title: Successful outcome after resection of pancreatic cancer with a solitary hepatic metastasis.
abstract: The presence of hepatic metastasis in pancreatic cancer has generally been considered to be a contraindication for surgery. However, the present case survived seven years after concomitant resection of pancreatic cancer and hepatic metastasis. This shows that hepatic metastasis may be a strong predictor of poor survival, but not a determinant of noncurability. Surgical resection may be an option for highly selected patients with pancreatic cancer complicated with hepatic metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. kshimada@ncc.go.jp
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Tomoo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kosuge
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: Michiie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D017741:Survivors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed