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- Title
Surgery for Exocrine Pancreatic Cancer - Who Are the 5- and 10-Year Survivors?
- Authors
Klempnauer, Jürgen; Ridder, Gerd; Bektas, Hueseyin; Pichlmayr, Rudolf
- Abstract
38 of 306 patients survived beyond 5 years after resection of an exocrine pancreatic carcinoma during a period from 1971 to 1993. Amongst the long-term survivors there were 12 patients with ductal, 22 with ampullary, 3 with distal bile duct and 1 with duodenal cancer. An active operative strategy was employed in order to resect the tumor whenever this was surgically possible. In a retrospective analysis we have identified prognostic factors influencing long-term survival. The long-term prognosis was largely dependent on the tumor entity. Ampullary carcinomas had a significant advantage in terms of long-term survival over all other tumor entities. Other prognostic factors associated with long term survival were curative tumor resection, absence of lymphatic and distant metastases and a low tumor malignancy. Copyright © 1995 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Oncology, 1995, Vol 52, Issue 5, p353
- ISSN
0030-2414
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000227488