Recurrence and Survival patterns for resected PDAC Kaplan-Meier curves for survival and time to recurrence. (a) Incidence by site of first recurrence (b) Cancer specific survival by site of first recurrence. (c) CSS by CTC-status for all patients (d) DFS by CTC-status for all patients, CSS: cancer-specific survival, DFS: disease-free survival, DM: distant metastasis ILR: islolated local recurrence, LiM: Liver metastasis, alone or in combination with others, OthM: any other type of distant metastasis. HR: Hazard ratio. Statistical significance assumed for p < 0.05, indicated by use of bold font.