TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying risk factors and patterns for early recurrence of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
T2 - A multi-institutional study
AU - Heidsma, Charlotte M.
AU - Tsilimigras, Diamantis I.
AU - Rocha, Flavio
AU - Abbott, Daniel E.
AU - Fields, Ryan
AU - Poultsides, George A.
AU - Cho, Clifford S.
AU - Lopez-Aguiar, Alexandra G.
AU - Kanji, Zaheer
AU - Fisher, Alexander V.
AU - Krasnick, Bradley A.
AU - Idrees, Kamran
AU - Makris, Eleftherios
AU - Beems, Megan
AU - van Eijck, Casper H.J.
AU - van Dijkum, Elisabeth J.M.Nieveen
AU - Maithel, Shishir K.
AU - Pawlik, Timothy M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021/5/1
Y1 - 2021/5/1
N2 - Background: Identifying patients at risk for early recurrence (ER) following resection for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) might help to tailor adjuvant therapies and surveillance intensity in the post-operative setting. Methods: Patients undergoing surgical resection for pNETs between 1998–2018 were identified using a multi-institutional database. Using a minimum p-value approach, optimal cut-off value of recurrence-free survival (RFS) was determined based on the difference in post-recurrence survival (PRS). Risk factors for early recurrence were identified. Results: Among 807 patients who underwent curative-intent resection for pNETs, the optimal length of RFS to define ER was identified at 18 months (lowest p-value of 0.019). Median RFS was 11.0 months (95% 8.5–12.60) among ER patients (n = 49) versus 41.0 months (95% CI: 35.0–45.9) among non-ER patients (n = 77). Median PRS was worse among ER patients compared with non-ER patients (42.6 months vs. 81.5 months, p = 0.04). On multivariable analysis, tumor size (OR: 1.20, 95% CI: 1.05–1.37, p = 0.007) and positive lymph nodes (OR: 4.69, 95% CI: 1.41–15.58, p = 0.01) were independently associated with ER. Conclusion: An evidence-based cut-off value for ER after surgery for pNET was defined at 18 months. These data emphasized the importance of close follow-up in the first two years after surgery.
AB - Background: Identifying patients at risk for early recurrence (ER) following resection for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) might help to tailor adjuvant therapies and surveillance intensity in the post-operative setting. Methods: Patients undergoing surgical resection for pNETs between 1998–2018 were identified using a multi-institutional database. Using a minimum p-value approach, optimal cut-off value of recurrence-free survival (RFS) was determined based on the difference in post-recurrence survival (PRS). Risk factors for early recurrence were identified. Results: Among 807 patients who underwent curative-intent resection for pNETs, the optimal length of RFS to define ER was identified at 18 months (lowest p-value of 0.019). Median RFS was 11.0 months (95% 8.5–12.60) among ER patients (n = 49) versus 41.0 months (95% CI: 35.0–45.9) among non-ER patients (n = 77). Median PRS was worse among ER patients compared with non-ER patients (42.6 months vs. 81.5 months, p = 0.04). On multivariable analysis, tumor size (OR: 1.20, 95% CI: 1.05–1.37, p = 0.007) and positive lymph nodes (OR: 4.69, 95% CI: 1.41–15.58, p = 0.01) were independently associated with ER. Conclusion: An evidence-based cut-off value for ER after surgery for pNET was defined at 18 months. These data emphasized the importance of close follow-up in the first two years after surgery.
KW - Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
KW - Recurrence
KW - Risk-factors
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U2 - 10.3390/cancers13092242
DO - 10.3390/cancers13092242
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85105401270
SN - 2072-6694
VL - 13
JO - Cancers
JF - Cancers
IS - 9
M1 - 2242
ER -