Abstract:
:Small pancreatic cancers (longest diameter =2 cm) have been regarded as preliminary to early pancreatic cancer, which was thought to be highly curable. During our experience since 1989, we evaluated 542 cases of pancreatic cancer. Among them we found 74 cases of tumors =2 cm in diameter, small pancreatic cancer (TS1 pancreatic cancer). Well-differentiated adenocarcinomas (18.9%) and absence of symptoms (8.1%) were more frequent in patients with TS1 than in those with larger pancreatic tumors. Only 16 of the 74 patients (21.6%) with small pancreatic cancers had T1 tumors. According to the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) staging, only 11 patients (14.9%) were stage IA: their 5-yr survival rate was 23.3% and their median survival was 30.0 months. Among these 11 patients, 3 had tumors <1cm; their median survival time was 30.0 months and their 5-yr survival rate was 50.0%. These findings may indicate that 'small' pancreatic cancer is not equivalent to 'early' pancreatic cancer.
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J Korean Med Scijournal_title
Journal of Korean medical scienceauthors
Jung KW,Kim MH,Lee TY,Kwon S,Oh HC,Lee SS,Seo DW,Lee SKdoi
10.3346/jkms.2007.22.S.S79subject
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2007-09-01 00:00:00pages
S79-85eissn
1011-8934issn
1598-6357pii
200709s079journal_volume
22 Supplpub_type
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