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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2016 Feb 17;25(2):287–310. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2015.11.008

Table 1.

Definitions of locally advanced pancreatic cancer

Vessel Involved MDACC AHPBA/SSO/SSAT NCCN/ISGPS
SMA Encasement Encasement Contact >180° or contact with first jejunal SMA branch
CHA Encasement—unable to reconstruct Encasement with extension to CA Contact with extension to CA or bifurcation
Celiac axis Encasement Abutment or encasement Contact >180°
SMV-PV confluence Occluded—unable to reconstruct Occluded—unable to reconstruct Unable to reconstruct