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标题：Area of residual tumor (ART) can predict prognosis after post neoadjuvant therapy resection for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
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作者：Satoshi Okubo ; Motohiro Kojima ; Yoko Matsuda 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2019
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：1-11
DOI：10.1038/s41598-019-53801-2
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：An increasing number of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) have undergone resection after neoadjuvant therapy (NAT). We have reported Area of Residual Tumor (ART) as a useful pathological assessment method to predict patient outcomes after post NAT resection in various cancer types. The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic performance of ART in PDAC resected after NAT. Sixty-three patients with PDAC after post NAT resection were analyzed. The viable residual tumor area was outlined and the measurement of ART was performed using morphometric software. The results were compared with those of the College of American Pathologist (CAP) regression grading. Of 63 cases, 39 (62%) patients received chemoradiation therapy and 24 (38%) received chemotherapy only. The median value of ART was 163 mm 2 . Large ART with 220 mm 2 as the cut-off was significantly associated with lymphatic invasion, vascular invasion and perineural invasion, while CAP regression grading was not associated with any clinicopathological features. By multivariate analysis, large ART (≥220 mm 2 ) was an independent predictor of shorter relapse free survival. Together with our previous reports, an ART-based pathological assessment may become a useful method to predict patient outcomes after post NAT resection across various cancer types.