Table 5. Previous Studies Evaluating Long-term Survival in Elderly Patients Undergoing Pancreatic Resection for Pancreatic or Periampullary Cancer.

	Year	Age Group	Diagnosis	5-year Survival	Median Survival	P-value
Single-institution
Fong et al.20	1995	<70	Periampullary Cancer	29%	24 months	0.03
		>=70	Periampullary Cancer	21%	18 months
Sohn et al.24	1998	<80	Periampullary Cancer	27%	20 months	NS
		>=80	Periampullary Cancer	19%	19 months
Bathe et al. 17	2000	60-74	Periampullary Cancer	23%	24 months	NS
		>=75	Periampullary Cancer	31%	9 months
Bathe et al.44	2001	<65	Periampullary Cancer	NR	12 months	0.02
		65-74	Periampullary Cancer	NR	25 months
		>=75	Periampullary Cancer	NR	11 months
Makary et al.22	2006	<80	Periampullary Cancer	19%	18 months	0.002
		>=80	Periampullary Cancer	12%	11 months
Scurtu et al.25	2006	70-75	Pancreatic Cancer	33% (3-year)	12 months	NS
		>=75	Pancreatic Cancer	28% (3-year)	13 months
Population-based
Finlayson et al.26	2007	65-69	Pancreatic Cancer	16.4%	NR	0.28
		70-79	Pancreatic Cancer	15.6%	NR
		>=80	Pancreatic Cancer	11.3%	NR