Incidence of Lymph Node Metastases and Impact of Radical Surgery for Duodenal Neuroendocrine Tumors

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Abstract

Background: Despite the high frequency of regional lymph node (LN) metastases associated with duodenal neuroendocrine tumors (D-NETs), the impact of these metastases on survival and the ideal extent of LN dissection are unknown. We used the National Cancer Database (NCDB) to investigate factors associated with survival, including LN metastases and types of surgery, in patients with D-NETs. Methods: All patients with D-NETs recorded in the NCDB between 2004 and 2016 were included in the study. We applied a multivariate Cox regression model to assess the relationship between the clinicopathological characteristics and overall survival (OS). Results: We identified 7613 patients, among whom 4886 local excisions and 233 radical surgeries had been performed. Among patients with at least 1 LN pathologically examined, the overall incidence of LN metastasis was 41.2%. For all patients, the median OS was 10.6 years. Univariate analyses showed equivalent OS in N0 and N1 groups (HR,0.83; 95% CI,0.64-1.09) and diminished OS in those who had undergone radical surgery compared with those who had undergone local resection (HR,1.35; 95% CI,1.02-1.8). In multivariable analyses, tumor size >50 mm and having more than 9 positive LNs were associated with diminished OS (HR,1.64 and 5.2; 95% CI,1.25-2.16 and 1.91-14.18), whereas the type of surgery did not remain in the model. Conclusion: Our study revealed that the presence of regional LN metastases and extent of surgery did not affect OS among patients with D-NETs. Radical resection to clear occult LN metastases for nonfunctioning, sporadic D-NETs was not supported by the current study.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)419-431
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Surgical Research
Volume268
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2021

Keywords

  • Carcinoid tumor
  • Duodenum
  • NCDB
  • Neuroendocrine tumor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery

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