Table 1.
Patient characteristics (required for nomogram)
| Current patients | MSKCC patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| n (186) | % | % | |
| Age (mean) | 62.4 | N/A | 65 |
| Female gender | 97 | 51.6 | 50% |
| Portal vein resection/reconstruction | 6 | 3.2 | 14% |
| Back pain | 30 | 16.1 | 14% |
| Weight loss | 87 | 46.8 | 54% |
| Splenectomy | 30 | 16.1 | 10% |
| Margin positive | 69 | 37.1 | 21% |
| Posterior margin positive | 17 | 9.1 | 14% |
| HOP mass | 160 | 86 | 89% |
| T-stage | |||
| T1 | 14 | 7.5 | 4% |
| T2 | 39 | 21 | 12% |
| T3 | 130 | 69.9 | 80% |
| T4 | 2 | 1.1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.5 | 3% |
| Lymph nodes positive | 117 | 62.2 | |
| Differentiation | |||
| Well | 31 | 16.8 | 14% |
| Moderate | 101 | 54.9 | 54% |
| Poor | 52 | 28.3 | 28% |
HOP, head of the pancreas; MSKCC, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.