Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the prognostic factors of invasive intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) of the pancreas.
Methods:The retrospective casecontrol study was adopted. The clinical data of 110 patients who were confirmed as with IPMN of the pancreas by pathological examination at the Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University from June 2005 to April 2014 were collected. Fortyone patients with invasive IPMN were screened for eligibility. Patients underwent chemotherapy according to the chemotherapy regimens of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The followup using outpatient examination and telephone interview was performed to detect the survival of patients by tumor markers, Bultrasound and computed tomography (CT) once every half year up to February 2016. Analysis indicators included (1) followup situation: 1, 3, 5year survival rates, (2) prognostic factors: gender, age, tumor location, surgical procedures, tumor diameter, T stage, nerve invasion, lymph node invasion, heteromorphic resection margin, histopathological subtypes, pathological type of canceration, (3) stratified analysis: independent prognostic factors. The survival curve was drawn by the KaplanMeier method. Survival rate was calculated and univariate analysis was analyzed by the chisquare test. The multivariate analysis was done using the COX regression model, and survival analysis was done by the Logrank test.
Results:(1) Followup: 41 patients with invasive IPMN of the pancreas were followed up for 4.3 -125.8 months with a median followup time of 26.4 months, and median survival time and 1, 3, 5year survival rates were respectively 32.8 months, 90%, 45% and 39%. (2) Analysis of prognostic factors: the results of univariate analysis showed that nerve invasion and lymph node invasion were related factors affecting the prognosis of patients with invasive IPMN of the pancreas (χ
2=5.996, 11.552, P<0.05). The results of multivariate analysis showed that lymph node invasion was an independent risk factor affecting the poor prognosis of patients with invasive IPMN of the pancreas (HR=3.111, 95% confidence interval: 1.271-7.614, P<0.05). (3) The stratified analysis: a median survival time and 1, 3, 5year survival rates were respectively 56.9 months, 97%, 57%, 49% in 29 patients with negative lymph nodes and 14.4 months, 75%, 15%, 15% in 12 patients with positive lymph nodes, with a statistically significant difference (χ
2=11.552,P<0.05).
Conclusion:The histopathological subtypes and pathological type of canceration have limited prognostic value on invasive IPMN of the pancreas, however, the positive lymph nodes are an independent risk factor affecting the poor prognosis of patients with invasive IPMN of the pancreas.