Three Resected Cases of Metachronous Pancreatic Cancer Successfully Treated with Repeated Pancreatectomy

Kozo Noguchi, Yoshito Tomimaru, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Hisataka Ogawa, Daisaku Yamada, Akira Tomokuni, Takehiro Noda, Tadafumi Asaoka, Hiroshi Wada, Koichi Kawamoto, Kunihito Goto, Shigeru Marubashi, Hiroaki Nagano, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki

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Abstract

Repeated pancreatectomy for metachronous pancreatic cancer has rarely been reported. We report 3 cases with metachronous pancreatic ductal carcinoma that developed after pancreatectomy for the first pancreatic cancer. They were successfully resected by removal of the remnant pancreas. In all 3 cases, the cancers in the remnant pancreas were treated with repeated pancreatectomy. The histological margin of the first pancreatic resection was cancer-free in all the cases. Furthermore, the second cancer tissue contained carcinoma lesions in situ adjacent to invasive ductal carcinoma. Based on these findings, the 3 patients were diagnosed with metachronous pancreatic cancers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2346-2348
Number of pages3
JournalGan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Volume42
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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