Preoperative CA 19.9 Level Predicts Lymph Node Metastasis in Resectable Adenocarcinoma of the Head of the Pancreas. (ICALYRA)

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pancreas Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05959213

FPUCampusBioMedico

Details and patient eligibility

About

In our multicenter retrospective study, preoperative CA 19.9 levels predicts the presence of lymph node metastasis at final histology in patients underwent pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma .

Full description

A retrospective analysis have been conducted on more than 2.000 patients underwent pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma radiologically resectable at the preoperative staging. Preoperatory levels of CA 19.9 were measured in order to identify a relation with nodal involvement at the pathological staging.

Enrollment: 2,034 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients undergone pancreatoduodenectomy
• No preoperative radiological suspicion of lymph node metastases.

Exclusion criteria

• Age < 18