Long term survival after right hemicolectomy and pancreatoduodenectomy for locally advanced colonic cancer: Case report.

Locally advanced colorectal tumors represent about 5-22% of all colorectal cancers at the time of presentation. Specifically in the case of right colon cancer, the percentage of adjacent structure involvement ranges between 11% and 28%. Organs that are most frequently invaded by right colonic tumors are the duodenum and the pancreatic head. We report the case of a 36-year old man with locally advanced right colonic cancer, invading the head of the pancreas and the superior mesenteric vein, who was successfully treated in our department with right hemicolectomy, pancreatoduodenectomy and short resection of the superior mesenteric vein with an end-to-end anastomosis, and remains alive and well, free of disease, nine years after the operation.