Limited resection of pancreatic cancer in high-risk patients can result in a second primary

Dear Editor, We read with interest the paper by Canto and coworkers recently published in Gut that provided guidelines for the management of individuals with a high risk for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).1 Although indications for surgery are discussed, no recommendations are given regarding the extent of surgery, that is, partial pancreatectomy (PP) or total pancreatectomy (TP), in cases with a small screen-detected PDAC. This is an important issue because it seems very likely that a hereditary background increases the risk for a second primary cancer of the pancreas. Here, we describe two high-risk individuals who developed a second primary tumour after a PP of an early-stage cancer. Patient 1 is a 62-year-old woman with the common Dutch ‘p16-Leiden’ founder mutation in the CDKN2A gene and a medical history of melanoma at age 56. This patient was enrolled in the surveillance programme in Leiden in 2008. The...

Source: Gut - July 9, 2015 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Potjer, T. P., Bartsch, D. K., Slater, E. P., Matthai, E., Bonsing, B. A., Vasen, H. F. A. Tags: PostScript Source Type: research