Long-term survival after radical resection of advanced pancreatic cancer: a case report with special reference to CD8+ T-cell infiltration.

Abstract

A 65-yr-old man who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy with portal vein resection for pancreatic cancer is alive 8 yr after surgery. Originally, computed tomography (CT) revealed an 8-cm tumor in the pancreatic head. The tumor had infiltrated the portal vein, but grew expansively, so there was neither biliary obstruction nor jaundice. Pancreaticoduodenectomy with resection of the portal vein was performed for pancreatic cancer. Many tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes were seen within cancer cell nests on routine histopathology. We performed immunostaining for CD8, and found that a large number of the lymphocytes were CD8+ T cells. The patient's prognosis was considered poor because the tumor was large and had infiltrated the portal vein. We suspect that long-term survival may be related to the response of CD8+ T cells to the cancer.

• Authors: Motoki Abe, Satoshi Kondo, Satoshi Hirano, Yoshiyasu Ambo, Eiichi Tanaka, Toshiaki Morikawa, Shunichi Okushiba, Hiroyuki Katoh
• Journal: International journal of gastrointestinal cancer (Int J Gastrointest Cancer) Vol. 33 Issue 2-3 Pg. 107-10 ( 2003) ISSN: 1537-3649 [Print] United States
• PMID: 14716057 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
• Humans
• Immunohistochemistry
• Male
• Neoplasm Invasiveness
• Pancreatic Neoplasms (immunology, pathology, surgery)
• Pancreaticoduodenectomy
• Portal Vein
• Prognosis
• Survival Analysis
• Time Factors
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed