Long-term survival after pancreatic metastasis resection from breast cancer: a systematic literature review

Surgical Case Reports

Table 1 Reported cases undergoing pancreatic metastasis resection from breast cancer

Case no.	Ref.^a	Age^b (years)	Timing^c	Interval^d (months)	Preop diag^e	Op^f	LN^g	Outcome	Duration (months)
1	2	52	Meta^h	38	Pancⁱ	PD^j		Alive	72
2	3	33	Meta^h	30	Pancⁱ	PD^j	−	Alive	27
3	4	46	Meta^h	80	Papilla^k	PD^j		Alive	12
4	5	70	Meta^h	36	Panc T^l	PpPD^m		Alive	37
5	5	46	Meta^h	60	Panc T^l	PpPD^m		Aliveⁿ	21
6	5	57	Meta^h	84	Panc T^l	PpPD^m		Dead	26
7	6	75	Meta^h	312	Panc T^l	Enucleation	−	Alive	80
8	7	57	Meta^h	54	Breast meta^o	DP^p,q	+ ^r	Aliveⁿ	5
9	8	60	Meta^h	2?	Bile duct^s	PD^j		Aliveⁿ	2
10	8	55	Meta^h	114	Panc tail T^t	DP^p	+ ^r	Alive	2
11	9	41	Meta^h	60	Breast meta^o	DP^p		Alive
12	10	53	Meta^h	20	Pancⁱ	PD^j	+	Dead	36
13	11	75	Meta^h	216		PD^j	+	Aliveⁿ	48
14	12	68	Simul^u	0	Papilla^k	PD^j	−	Alive	12
15	13	34	Meta^h	19		PD^j		Alive	12
16	14	48	Simul^u	0	Pancⁱ	PD^j	−	Dead	12
17	15					PD^j
18	16	35	Meta^h	45		TP		Dead	7
19	17		Meta^h				−	Dead	13
20	18	47	Meta^h	41		PD^j		Dead	28
Present case		49	Simul^u	0	Breast meta^o	DP^p	+ ^r	Alive	180

Each case from case nos. 15 to 20 is one among many cases in each report, such as the cases with resection of pancreatic metastasis
^aReference number
^bAge at diagnosis of pancreatic tumor
^cTiming of the diagnosis of breast cancer and pancreas tumor, simultaneous or metachronous
^dInterval between breast cancer surgery and diagnosis of pancreatic tumor
^ePreoperative or intraoperative diagnosis of pancreatic tumor
^fOperative procedure
^gLymph node metastasis from pancreatic metastasis
^hMetachronous
ⁱPancreatic head cancer
^jPancreaticoduodenectomy
^kCancer of the papilla of Vater
^lPancreatic head tumor
^mPylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy
ⁿAlive with recurrence
^oMetastatic pancreatic tumor from breast cancer
^pDistal pancreatectomy
^qDistal pancreatectomy with concomitant resection of the left kidney, left adrenal gland, and partial colon
^rParaaortic lymph node metastasis
^sBile duct cancer
^tPancreatic tail tumor (adenocarcinoma was confirmed by frozen section)
^uSimultaneous