Lymph nodes will be sampled from the following stations in patients with adenocarcinomas of the pancreas Group 6: Infrapyloric lymph nodes (IP) Group 8: Lymph nodes around the common hepatic artery (CHA) Group 12: Lymph nodes of the hepatoduodenal ligament (HDL) Group 13: Posterior pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes Group 14: Lymph nodes around the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) Group 17: Anterior pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes
Age
18–85
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Bioptic verified pancreatic adenocarcinoma or periampullary adenocarcinoma (within 20mm of the papilla)
You may not be if
Patients with non-adenocarcinoma tumors of the pancreas or periampullary region
Clareo Health | Systematic Lymph Node Sampling and Analysis in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer