Table 1.
Demographic and tumor characteristics for stage III pancreatic cancer patients n (%)
| Characteristics |
Number of patients |
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| T(1-3)N2 (n = 1526) | T4N(0-1) (n = 138) | T4N2 (n = 80) | |
| Age | |||
| 18-59 | 496 (32.5) | 44 (31.9) | 32 (40) |
| 60-79 | 932 (61.1) | 84 (60.9) | 41 (51.2) |
| > 80 | 98 (6.4) | 10 (7.2) | 7 (8.8) |
| Race | |||
| White | 1295 (84.8) | 110 (79.7) | 64 (80) |
| Black | 131 (8.6) | 16 (11.6) | 7 (8.8) |
| Others | 100 (6.6) | 12 (8.7) | 9 (11.2) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 809 (53.0) | 72 (52.2) | 39 (48.8) |
| Female | 717 (47.0) | 66 (47.8) | 41 (51.2) |
| Grade | |||
| I | 125 (8.2) | 17 (12.3) | 10 (12.5) |
| II | 691 (45.2) | 63 (45.7) | 32 (40) |
| III | 627 (41.1) | 42 (30.4) | 29 (36.3) |
| IV | 13 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.5) |
| Unknown | 70 (4.6) | 16 (11.6) | 7 (8.7) |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 504 (33.0) | 43 (31.1) | 29 (36.3) |
| Married | 987 (64.7) | 91 (66.0) | 49 (61.2) |
| Unknown | 35 (2.3) | 4 (2.9) | 2 (2.5) |
| Primary site | |||
| Head of pancreas | 1266 (83.0) | 87 (63.0) | 62 (77.5) |
| Other parts of pancreas | 260 (17.0) | 51 (37.0) | 18 (22.5) |
| Histology | |||
| Adenomas and adenocarcinomas | 809 (53.0) | 74 (53.6) | 39 (48.8) |
| Ductal and lobular neoplasms | 625 (41.0) | 48 (34.8) | 30 (37.5) |
| Others | 92 (6.0) | 16 (11.6) | 11 (13.7) |