title: Reliability of pancreatic cancer staging classifications.
abstract: The prognostic value of UICC and JPS classifications was evaluated in a group of 74 patients undergoing resection for pancreatic carcinoma in the 1982-1992 period. The predictivity of peritoneal cytology and intraoperative liver biopsies was evaluated in a subgroup of 15 patients. Patient division by stage according, respectively, to UICC and JPS classifications was: stage I: 28 and 2 patients; stage II: 12 and 11 patients; stage III: 29 and 30 patients; stage IV: 5 and 31 patients. Median survival by UICC stages was: 17 months (m) in stage I, 10 m in stage II, 12 m in stage III, and 6 m in stage IV; by JPS stages it was 29 m in stage II, 14 m in stage III, and 7 m in stage IV. A radical resection was possible in 48 patients (65%); the survival was significantly worse in the nonradical resection group. The survival difference among UICC stages was not significant in a multivariate analysis with radicality, whereas among JPS stages a significant survival difference was found in both univariate and multivariate analysis. The tumor invasion of the retroperitoneal tissues and the presence of distant metastasis were indicators of a significantly worse prognosis. Lymph node involvement, tumor size, and serosal invasion had no significant effect on survival. Peritoneal cytology and liver biopsies did not provide further prognostic information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, San Raffaele Hospital, University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zerbi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balzano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bottura
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Carlo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*