestinal subtype. Pancreatobiliary subtype may respond to adjuvant chemotherapy and further research is warranted to determine the most appropriate adjuvant chemotherapy regimens for each subtype.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
The clinico-oncological outcomes of precursor epithelial subtypes of adenocarcinoma arising from intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (A-IPMN) are limited to small cohort studies. Differences in recurrence patterns and response to adjuvant chemotherapy between A-IPMN subtypes are unknown.
METHODS METHODS
Clincopathological features, recurrence patterns and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing pancreatic resection (2010-2020) for A-IPMN were reported from 18 academic pancreatic centres worldwide. Precursor epithelial subtype groups were compared using uni- and multivariate analysis.
RESULTS RESULTS
In total, 297 patients were included (median age, 70 years; male, 78.9%), including 54 (18.2%) gastric, 111 (37.3%) pancreatobiliary, 80 (26.9%) intestinal and 52 (17.5%) mixed subtypes. Gastric, pancreaticobiliary and mixed subtypes had comparable clinicopathological features, yet the outcomes were significantly less favourable than the intestinal subtype. The median time to recurrence in gastric, pancreatobiliary, intestinal and mixed subtypes were 32, 30, 61 and 33 months. Gastric and pancreatobiliary subtypes had worse overall recurrence (p = 0.048 and p = 0.049, respectively) compared with the intestinal subtype but gastric and pancreatobiliary subtypes had comparable outcomes. Adjuvant chemotherapy was associated with improved survival in the pancreatobiliary subtype (p = 0.049) but not gastric (p = 0.992), intestinal (p = 0.852) or mixed subtypes (p = 0.723). In multivariate survival analysis, adjuvant chemotherapy was associated with a lower likelihood of death in pancreatobiliary subtype, albeit with borderline significance [hazard ratio (HR) 0.56; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.31-1.01; p = 0.058].
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Gastric, pancreatobiliary and mixed subtypes have comparable recurrence and survival outcomes, which are inferior to the more indolent intestinal subtype. Pancreatobiliary subtype may respond to adjuvant chemotherapy and further research is warranted to determine the most appropriate adjuvant chemotherapy regimens for each subtype.

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doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15677-z
pii: 10.1245/s10434-024-15677-z
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Auteurs

James Lucocq (J)

Department of General Surgery, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.

Beate Haugk (B)

Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

Daniel Parkinson (D)

Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

Antony Darne (A)

Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

Nejo Joseph (N)

Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

Jake Hawkyard (J)

Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

Steve White (S)

Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

Omar Mownah (O)

Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK.

Krishna Menon (K)

Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK.

Takaki Furukawa (T)

Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Medicine Department, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.

Yosuke Inoue (Y)

Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Medicine Department, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.

Yuki Hirose (Y)

Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Medicine Department, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.

Naoki Sasahira (N)

Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Medicine Department, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.

Anubhav Mittal (A)

Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Jas Samra (J)

Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Amy Sheen (A)

Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales Health Pathology, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Michael Feretis (M)

Cambridge Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

Anita Balakrishnan (A)

Cambridge Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

Carlo Ceresa (C)

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, The Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.

Brian Davidson (B)

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, The Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.

Rupaly Pande (R)

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Bobby V M Dasari (BVM)

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Lulu Tanno (L)

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.

Dimitrios Karavias (D)

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.

Jack Helliwell (J)

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.

Alistair Young (A)

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.

Quentin Nunes (Q)

Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, East Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Lancashire, UK.

Tomas Urbonas (T)

Oxford Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgical Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lancashire, UK.

Michael Silva (M)

Oxford Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgical Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lancashire, UK.

Alex Gordon-Weeks (A)

Oxford Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgical Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lancashire, UK.

Jenifer Barrie (J)

Nottingham Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Service, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lancashire, UK.

Dhanny Gomez (D)

Nottingham Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Service, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lancashire, UK.

Stijn van Laarhoven (S)

Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.

Hossam Nawara (H)

Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.

Joseph Doyle (J)

Gastrointestinal Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Ricky Bhogal (R)

Gastrointestinal Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Ewen Harrison (E)

Department of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Marcus Roalso (M)

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.

Deborah Ciprani (D)

Hepatopancreatobiliary Unit, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.

Somaiah Aroori (S)

Hepatopancreatobiliary Unit, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.

Bathiya Ratnayake (B)

Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary/Upper Gastrointestinal Unit, North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.

Jonathan Koea (J)

Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary/Upper Gastrointestinal Unit, North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.

Gabriele Capurso (G)

Pancreatico-Biliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, Pancreas Translational and Clinical Research Centre, San Raffaele Scientific Institute IRCCS, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.

Ruben Bellotti (R)

Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Centre of Operative Medicine, Medical University of Innsbrusk, Innsbruck, Austria.

Stefan Stättner (S)

Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Centre of Operative Medicine, Medical University of Innsbrusk, Innsbruck, Austria.

Tareq Alsaoudi (T)

Leicester Hepatopancreatobiliary Unit, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.

Neil Bhardwaj (N)

Leicester Hepatopancreatobiliary Unit, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.

Fraser Jeffery (F)

Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Christchurch Hospital, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Saxon Connor (S)

Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Christchurch Hospital, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Andrew Cameron (A)

Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, Research Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

Nigel Jamieson (N)

Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, Research Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

Keith Roberts (K)

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Kjetil Soreide (K)

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.

Anthony J Gill (AJ)

Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales Health Pathology, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Sanjay Pandanaboyana (S)

Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. sanjay.pandanaboyana@ncl.ac.uk.

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