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. 1986 Apr;203(4):403–407. doi: 10.1097/00000658-198604000-00011

Factors influencing survival after resection for ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.

A Mannell, J A van Heerden, L H Weiland, D M Ilstrup
PMCID: PMC1251125  PMID: 3008674

Abstract

Twenty-three patients with pancreatic cancer who survived greater than or equal to 3 years after surgical treatment and 56 who survived less than 12 months were studied. The association of steatorrhea with long survival was significant (p less than 0.05), and the association of back pain with short survival showed a trend toward significance (p = 0.06). Other presenting symptoms, as well as the age, sex, or past medical history of the patients; the gross morphology of the tumor and regional lymph nodes; the operations performed; and the use of postoperative adjuvant therapy had no significant influence on survival. Certain histopathologic characteristics of the resected specimens were significantly associated (p less than 0.05) with a poor prognosis: malignant infiltration of the pancreatic capsule, proximity of the tumor to lymphatic and blood vessels, a round-cell infiltrate at the tumor margin, and epithelial atypia in the uninvolved pancreatic ducts. The association of Broders' grades 3 and 4 in the primary tumor and metastases to lymph nodes showed a trend toward significance with short survival. Multivariate analysis confirmed that the associations of Broders' grades 3 and 4 in the primary tumor, a round-cell infiltrate at the tumor margin, and atypia of the pancreatic ductal epithelium with short survival were statistically significant.

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