Perioperative outcome and long term results for standard and multivisceral resection of metastases to the pancreas

Background: Metastases to the pancreas are uncommon and account only for approximately less than 2% of all pancreatic malignancies. Most common primaries spreading to the pancreas are renal cell carcinoma (RCC), lung cancer, malignant melanoma and malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract. Especially in patients with localized extrapancreatic disease that appears to be resectable, no oncological approach is yet established and it is unclear if these patients profit from multivisceral resection (MVR). Aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of MVR and its influence on perioperative and long-term outcome…