• Kota Sahara, Diamantis I Tsilimigras, Shishir K Maithel, Daniel E Abbott, George A Poultsides, Ioannis Hatzaras, Ryan C Fields, Matthew Weiss, Charles Scoggins, Chelsea A Isom, Kamran Idrees, Perry Shen, Itaru Endo, Timothy M Pawlik, and and the US Extrahepatic Biliary Malignancy Consortium.
• Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio.
• J Surg Oncol. 2020 Mar 1; 121 (3): 503-510.

BackgroundThe survival benefit of lymphadenectomy among patients with gallbladder cancer (GBC) remains poorly understood.MethodsPatients who underwent resection for GBC between 2000 and 2015 were identified from a US multi-institutional database. The therapeutic index (LNM rate multiplied by 3-year overall survival [OS]) was determined to assess the survival benefit of lymphadenectomy.ResultsAmong 449 patients, less than half had LNM (N = 183, 40.8%). The median number of evaluated and metastatic lymph nodes (LNs) was 3 (interquartile range [IQR]: 1-6) and 1 (IQR: 0-1), respectively. 3-year OS among patients with LNM in the entire cohort was 26.8%. The therapeutic index was lower among patients with T4 (5.9) or T1 (6.0) tumors as well as carbohydrate antigen (CA19-9) ≥200 UI/mL (6.0). Of note, a therapeutic index difference ≥10 was noted relative to CA19-9 (<200: 18.7 vs ≥200: 6.0), American Joint Committee on Cancer T Stage (T1: 6.0 vs T2: 17.8 vs T4: 5.9) and number of LNs examined (1-2: 6.9 vs ≥6: 16.9). Concomitant common bile duct resection was not associated with a higher therapeutic index among patients with either T2 or T3 disease.ConclusionCertain clinicopathological factors including T1 or T4 tumor and CA19-9 ≥200 UI/mL were associated with a low therapeutic index. Resection of six or more LNs was associated with a meaningful therapeutic index benefit among patients with LNM.© 2020 The Authors. Journal of Surgical Oncology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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