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Table 4 Data of patients with initially unresectable due to arterial plexus invasion

From: Potential risk of residual cancer cells in the surgical treatment of initially unresectable pancreatic carcinoma after chemoradiotherapy

No.

Tumor location

Suspected arterial plexus invasion

Operative procedure

Combined resection

Improvement of arterial plexus invasion on CT imaging

Invasion to the extra pancreatic nerve in pathological diagnosis

Residual tumor

Outcome from IT (month)

1

Pb

Ce

DP-CAR

Ce

Partial

PLce (+)

R1

44 DRD

2

Pb

GDA

DP-CAR

Ce

Partial

PLce, cha (+)

R0

54 AFD

3

Pb

GDA

DP-CAR

Ce, PV

Partial

PL (−)

R0

92 AFD

4

Pb

GDA

DP-CAR

Ce, PV

Partial

PLcha, sma (+)

R0

55 AFD

5

Pb

GDA

TP-CAR

Ce, GDA, PV

Partial

PLce, sma (+)

R0

67 AFD

6

Pb

SMA

DP-CAR

Ce, PV

Partial

PLspa (+)

R0

91 AFD

7

Ph

CHA

SSPPD

PV

Completely

PL (−)

R0

63 DRD

8

Ph

CHA, PHA

SSPPD

CHA, PHA, RHA, PV

Partial

PL (−)

R0

31 ARD

9

Ph

CHA

SSPPD

CHA, PV

Partial

PLcha (+)

R0

18 DRD

10

Pb

SMA

DP-CAR

Ce, PV

Completely

PLce (+)

R0

32 AFD

11

Pb

SMA

DP-CAR

Ce, PV

Completely

PLce (+)

R0

15 ARD

12

Ph

CHA

SSPPD

CHA, LHA, MHA, PV

Partial

PLcha (+)

R0

11 AFD

  1. Ce ceriac artery, GDA gastro-duodenal artery, CHA common hepatic artery, PHA proper hepatic artery, RHA right hepatic artery, LHA left hepatic artery, MHA middle hepatic artery, PV portal vein, AFD alive free of disease, ARD alive with recurrent disease, DRD dead of recurrent disease