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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Jan 28;17(4):991–997. doi: 10.1245/s10434-009-0883-9

TABLE 2.

Overall survival following pancreaticoduodenectomy for periampullary cancers, by tumor type (P < 0.001)

Cholangiocarcinoma Ampullary
cancer
Pancreatic
cancer
Number of
    patients
18 79 249
Median 17.9 months 44.3 months 17.1 months
Two-year 34.1% 68.2% 38.2%
Five-year 27.3% 42.1% 14.4%