Subgrading of G2 pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors as 2A (Ki67 3% to ≤ 10%) versus 2B (10% to ≤ 20%) identifes behaviorally distinct subsets in keeping with the evolving management protocols Journal Article
| Authors: | Eren, O. C.; Bagci, P.; Balci, S.; Ohike, N.; Saka, B.; Sokmensuer, C.; Leblebici, C. B.; Xue, Y.; Reid, M. D.; Krasinskas, A. M.; Kooby, D.; Maithel, S. K.; Sarmiento, J.; Cheng, J. D.; Taskin, O. C.; Kapran, Y.; Tarcan, Z. C.; Luchini, C.; Scarpa, A.; Basturk, O.; Adsay, N. V. |
| Article Title: | Subgrading of G2 pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors as 2A (Ki67 3% to ≤ 10%) versus 2B (10% to ≤ 20%) identifes behaviorally distinct subsets in keeping with the evolving management protocols |
| Abstract: | Background: Grade 1/2 PanNETs are mostly managed similarly, typically without any adjunct treatment with the belief that their overall metastasis rate is low. In oncology literature, Ki67-index of 10% is increasingly being used as the cutoff in stratifying patients to different protocols, although there are no systematic pathology-based studies supporting this approach. Methods: Ki67-index was correlated with clinicopathologic parameters in 190 resected PanNETs. A validation cohort (n = 145) was separately analyzed. Results: In initial cohort, maximally selected rank statistics method revealed 12% to be the discriminatory cutoff (close to 10% rule of thumb). G2b cases had liver/distant metastasis rate of almost threefold higher than that of G2a and showed significantly higher frequency of all histopathologic signs of aggressiveness (tumor size, perineural/vascular invasion, infiltrative growth pattern, lymph node metastasis). In validation cohort, these figures were as striking. When all cases were analyzed together, compared with G1, the G2b category had nine times higher liver/distant metastasis rate (6.1 vs. 58.5%; p < 0.001) and three times higher lymph node metastasis rate (20.5 vs. 65.1%; p < 0.001). Conclusions: G2b PanNETs act very similar to G3, supporting management protocols that regard them as potential therapy candidates. Concerning local management, metastatic behavior in G2b cases indicate they may not be as amenable for conservative approaches, such as watchful waiting or enucleation. This substaging should be considered into diagnostic guidelines, and clinical trials need to be devised to determine the more appropriate management protocols for G2b (10% to ≤ 20%) group, which shows liver/distant metastasis in more than half of the cases, which at minimum warrants closer follow-up. © The Author(s) 2024. |
| Keywords: | adolescent; adult; human tissue; aged; middle aged; survival rate; major clinical study; histopathology; cancer growth; liver neoplasms; pancreatic neoplasms; follow up; follow-up studies; lymph node metastasis; lymphatic metastasis; cancer grading; ki 67 antigen; ki-67 antigen; metabolism; metastasis; tumor volume; cohort analysis; clinical protocol; pathology; tumor marker; distant metastasis; neuroendocrine tumor; liver metastasis; liver tumor; pancreas tumor; clinical protocols; neoplasm invasiveness; disease management; grade; therapy; perineural invasion; neuroendocrine tumors; pancreas islet cell tumor; pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; tumor invasion; neoplasm grading; humans; prognosis; human; male; female; article; biomarkers, tumor; ki-67 proliferative index; mki67 protein, human |
| Journal Title: | Annals of Surgical Oncology |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| ISSN: | 1068-9265 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Date Published: | 2024-10-01 |
| Start Page: | 7001 |
| End Page: | 7011 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1245/s10434-024-15632-y |
| PUBMED: | 38955993 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC11413052 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Source: Scopus |
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