Comment on "Implications of Perineural Invasion on Disease Recurrence and Survival After Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Head Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Crippa et al."

Ingrid Garajová¹, Rita Balsano¹, Valentina Donati^{2

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4}, Letizia Gnetti⁵, Mjriam Capula^{2

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6}, Francesco Leonardi¹, Raffaele Dalla Valle⁷, Matteo Ravaioli⁸, Fabio Gelsomino⁹, Elisa Giovannetti¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
² Cancer Pharmacology Lab, AIRC Start-Up Unit, Fondazione Pisa per la Scienza Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
³ Pathological Anatomy Unit, Azienda ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
⁴ Cancer Pharmacology Lab, AIRC Start-Up Unit, Fondazione Pisana per La Scienza, Pisa, Italy.
⁵ Pathology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁶ Institute of Life Sciences, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
⁷ Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁸ Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁹ Department of Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Medical Oncology, Amsterdam UMC, VU University, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Comment

Ingrid Garajová et al. Ann Surg. 2022.

. 2022 Aug 1;276(2):e136-e137.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005275. Epub 2021 Nov 11.

¹ Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
² Cancer Pharmacology Lab, AIRC Start-Up Unit, Fondazione Pisa per la Scienza Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
³ Pathological Anatomy Unit, Azienda ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
⁴ Cancer Pharmacology Lab, AIRC Start-Up Unit, Fondazione Pisana per La Scienza, Pisa, Italy.
⁵ Pathology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁶ Institute of Life Sciences, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
⁷ Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁸ Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁹ Department of Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Medical Oncology, Amsterdam UMC, VU University, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Implications of Perineural Invasion on Disease Recurrence and Survival After Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Head Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
Crippa S, Pergolini I, Javed AA, Honselmann KC, Weiss MJ, Di Salvo F, Burkhart R, Zamboni G, Belfiori G, Ferrone CR, Rubini C, Yu J, Gasparini G, Qadan M, He J, Lillemoe KD, Castillo CF, Wolfgang CL, Falconi M. Crippa S, et al. Ann Surg. 2022 Aug 1;276(2):378-385. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004464. Epub 2020 Oct 19. Ann Surg. 2022. PMID: 33086324

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