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ABSTRACT: : The presence/absence of extracapsular invasion in metastatic lymph nodes has been reported as being significantly correlated with the prognosis in a wide variety of cancers. However, the influence of extracapsular invasion in the metastatic lymph nodes on the prognosis in patients with stage III rectal cancer has not yet been investigated.
: We investigated the presence/absence of extracapsular invasion in the metastatic nodes of the relevant main/lateral lymph node group in patients with rectal cancer to determine the usefulness of this parameter for stratifying the prognosis of patients with stage III rectal cancer.
: This was a single-institution study.
: This study was conducted at a single institution.
: We enrolled 101 consecutive patients with stage III rectal cancer who had undergone curative surgery with extended lymph node dissection and investigated the presence/absence of extracapsular invasion in the regional metastatic lymph nodes to determine the usefulness of such stratification for a more precise prediction of the patient prognosis.
: The main outcomes measured were the disease-free and overall survival rates.
: Univariate analysis revealed a significantly poorer prognosis, in terms of both the disease-free survival rate (p = 0.003) and overall survival rate (p = 0.008), of the pN3-extracapsular invasion-positive cases in comparison with the pN3-extracapsular invasion-negative cases. Multivariate analysis revealed the presence/absence of extracapsular invasion in the metastatic lymph nodes as the only variable that was statistically significantly associated with the disease-free survival rate (p = 0.011).
: This was a retrospective study in a small number of patients from a single institution. There were no comparator groups.
: Detailed stratification of pN3 cases based on the presence/absence of extracapsular invasion in metastatic lymph nodes has the potential to contribute significantly to more available prediction of the prognosis of patients with stage III colorectal cancer.
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 06/2013; 56(6):726-32. · 3.13 Impact Factor
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Koji Komori,
Yukihide Kanemitsu,
Kenya Kimura,
Norifumi Hattori,
Tsuyoshi Sano,
Seiji Ito,
Tetsuya Abe, Yoshiki Senda,
Kazunari Misawa,
Yuichi Ito,
Norihisa Uemura,
Yasuhiro Shimizu
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ABSTRACT: Aim: To examine the usefulness of the histopathological finding of tumor necrosis for stratifying TNM stage IV colorectal cancer in R0 status. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We enrolled 98 patients with stage IV colorectal cancer, without residual disease after resection. The extent of necrosis was assessed using published thresholds, the extent was graded as "absent", "moderate" (<30% of tumor area), or "severe" (≥30%) in each section. RESULTS: In multivariate analysis, the only significant difference in the disease-free survival rate was related to tumor necrosis (p=0.01) and the significant differences in the overall survival rates were related to the maximum tumor size and the degree of tumor necrosis (p=0.02 and p=0.001, respectively). CONCLUSION: Tumor necrosis is associated with a poor prognosis in colorectal cancer and may allow the stratification of TNM stage IV patients without residual disease after surgery.
Anticancer research 03/2013; 33(3):1099-1105. · 1.73 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Surgical resection is the most effective treatment for colorectal cancer that has metastasized to the liver. Similarly, surgical resection improves survival for selected patients with pulmonary colorectal metastases. However, the indication for pulmonary metastasectomy is not clear in patients with both hepatic and pulmonary colorectal metastases. Therefore, we evaluated outcomes after pulmonary resection of colorectal metastases in patients with or without a history of curative hepatic metastasectomy. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 96 patients who underwent pulmonary metastasectomy from March 1999 to November 2009. Patients were grouped according to treatment: resection of pulmonary metastases alone (lung metastasectomy group) or resection of both hepatic and pulmonary metastases (liver and lung metastasectomy group). Overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were evaluated by Kaplan-Meier analysis. Survival curves were compared using the log-rank test. RESULTS: The 5-year OS for all patients was 61.3 %, and the 5-year DFS was 26.7 %. Group comparisons showed that the 5-year OS of the lung metastasectomy group was significantly better than that of the liver and lung metastasectomy group (69 vs. 43 %; p = 0.030). However, the 5-year DFS rates of the lung metastasectomy group (25.8 %) and liver and lung metastasectomy group (28.0 %) did not differ significantly. Recurrence was higher after resection of both hepatic and pulmonary metastases than after pulmonary metastases alone (79 vs. 45 %; p = 0.025). CONCLUSIONS: Resection of pulmonary colorectal metastases may increase survival. However, the combination of liver and lung metastasectomies had a worse prognosis than pulmonary metastasectomy alone. In selected patients, combined liver and lung metastasectomy can be beneficial and result in acceptable DFS.
World Journal of Surgery 02/2013; · 2.36 Impact Factor
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Koji Komori,
Yukihide Kanemitsu,
Kenya Kimura,
Kazunori Yawata,
Yasuhiro Shimizu,
Tsuyoshi Sano,
Seiji Ito,
Tetsuya Abe, Yoshiki Senda,
Kazunari Misawa,
Yuichi Ito,
Norihisa Uemura,
Tomoyuki Kato
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ABSTRACT: Backgroun /Aims: There have been numerous studies on surgical procedures for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), but the evolution in surgical treatments as they pertain to the major perioperative item, i.e., complications, as well as advantages and disadvantages of surgery, in only one institution have not been reported. We examined this surgical treatment evolution in FAP patients. Methodology: We enrolled 67 FAP patients who had undergone surgery and classified them into three groups, i.e., early phase (1965 to 1977), intermediate phase (1978 to 1987), and late phase (1988 to 2004). We assessed clinicopathological findings and outcomes in these three groups.Results: With the passage of time, surgical techniques and therapeutic benefits improved, but the overall survival rates of early and late phase patients were significantly better than that of intermediate phase patients.Conclusion: As the surgical techniques improved, patient stress diminished but outcomes in the late period were not always better than in the early period. Surveillance has been enhanced by the increased prevalence of colonoscopy and genetic research has also contributed to better disease management. It is necessary to research the prognosis of FAP patients in the future.
Hepato-gastroenterology 01/2013; 60(125). · 0.66 Impact Factor
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Koji Komori,
Yukihide Kanemitsu,
Seiji Ishiguro,
Yasuhiro Shimizu,
Tsuyoshi Sano,
Seiji Ito,
Tetsuya Abe, Yoshiki Senda,
Kazunari Misawa,
Yuichi Ito,
Norihisa Uemura,
Tomoyuki Kato
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ABSTRACT: Previous studies have not identified how to determine the optimal distal margin in rectal cancer based on histopathological diagnosis. We examined the surgical distal resection margin from a histopathological viewpoint.
We enrolled 629 patients. The type of distal spread was evaluated, and the maximum length of distal spread was measured using a micrometer.
The frequencies of discontinuous spread type were 1.0%, 8.4%, 52.9%, and 81.5%, and the average lengths of distal spread were .5 ± 1.3 mm, 7 ± 1.8 mm, 2.7 ± 2.4 mm, and 10.0 ± 9.5 mm for well-differentiated adenocarcinomas, moderately differentiated adenocarcinomas, solid (por1)-type poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas, and nonsolid (por2)-type poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas, (moderately vs solid [por1] type: P = .004), respectively.
The surgical distal resection margin based on pathological diagnosis is longer somewhat than that based on macroscopic findings. Therefore, it is important to select surgical procedures with great care to ensure an adequate surgical distal resection margin.
American journal of surgery 05/2012; 204(4):474-80. · 2.36 Impact Factor
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Koji Komori,
Yukihide Kanemitsu,
Seiji Ishiguro,
Yasuhiro Shimizu,
Tsuyoshi Sano,
Seiji Ito,
Tetsuya Abe, Yoshiki Senda,
Kazunari Misawa,
Yuichi Ito,
Norihisa Uemura,
Tomoyuki Kato
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ABSTRACT: We aimed to clarify the clinicopathological features of poorly differentiated colorectal adenocarcinomas and to define two subtypes of these adenocarcinomas.
We enrolled 78 patients, who had undergone surgery for poorly differentiated colorectal adenocarcinoma. On the basis of the microscopy results, the Por1 type is characterized by cancer cells with solid growth and little stroma; most cells contained round-shaped nuclei. The Por2 type is characterized by cancer cells with a predominantly trabecular structure; these tumors are rich in fibrous stroma. The two groups were compared for clinicopathological factors.
The frequency of metastasis of the lymph node, liver, lung, and peritoneum in the Por2 group was significantly higher than that in the Por1 group. The survival rate in the Por2 group was lower than that in the Por1 group.
The classification system described in this study is a simple and easy method for predicting poorly differentiated colorectal adenocarcinomas, and the prognosis of patients with Por2 tended to be unfavorable than that of Por1.
Anticancer research 10/2011; 31(10):3463-7. · 1.73 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We report a rare case of hepatolithiasis, which was diagnosed as hilar cholangiocarcinoma and treated with hepatectomy and extrahepatic bile duct resection. A 59-year-old woman presented to a local hospital with liver dysfunction. Diagnostic imaging revealed a biliary stricture at the hepatic hilum and middle bile duct. Hilar cholangiocarcinoma was diagnosed, and she was referred to our hospital for definitive surgical treatment. She underwent left hepatic trisectionectomy, total caudate lobectomy, and extrahepatic bile duct resection. Gross examination of the resected specimen revealed intrahepatic stones firmly adherent to the bile duct wall. Pathological examination revealed no malignant lesions. The epithelium of the bile duct was absent underneath the stone, and the boundary between the stone and bile duct wall was ill defined. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of hepatolithiasis with a biliary stricture caused by peculiar stone formation, mimicking hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
Surgery Today 09/2011; 41(9):1243-6. · 1.22 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PHCCA) remains a surgical challenge for which few large Western series have been reported. The aims of this study were to investigate the results of surgical resection for PHCCA and assess how practice has evolved over the past 15 years.
A prospectively maintained database was interrogated to identify all resections. Clinicopathological data were analysed for impact on survival. Subsequently, data for resections carried out during the periods 1994-1998, 1999-2003 and 2004-2008 were compared.
Eighty-three patients underwent resection. Trisectionectomy was required in 67% of resections. Overall survival was 70%, 36% and 20% at 1, 3 and 5 years, respectively. Size of tumour, margin (R0) status, lymph node status, distant metastasis, tumour grade, portal vein resection, microscopic direct vascular invasion, T-stage and blood transfusion requirement significantly affected outcome on univariate analysis. Distant metastasis (P = 0.040), percutaneous biliary drainage (P = 0.015) and blood transfusion requirement (P = 0.026) were significant factors on multivariate analysis. Survival outcomes improved and blood transfusion requirement was significantly reduced in the most recent time period.
Blood transfusion requirement and preoperative percutaneous biliary drainage were identified as independent indicators of a poor prognosis following resection of PHCCA. Longterm survival can be achieved following the aggressive surgical resection of this tumour, but the emergence of a clear learning curve in our analyses indicates that these patients should be managed in high-volume centres in order to achieve improved outcomes.
HPB 07/2011; 13(7):483-93. · 1.60 Impact Factor
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Tomoya Yokota,
Tsuyoshi Sano,
Yasuhiro Shimizu,
Daisuke Takahari, Yoshiki Senda,
Masahiro Shimura,
Takashi Ura,
Kohei Shitara,
Yuji Nimura,
Yasushi Yatabe,
Kei Muro
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ABSTRACT: Pathological complete response to systemic chemotherapy is associated with more favorable survival in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases. We present a case of a 63-year-old man with multiple liver metastases from descending colon cancer. Following surgical resection of the primary tumor, the patient received systemic chemotherapy with S-1 and oxaliplatin in combination with bevacizumab. On achievement of a markedly favorable response to chemotherapy, surgical treatment of liver metastases was performed, and the liver tumors were successfully resected without any macroscopic residue. Histopathological analyses showed necrotic tissue in the complete absence of residual viable tumor cells. This is the first reported case of a patient with multiple liver metastases from descending colorectal cancer to achieve a pathological complete response following systemic chemotherapy with S-1 and oxaliplatin in combination with bevacizumab. This regimen is a systemic chemotherapy option to 'cure' liver metastasis from colorectal cancer.
Oncology letters 03/2011; 2(2):201-205. · 0.11 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The objective of the present study was to use clinical and laboratory data to develop a model for predicting the presence of carcinoma in patients with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN).
Data were collected on 81 patients with IPMN who underwent a pancreatic resection between 1989 and 2008 at Aichi Cancer Center Hospital. Variables analyzed included age, gender, laboratory findings (serum amylase, carcinoembryonic antigen, and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 level), pancreatic juice cytology grade, and imaging studies. Factors associated with the presence of carcinoma were evaluated by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis.
Among the 81 patients with IPMN, 34 (42%) had malignant tumors (noninvasive carcinoma in 22 and invasive carcinoma in 12), and 47 (58%) had adenoma. On multivariate analysis, existing carcinoma was associated with female gender, main pancreatic duct IPMN, nodule size, and pancreatic juice cytology grade. Based on these variables, a predictive nomogram was developed. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for the model was 0.903. The sensitivity and specificity of the model were 97.1 and 68.1%, respectively, in the validation study, for which the predictive probability of >10% was used to indicate the presence of carcinoma.
The nomogram has high diagnostic predictability for carcinoma in patients with IPMN and for individual cancer probability. This instrument may help to identify patients who need a surgical procedure.
World Journal of Surgery 12/2010; 34(12):2932-8. · 2.36 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Bile duct adenomas are rare tumours that arise more frequently in the distal extrahepatic biliary tree. We report the case of a papillary adenoma arising at the junction of the common and left hepatic ducts and review the available literature on this rare entity. A 73-year-old lady presented with a history of mild weight loss and vague upper abdominal pain. Routine blood tests revealed an elevated c-glutaryl transferase, and an ultrasound scan showed gross dilatation of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary tree. Subsequent radiological imaging confirmed biliary dilatation and identified tumour within the left and common hepatic ducts with the provisional diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma. At laparotomy, there was no evidence of extraductal tumour, and choledochoscopy showed a papillary lesion within the common hepatic and proximal left hepatic ducts. The tumour was excised and the biliary tree was reconstructed. Histological evaluation of the resected specimen confirmed a papillary adenoma with mild dysplasia. This case illustrates that not all biliary tumours are cholangiocarcinomas and referral to a hepatopancreaticobiliary unit for investigation and treatment is mandatory for all cases of obstructive jaundice.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology 07/2010; 22(7):886-8. · 1.66 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: A few authors have reported the value of multidetector row CT (MDCT) for evaluating the longitudinal extent of cholangiocarcinoma. They have not focused on CT attenuation of a tumor and actual tumor extent along the bile ducts. We designed the present study to analyze attenuation.
Between January 2003 and July 2005, 113 consecutive patients with cholangiocarcinoma underwent a surgical resection following MDCT. Of these MDCT studies, 73 (perihilar cholangiocarcinoma, n = 62; middle and distal cholangiocarcinoma, n = 11) were suitable for analysis, and the patients were enrolled in the study. Patients were divided according to tumor hypoattenuation and hyperattenuation on MDCT. Histologic differentiation, desmoplastic reaction, and vascular density were microscopically compared with the tumor attenuation to differentiate the characteristics of the attenuation. The extent of cancer along the bile duct diagnosed by MDCT was compared with the actual extent determined by the microscopic findings.
Hyperattenuated tumor was observed in 40 patients. There was no difference in histologic differentiation, desmoplastic reaction, or vascular density between the hyperattenuated and hypoattenuated cholangiocarcinomas. Neither the proximal nor the distal borders between the normal and thickened bile duct wall could be determined in the 33 patients with hypoattenuated tumor; in contrast, an accurate assessment of extent of tumor was obtained in 76% of the proximal borders and 82% of the distal borders in the 40 patients with hyperattenuated tumor.
Although the cause of the difference between the hyperattenuated and hypoattenuated cholangiocarcinoma still is unclear, MDCT can be an alternative to direct cholangiography in selected patients with hyperattenuated cholangiocarcinoma.
World Journal of Surgery 05/2009; 33(7):1459-67. · 2.36 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: This report presents a case of a left hepatectomy and a caudate lobectomy combined resection of the ventral segment of the right anterior sector for hilar cholangiocarcinoma using percutaneous transhepatic portal vein embolization (PVE). The patient was a 44-year-old man admitted to a local hospital with obstructive jaundice. He was diagnosed to have hilar cholangiocarcinoma and was referred to the hospital for further treatment. Cholangiography revealed stenosis of the left hepatic duct and the hilar bile ducts. The dorsal branch of the right anterior sector joined the right posterior branch and the tumor did not invade to the confluence of these branches. Arteriography and portography reconstructed by multidetector-raw computed tomography revealed the ventral branches of the right anterior sector, which separately diverged from the other right anterior branches. It was therefore necessary to perform a left hepatectomy and caudate lobectomy combined resection of the ventral segment of the right anterior sector to completely remove the tumor. Portal vein embolization was thus performed on the left portal vein and the ventral branches of the right anterior sector. Intraoperatively, when the hepatic artery was temporally clamped, the demarcation between the ventral segment and the dorsal segment of the right anterior sector could be clearly visualized. The planned surgery was performed safely. This case demonstrates that the utilization of PVE is useful for a difficult and intricate hepatectomy, which requires an accurate identification of a hepatic subsegment.
Surgery Today 02/2009; 39(7):628-32. · 1.22 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Although knowledge of cancer invasion of the portal bifurcation is vitally important in planning an operation for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma, the diagnostic capability of multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) for this purpose has not been assessed. We evaluated how well MDCT could identify cancer invasion of the portal bifurcation by perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.
Between April 2003 and June 2005, perihilar cholangiocarcinoma was resected in 87 patients, 83 of whom underwent MDCT within 1 month before the surgery. Three-dimensional volume-rendered (3DVR) and multiplanar reformation (MPR) images were examined for evidence of portal vein invasion. Agreement with intraoperative and pathologic findings was assessed. Portal bifurcation findings by 3DVR and MPR were classified into no portal vein stenosis, unilateral stenosis, or more extensive stenosis, and also into tumor contact with the bifurcation in no, one of two, or two projections.
For macroscopic portal vein invasion, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and overall accuracy were 81.5, 91.1, 81.5, 91.1, and 88.0% in 3D portography and 96.3, 92.6, 86.7, 98.1, and 94.0% in MPR, respectively. Findings by both 3DVR and MPR were significantly correlated with depth of cancer invasion (p < 0.001).
MDCT is useful in assessing cancer invasion of the portal vein bifurcation by perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.
World Journal of Surgery 07/2008; 32(7):1478-84. · 2.36 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We report a case of primary choriocarcinoma of the jejunum in a 45-year-old man, which was finally diagnosed by immunohistochemical analysis of a surgically resected specimen. Despite combined systemic chemotherapy, the patient died of progressive liver metastases 5 months after surgery. The serum human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) level increased dramatically as the liver tumor progressed. According to our review of the 13 cases of primary or secondary choriocarcinoma of the small intestine reported in the English-language literature up until 2001, the characteristic symptoms are massive gastrointestinal bleeding and elevation of the serum HCG. Early diagnosis and prompt initiation of chemotherapy provide the only chance of improving the extremely poor prognosis associated with this rare neoplasm.
Surgery Today 02/2003; 33(12):948-51. · 1.22 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: According to Japanese guidelines for early invasive (pT1) colorectal cancer, on histological examination of an endoscopic excision specimen, the most important predictive histopathologic factors for lymph node metastases are as follows: (i) depth of submucosal invasion (Vsm) is greater than 1000 microm, (ii) poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma or undifferentiated carcinoma, (iii) lymphatic or vascular invasion positive.
A total of 111 early invasive colorectal cancer patients underwent surgery and their records were analyzed. The greatest depth, the greatest width, and the area of the submucosal invasion were measured. Histological type, histological type at the point of deepest invasion, lymphatic invasion, venous invasion, and "Tumor budding" were investigated using hematoxylin and eosin-stained specimens.
Two histopathologic parameters had a significant influence on lymph node metastasis: histological type at the deepest part and "Tumor budding" (p = 0.041 and 0.001 respectively). These parameters are especially true when lymph node metastasis positive cases are compared with negative cases; it has little to do with having a Vsm less than 1000 microm or more than 1000 microm.
We emphasize that it is not important to find Vsm > or = 1,000 microm in order to find lymph node metastasis in submucosal invasive colorectal carcinomas.
Hepato-gastroenterology 57(102-103):1123-7. · 0.66 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: To inhibit local recurrence of rectal cancer, it is very important to ensure that there is a sufficient circumferential resection margin. We evaluated pathology studies of combined radical resection of seminal vesicles in the treatment of rectal cancer. We analyzed data from 7 cases of combined radical resection of the seminal vesicle in the treatment of rectal cancer; we also analyzed data from 35 control cases without seminal vesicle resection. The circumferential resection margin averaged 5.97 mm for cases that had combined radical resection of the seminal vesicle, and this was significantly longer than for cases without resection (P < 0.001). Local recurrence was not seen in cases that had combined radical resection of the seminal vesicle, whereas 3 cases (5.9%) occurred in the group that did not undergo resection. Combined radical resection of the seminal vesicle in patients with rectal cancer ensures that the distance of the circumferential resection margin is sufficient to inhibit local recurrence.
International surgery 96(1):51-5. · 0.36 Impact Factor
