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Survival Outcomes According to Adjuvant Treatment and Prognostic Factors Including Host Immune Markers in Patients with Curatively Resected Ampulla of Vater Cancer.

Hye Rim Ha1, Do-Youn Oh1,2, Tae-Yong Kim1,2, KyoungBun Lee3, Kyubo Kim4, Kyung-Hun Lee1,2, Sae-Won Han1,2, Eui Kyu Chie4, Jin-Young Jang5, Seock-Ah Im1,2, Tae-You Kim1,2, Sun-Whe Kim5, Yung-Jue Bang1,2.   

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Ampulla of Vater cancer (AoV Ca) is a rare tumor, and its adjuvant treatment has not been established. The purpose of this study was to find out prognostic factors including host immunity and role of adjuvant treatment in AoV Ca. METHODS AND
FINDINGS: We reviewed 227 AoV Ca patients with curative resection. Clinical characteristics, adjuvant treatment, disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were analyzed. Among all patients, 63.9, 36.1 and 33.9% had T1/T2, T3/T4 stage and lymph node-positive disease (LN+), respectively. OS of all patients was 90.9 months (95% CI: 52.9-129.0). OS was different according to neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (HR 1.651, 95% CI: 1.11-2.47), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (HR 1.488, 95% CI: 1.00-2.21) and systemic inflammatory index (HR 1.669, 95% CI: 1.13-2.47). In multivariate analysis, adverse prognostic factors for OS included vascular invasion (HR 2.571, 95% CI: 1.20-5.53) and elevated CA 19-9 (HR 1.794, 95% CI: 1.07-3.05). A total of 104 patients (46.3%) received adjuvant treatment (25 out of 111of T1/T2 & LN (-), 79 out of 116 of T3/T4 or LN (+)). In T3/T4 or LN (+) stage, adjuvant CCRT with maintenance chemotherapy provided the longest OS (5-year OS rate: 47.0 vs. 41.4%).
CONCLUSIONS: Vascular invasion and elevated CA 19-9 were adverse prognostic factors in resected AoV Ca. In T3/T4 or LN (+) stage, adjuvant CCRT with maintenance chemotherapy provided the best survival outcome. Adjuvant treatment should be further defined in AoV Ca, especially with poor prognostic factors.

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Year:  2016        PMID: 26974670      PMCID: PMC4790941          DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151406

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  PLoS One        ISSN: 1932-6203            Impact factor:   3.240


Introduction

The annual incidence of biliary tract cancer (BTC) in the Western world is about 5–6 per 100,000, while the annual incidence in Korea is 10 per 100,000.[1, 2] BTC has a worse prognosis than other malignancies.[2] Surgical resection is the only treatment modality which offers a chance of cure.[3] Approximately 40 ~ 50% of cholangiocarcinoma and 30% of gallbladder cancer patients undergo surgery; however, even in those resected cases, many patients experience cancer recurrence.[4, 5] In 1999, there was a randomized controlled study to evaluate the role of adjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) in pancreatic and biliary cancers by The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, which failed to show survival gain.[6] Other retrospective studies of the role of radiotherapy after surgical resection showed better 5-year loco-regional disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) rates, and several retrospective analyses also showed significantly better survival outcomes in lymph node-positive patients on adjuvant CCRT.[7-9] Ampulla of Vater cancer (AoV Ca) accounts for 10–15% of BTC in Korea, which arises from distal to the confluence of the common bile duct with the main pancreatic duct.[10] Initial presentations of AoV Ca are usually related to biliary obstruction such as jaundice, red urine and pruritus, potentially resulting in early detection.[11] Approximately 80% of AoV Ca patients were detected at a potentially resectable stage at the time of diagnosis. [12] Prognosis of AoV Ca has been favorable compared with other biliary tract cancers originating from the intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile duct or gallbladder. However, resected patients relapse in many cases, which leads to an eventual 5-year survival rate of 20~50%.[7, 13] The identification of patients with poor prognosis after curative resection is important to improve survival outcomes. In parallel, the role of adjuvant treatment should be accurately defined in patients with poor prognosis. Because of the relatively low incidence of AoV Ca, a prospective study design is extremely difficult to answer those questions. Several studies have reported on the prognostic factors of AoV Ca. Nowadays, host immunity and peritumoral inflammation are considered important factors in the carcinogenesis and prognosis of solid tumors. [14-17] However, in BTC, including AoV Ca, the prognostic role of host immunity and peritumoral inflammation has not been well documented. In this study, we evaluated the prognostic factors to define the AoV Ca patients with poor prognosis after curative resection. In this analysis, we included immunity/inflammation markers. The other important purpose of this study was to determine the role of adjuvant treatment in AoV Ca.

Methods

Patients and data collection

This study was a retrospective analysis of de-identified patient-level data from medical charts. Patients who were diagnosed with AoV Ca and who underwent curative resection at the Seoul National University Hospital between 1997 and 2012 were enrolled. Diagnosis was confirmed by tissue pathology. Data of baseline demographics were collected, including gender, ECOG, stage, laboratory tests (total bilirubin, albumin, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen 19–9 (CA 19–9), and neutrophil, platelet and lymphocyte counts). The data of adjuvant treatment patterns were also collected, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and CCRT. Survival outcomes including disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were obtained as well.

Statistical analysis

Statistical analysis of categorical variables was performed using Pearson’s chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test, as appropriate. A t-test was used for comparison of means. Median DFS and OS for all patients were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method and comparisons between groups were made using log-rank tests. Neutrophil, lymphocyte and platelet count were obtained from preoperative laboratory tests. We calculated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) as neutrophil and platelet counts divided by lymphocyte counts, respectively. We also used the systemic inflammatory index (SII) which was determined as neutrophil x platelet/ lymphocyte.[18] The cut-off values for NLR, PLR and SII were obtained using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis for predicting OS. The impact of continuous numerical variables on clinical outcomes was evaluated using Cox regression. Multivariate analysis for DFS and OS was also performed using Cox regression models. Factors with p<0.05 in univariate analysis were examined in multivariate regression models. All statistical tests were two-sided, with significance defined as p<0.05.

Ethics

The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Seoul National University Hospital (H-1306-109-500). All studies were conducted according to guidelines for biomedical research (Declaration of Helsinki). Written informed consent was not given by participants but patients’ record and information was anonymized and de-identified prior to analysis.

Results

Patient characteristics

A total of 227 patients were included in this analysis (Table 1). Median age was 61.5 years old (range: 33.8–88.2), and there were 125 male patients (55.1%). With regard to T stage, T1/T2 was found in 63.9% of patients, and 77 patients (33.9%) had lymph node (LN) involvement. Stage I A/B and stage II A/B according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging system, seventh edition, were shown in 58/53 and 38/73 patients, respectively. A total of 216 patients had adenocarcinoma on pathology review. Twenty-two patients (9.7%) had poorly differentiated histology. Mean (median, 95% CI) value of NLR was 2.32 (1.92, 0.39–20.50). Mean (median, 95% CI) value of PLR was 179.2 (158.8, 11.7–692.3). Mean (median, 95% CI) value of SII was 709.8 (544.8, 86.5–6478.0).
Table 1

Patient characteristics.

NumberPercent (%)
Age
Median(range)61.5 (33.8–88.2)
Sex
Male12555.1
Female10244.9
T stage
T16830
T27733.9
T37733.9
T452.2
N stage
N015066.1
N17733.9
Stage
IA5825.6
IB5323.3
IIA3816.7
IIB7332.2
III52.2
Pathology
Adenocarcinoma21695.2
Adenosquamous20.9
Mucinous31.3
Neuroendocrine(Gr1,2/G3)2/21.8
Papillary20.9
Differentiation
Well-differentiated7533.0
Moderately-differentiated12454.6
Poorly-differentiated229.7
Unknown62.6
Lymphatic invasion
No12052.9
Yes7633.5
Unknown3113.7
Vascular invasion
No17778.0
Yes208.8
Unknown3013.2
Perineural invasion
No15668.7
Yes4419.4
Unknown2711.9
Total bilirubin
Normal11048.5
Elevated11249.3
Unknown52.2
Albumin
Decreased4218.5
Normal18079.3
Unknown52.2
CEA
Normal20289.0
Elevated146.2
Unknown114.8
CA-19-9
Normal14262.6
Elevated7633.5
Unknown94.0
NLR
≤ 1.7810044.8
> 1.7812354.2
Unknown41.8
PLR
≤192.014865.2
> 192.07533.0
Unknown41.8
SII
≤ 780.014664.3
> 780.07733.9
Unknown41.8

CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CA-19-9, carbohydrate antigen-19-9; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-to-neutrophil ratio; SII, systemic inflammatory index.

CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CA-19-9, carbohydrate antigen-19-9; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-to-neutrophil ratio; SII, systemic inflammatory index. The follow-up duration of all patients was 48.0 months (95% CI: 43.5–52.4). Eighty-two patients experienced relapse and 105 patients were dead at the time of analysis. Median OS was 90.96 months (95% CI: 53.84–128.09), with 5-year OS rate of 58.3%. Median DFS was not reached and 5-year DFS rate was 62.5% (Fig 1).
Fig 1

Survival outcomes of AoV Ca patients.

Five-year OS rates was 58.2% and DFS rates was 62.5%.

Survival outcomes of AoV Ca patients.

Five-year OS rates was 58.2% and DFS rates was 62.5%. The cut-off values of NLR, PLR and SII for predicting OS were 1.78, 192.0, and 780.0, respectively. The numbers of patients with NLR, PLR and SII values lower than cut-off were 100 (44.8%), 148 (65.2%) and 146 (64.3%), respectively (Table 1).

Prognostic factor and clinical outcomes

In univariate analysis, aged <60, CEA, CA-19-9, total bilirubin, NLR, PLR, SII and T/N stage were significant prognostic factors for 5-year OS (Table 2). Patients with lower NLR showed longer survival than patients with higher NLR (not achieved vs. 58.2 months, HR 1.651 (95% CI: 1.11–2.47), p = 0.012) (Fig 2A). In a similar way, lower PLR was associated with better survival (not achieved vs. 49.3 months, HR 1.767 (95% CI: 1.18–2.65), p = 0.043) (Fig 2B). Patients with lower SII showed better survival (not achieved vs. 53.6 months, HR 1.669 (95% CI: 1.13–2.47), p = 0.010) (Fig 2C). Patient characteristics according to NLR (low vs. high) were compared (Table 3). In the higher NLR group, a higher proportion of T3/4 stage, stage II/III, lymphatic/perineural invasion, high PLR, high SII was observed.
Table 2

Analysis of prognostic factor for OS.

5Y- OS (%)Univariate analysisMultivariate analysis
HR(95% CI)PHR(95% CI)P
Age1.659 (1.11–2.49)0.0151.503 (0.92–2.46)0.104
< 6066.5
≥6052.3
Size0.732 (0.49–1.09)0.121
< 2 Cm54.5
≥2 Cm61.2
Pathology1.018 (0.72–1.45)0.920
Adenocarcinoma58.7
Adenosquamous0.0
Mucinous66.7
Neuroendocrine75.0
Papillary0.0
Differentiation1.778 (1.30–2.43)< 0.0011.526 (0.98–2.39)0.064
Well-diff76.7
Mod-diff53.9
Poorly-diff27.1
Lymphatic invasion1.888 (1.23–2.90)0.0040.749 (0.41–1.35)0.339
No72.2
Yes44.1
Vascular invasion3.605 (2.11–6.17)< 0.0012.616 (1.21–5.67)0.015
No65.1
Yes24.0
Perineural invasion2.852 (1.83–4.43)< 0.0011.549 (0.83–2.87)0.166
No68.2
Yes29.6
CEA2.871 (1.57–2.26)< 0.0011.473 (0.65–3.36)0.357
Normal60.9
Elevated25.7
CA-19-91.912 (1.29–2.84)0.0011.787 (1.06–3.02)0.030
Normal67.7
Elevated43.1
Albumin0.645 (0.41–1.01)0.057
Decreased41.0
Normal62.3
Total bilirubin2.024 (1.36–3.02)< 0.0011.115 (0.65–1.92)0.695
Normal72.9
Elevated44.4
T stage1.702 (1.34–2.16)< 0.0011.342 (0.96–1.88)0.085
T174.7
T266.1
T338.9
T40.0
N stage2.641 (1.80–3.88)< 0.0011.617 (0.93–2.80)0.086
N069.7
N136.2
NLR1.651 (1.11–2.47)0.0121.280 (0.70–2.33)0.418
≤1.7868.3
>1.7849.4
PLR1.488 (1.00–2.21)0.0430.686 (0.35–1.34)0.268
≤192.063.8
>192.046.4
SII1.669 (1.13–2.47)0.0100.924 (0.44–1.93)0.833
≤78064.7
>78045.1

NA, not achieved; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CA-19-9, carbohydrate antigen-19-9; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-to-neutrophil ratio; SII, systemic inflammatory index.

Fig 2

OS according to NLR (A), PLR (B) & SII(C). (A)(B) show OS according to NLR and PLR. High NLR and high PNR has poorer OS than low NLR, low PLR. (C) shows OS according to SII, high SII also poorer OS, also.

Table 3

Comparison of patient characteristics according to NLR.

NLR≤1.78[N (%)]NLR>1.78[N (%)]P value
Age
Median(range)61.4(37.0–88.2)62.0(33.8–86.0)0.993
Sex
Male50(50.0)74(60.1)0.129
Female50(50%)49(39.8)
T stage
T128(28.0)40(32.5)0.021
T243(43.0)32(14.3)
T329(29.0)47(38.2)
T40(0.0)4(3.3)
N stage
N072(72.0)77(62.6)0.138
N128(28.0)46(37.4)
Stage
IA25(25.0)33(26.8)0.048
IB32(32.0)21(17.1)
IIA15(15.0)23(18.7)
IIB28(28.0)42(34.1)
III0(0.0)4(3.3)
Pathology
Adenocarcinoma97(97.0)115(93.5)0.338
Adenosquamous0(0.0)2(1.6)
Mucinous2(2.0)1(0.8)
Neuroendocrine1(1.0)3(2.4)
Papillary0(0.0)2(1.6)
Differentiation
Well-differentiated35(35.3)38(31.9)0.392
Moderately-differentiated57(57.6)66(55.5)
Poorly-differentiated7(7.0)15(12.6)
Lymphatic invasion
No61(68.5)58(54.2)0.041
Yes28(31.5)49(45.8)
Vascular invasion
No84(94.4)92(86.0)0.053
Yes5(5.6)15(14.0)
Perineural invasion
No76(84.4)79(72.5)0.043
Yes14(15.6)30(27.5)
Total bilirubin
Normal51(52.6)58(47.2)0.424
Elevated46(47.4)65(52.8)
Albumin
Decreased16(52.6)26(21.1)0.384
Normal81(83.5)97(78.9)
CEA
Normal92(96.8)109(91.6)0.110
Elevated3(3.2)10(8.4)
CA-19-9
Normal68(72.3)74(60.7)0.073
Elevated26(27.7)48(39.3)
PLR
≤192.085(85.0)63(51.2)<0.001
> 192.015(15.0)60(48.8)
SII
≤ 78095(95.0)51(41.5)<0.001
> 7805(5.0)72(58.5)

CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CA-19-9, carbohydrate antigen-19-9; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-to-neutrophil ratio; SII, systemic inflammatory index.

OS according to NLR (A), PLR (B) & SII(C). (A)(B) show OS according to NLR and PLR. High NLR and high PNR has poorer OS than low NLR, low PLR. (C) shows OS according to SII, high SII also poorer OS, also. NA, not achieved; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CA-19-9, carbohydrate antigen-19-9; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-to-neutrophil ratio; SII, systemic inflammatory index. CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CA-19-9, carbohydrate antigen-19-9; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-to-neutrophil ratio; SII, systemic inflammatory index. Regarding pathologic findings, degree of differentiation and lymphatic/vascular/perineural invasion were also significant prognostic factors for OS. On multivariate analysis, vascular invasion and elevated CA 19–9 were significant poor prognostic factors for 5-year OS (Table 2). Adverse prognostic factors for 5-year DFS were differentiation, lymphatic/vascular/perineural invasion, CEA, CA 19–9, total bilirubin and T/N stage on univariate analysis. Differentiation and T/N stage showed significant differences for DFS on multivariate analysis (S1 Table).

The patterns of adjuvant treatment

After curative resection of tumor, 104 patients (45.8%) received adjuvant treatment. Adjuvant treatment modalities according to tumor stage are shown in S2 Table. A total 59 patients received adjuvant CCRT with maintenance chemotherapy, and 32 patients received adjuvant CCRT. Eight and five patients received adjuvant chemotherapy only and adjuvant radiotherapy only, respectively. The most commonly used chemotherapy was 5-FU based one. During CCRT, the regimen 5-FU 500 mg/m2, D1,2,3 q 4 weeks was most commonly used, followed by 5-FU/leucovorin (375 mg/m2, 20 mg/m2, respectively, D1-5, q 4 weeks). During maintenance chemotherapy or adjuvant chemotherapy alone, 5-FU 500 mg/m2, D1-5 q 4 weeks was most commonly used for 6 months. Radiotherapy was administered at a dose of 45 Gy in 25 fractions. When we analyzed survival outcomes according to adjuvant treatment, there was no significant difference in stage 1A and 1B. However, in T3/T4 or LN (+) stage, the patients who received adjuvant CCRT with maintenance chemotherapy had better 5-year OS, even though the finding was not statistically significant (Table 4, Fig 3).
Table 4

Treatment outcomes by stage & adjuvant treatment.

5-Y DFS (%)Log-rank P5-Y OS (%)Log-rank P
Total
CCRT + maintenance chemotherapy52.10.02252.00.336
CCRT45.446.5
Chemotherapy62.248.6
Radiotherapy60.026.7
No treatment72.966.0
T1/T2 &LN(-)
CCRT + maintenance chemotherapy75.00.16577.80.699
CCRT53.671.4
Chemotherapy75.055.6
Radiotherapy66.733.3
No treatment86.576.5
T3/T4 or LN(+)
CCRT + maintenance chemotherapy47.90.84447.00.730
CCRT43.141.3
Chemotherapy33.333.3
Radiotherapy50.00.0
No treatment43.541.4

CCRT; concurrent chemoradiotherapy, LN; lymph node, DFS; disease-free survival, OS; overall survival

Fig 3

OS of AoV Ca in T3/T4 or LN (+).

CCRT with maintenance provided improved OS than no adjuvant treatment in T3/T4 or LN (+).

OS of AoV Ca in T3/T4 or LN (+).

CCRT with maintenance provided improved OS than no adjuvant treatment in T3/T4 or LN (+). CCRT; concurrent chemoradiotherapy, LN; lymph node, DFS; disease-free survival, OS; overall survival In patients who received adjuvant treatment, NLR, PLR and SII were all important factors for OS. However, this was not the case in patients without adjuvant treatment (Table A and B in S1 File).

Discussion

In this study, we found that in curatively resected AoV Ca, vascular invasion in pathologic examination and elevated CA 19–9 were poor prognostic factors. Patients who had T3/T4 or LN (+) tumors showed good survival when they received adjuvant CCRT with maintenance chemotherapy. Tumor stage, lymph node involvement and vascular/perineural invasion were well-known prognostic factors in biliary tract cancer.[19] In our study, T/N stage, presence of lymphatic/vascular/perineural invasion, histologic differentiation and elevated total bilirubin/CEA/CA 19–9 were adverse prognostic factors. In cancer development and progression, the role of inflammation has been highlighted.[15–17, 20] As systemic inflammatory response is activated, neutrophils increase, and in parallel, lymphocytes decrease in peripheral blood. For several years, the index representing the systemic inflammatory state has been developed and several markers such as NLR, PLR and SII have been analyzed in various tumor conditions except AoV Ca.[21, 22] Tumor antigens elicit an adaptive immune response by inflammatory cells, macrophages and lymphocytes. CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells have important roles in this process, and especially tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T lymphocytes improve prognosis in several cancers.[23, 24] NLR, PLR and SII may represent these immune response processes and be of prognostic significance.[25, 26] We analyzed the association of OS and host immunity and inflammation status such as NLR, PLR and SII. The patients with NLR ≤1.78 or PLR ≤192.0 or SII ≤780.0 showed significantly prolonged OS. We selected the cut-off values of NLR, PLR and SII using ROC analysis for OS. NLR and PLR showed a linear relationship (r2 = 0.82) and NLR and SII also showed a linear relationship (r2 = 0.88). Patients with higher NLR included a higher proportion of T3/4 stage, stage II/III and lymphatic/perineural invasion compared with patients with lower NLR. To the best of our knowledge, this is the most extensive analysis in AoV Ca patients focused on host immunity and inflammation status. The role of adjuvant treatment in BTC patient has not been established. An earlier retrospective analysis of survival outcomes in patients with adjuvant therapy showed that OS was improved insignificantly.[27] Recently, another study also reported that neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy did not provide survival benefit.[28] However, a meta-analysis reported survival benefit in patients with LN (+) or R1 resection by adjuvant therapy.[29] The study was reported that the patients with KRASG12D mutation show poor prognoses and high risk of early recurrence, and adjuvant therapy will be effective in the high risk patients.[30] In these circumstances, according to National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines, adjuvant therapy is recommended for R1 or R2 resected or LN (+) patients. In case of R0 resection with no LN involvement or carcinoma in situ at resection margins, four options are all recommended, that is, observation or fluoropyrimidine-based chemoradiation or fluoropyrimidine-based or gemcitabine- based chemotherapy or clinical trial. In our study, 25% of patients received adjuvant treatment in T1/T2 & LN (-) stage. The percentage of delivered adjuvant treatment was increased with stage, where nearly 70% of patients with T3/T4 or LN (+) stage received adjuvant treatment. Because LN involvement is a well-known adverse prognostic factor, most patients with LN (+) or T3/T4 tumors received adjuvant treatment. CCRT followed by maintenance chemotherapy, mostly 5-FU-based, was the most commonly used adjuvant treatment modality in our study. These data gave us information on the adjuvant treatment regimens for AoV Ca. While adjuvant treatment did not provide survival benefit in T1/T2 stage patients, adjuvant CCRT with maintenance chemotherapy resulted in better survival in T3/T4 or LN-positive patients (no treatment vs. CCRT with maintenance chemotherapy; 41.4 vs. 47.0%, p = 0.182). Although it was not statistically significant, it suggested the potential benefit of CCRT with maintenance chemotherapy in this population. Adjuvant chemotherapy, adjuvant radiotherapy and adjuvant CCRT without maintenance chemotherapy did not have an impact on the survival of T3/T4 or LN (+) patients as well as those T1/T2 & LN (-). One of the limitations of our study was the design, i.e., retrospective, single center study. The adjuvant treatment was not applied based on a consistent principle of guidelines, and therefore, the proportion of adjuvant treatment was different according to clinical factors such as stage. It was very difficult to see the genuine impact on prognosis of clinical factors and adjuvant treatment. Other limitation is relatively short follow-up duration, even though eighty-two patients experienced relapse and 105 patients were dead at the time of analysis. This relative short follow-up time might mask the survival difference that occurs later in the time course. Nonetheless, our study has a value of providing information on adverse prognostic factors including host immunity and inflammation status and clinical outcomes of adjuvant treatment modalities in a relatively large AoV Ca cohort. In conclusion, the AoV Ca patients with vascular invasion and elevated CA 19–9 showed poor prognosis after curative resection. Host immunity and inflammation status represented by NLR, PLR or SII were also important for the prognosis. In T3/4 or LN-positive stage, patients who received adjuvant CCRT with maintenance chemotherapy showed favorable survival. Adjuvant treatment should be further defined in AoV Ca, especially with poor prognostic factors.

Analysis of prognostic factors for OS according to adjuvant treatment.

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Analysis of prognostic factor for DFS.

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The patterns of adjuvant treatment.

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1.  Association of Adjuvant Therapy with Improved Survival in Ampullary Cancer: A National Cohort Study.

Authors:  Ibrahim Nassour; Linda S Hynan; Alana Christie; Rebecca M Minter; Adam C Yopp; Michael A Choti; John C Mansour; Matthew R Porembka; Sam C Wang
Journal:  J Gastrointest Surg       Date:  2017-11-10       Impact factor: 3.452

2.  Prognostic Factors of Long-term Survival Following Radical Resection for Ampullary Carcinoma.

Authors:  Daniel Weiss Vilhordo; Cleandra Gregório; Dirceu Felipe Valentini; Maria Isabel Albano Edelweiss; Diego Mendonça Uchoa; Alessandro Bersch Osvaldt
Journal:  J Gastrointest Cancer       Date:  2021-09

3.  Prognostic importance of numbers of retrieved lymph nodes and positive lymph nodes for ampulla of vater cancer (AVC) in 2347 patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database.

Authors:  Jiao Feng; RuiYang Wu; Gang Zhang; ZhiMing Yang; Liang Zhang
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2021-01-15       Impact factor: 3.240

4.  The role of the systemic inflammatory response in predicting outcomes in patients with operable cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors:  Ross D Dolan; Jason Lim; Stephen T McSorley; Paul G Horgan; Donald C McMillan
Journal:  Sci Rep       Date:  2017-12-01       Impact factor: 4.379

5.  Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Resected Ampulla of Vater Carcinoma: Retrospective Analysis of 646 Patients.

Authors:  Jwa Hoon Kim; Jae Ho Jeong; Baek-Yeol Ryoo; Kyu-Pyo Kim; Heung-Moon Chang; Dongwook Oh; Tae Jun Song; Sang Soo Lee; Dong Wan Seo; Sung Koo Lee; Myung-Hwan Kim; Yejong Park; Jae Woo Kwon; Dae Wook Hwang; Jae Hoon Lee; Woohyung Lee; Song Cheol Kim; Changhoon Yoo; Ki Byung Song
Journal:  Cancer Res Treat       Date:  2020-11-09       Impact factor: 4.679

  5 in total

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