Table 1.

 Histological data from the Finnish Cancer Registry (1990–1996) for patients with pancreatic malignancies who survived for more than five years

	n	(%)
Ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma	26	29
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma	7	8
Ampullary or periampullary carcinoma	12	13
Endocrine tumours	25	28
Benign lesion	1	1
Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm	1	1
Cytology only	7	8
Benign cytology: endocrine tumour	1	1
Malignant cytology: endocrine tumour	2	2
Malignant cytology: adenocarcinoma	4	4
Neither histology nor cytology	11	12
Total	89	100