From the Department of Surgery.
Division of Radiation Oncology.
Pancreas. 2020 Aug;49(7):897-903. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000001590.
Single-institution studies have shown improved outcomes among patients with a pathologic complete response (pCR) following neoadjuvant therapy. We sought to evaluate the impact of pCR and near-complete response (nCR) on overall survival (OS) using a large national database.
The National Cancer Database was queried for patients given a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer from 2004 to 2014. A pCR was defined as no tumor identified in the pancreas after surgical resection. An nCR was defined as a primary tumor less than 1 cm without lymph node metastases. The primary outcome was OS.
A total of 5364 patients underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation followed by pancreatectomy. Forty-one patients (0.8%) had a pCR, 54 (1%) had an nCR, and the remaining 5266 (98.2%) had an otherwise incomplete response. Patients with pCR had a median OS of 43 months compared with 24 months for nCR and 23 months for incomplete response (P < 0.0001). Only pCR was associated with improved OS on adjusted Cox regression.
For patients given a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer who underwent neoadjuvant treatment and surgical resection, achieving a pCR was associated with improved OS compared with those with residual tumor. An association between nCR and improved survival was not observed.
单中心研究表明,新辅助治疗后病理完全缓解(pCR)的患者预后得到改善。我们试图利用大型国家数据库评估 pCR 和接近完全缓解(nCR)对总生存(OS)的影响。
从 2004 年至 2014 年,国家癌症数据库中检索出诊断为胰腺癌的患者。pCR 定义为手术切除后胰腺中未发现肿瘤。nCR 定义为原发肿瘤小于 1cm 且无淋巴结转移。主要结局为 OS。
共有 5364 例患者接受了新辅助化疗和/或放疗后行胰腺切除术。41 例(0.8%)患者达到 pCR,54 例(1%)患者达到 nCR,其余 5266 例(98.2%)患者未达到完全缓解。pCR 患者的中位 OS 为 43 个月,而 nCR 为 24 个月,不完全缓解为 23 个月(P<0.0001)。仅 pCR 与调整后的 Cox 回归中 OS 的改善相关。
对于接受新辅助治疗和手术切除的胰腺癌患者,与残留肿瘤相比,达到 pCR 与改善 OS 相关。nCR 与生存改善之间没有关联。