Three Cases of Recurrent Colon Cancer Treated with Pancreatoduodenectomy

Abstract

Radical resection with pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed for three cases of locally recurrent colon cancer. The times to recurrence were ten years, four years, and six months, respectively. Case three had a postoperative pancreatic fistula and was treated with drainage. Two cases are alive without recurrence, and the other case is receiving chemotherapy regularly in the outpatient department.
Pancreatoduodenectomy is an invasive procedure, but it is now a comparatively safe operative procedure. Resections of local recurrences from colon cancer may be useful for prolonging the survival time of patients, if no other non-curative factors are present.