Staging of cancer of the pancreas

✍ Scribed by H. Marvin Pollard; Cancer of the Pancreas Task Force

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 619 KB
• Volume: 47
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19810315)47:6+<1631::aid-cncr2820471428>3.0.co;2-3

✦ Synopsis

Staging of Cancer of the Pancreas

CANCER OF THE PANCREAS TASK FORCE' A new protocol for staging carcinoma of the exocrine pancreas has been retrospectively evaluated in 924 cases abstracted from 14 clinics and hospitals: these patients were treated between January 1, 1950, and December 31, 1976. Significant differences (P < .05) were observed in the survival rates of Stage I patients, Stage 11-111 patients, and Stage IV patients who could be evaluated for survival. The median survival of Stage 1 patients treated by pancreatic resection (6.0 months) was approached in Stage II -111 unresected cases with or without bypass procedures; these patients received radiation and/or chemotherapy postoperatively. It is suggested that this protocol may be useful in prospective clinical therapeutic investigations for the evaluation of newer protocols of medical, surgical, and radiotherapeutic treatment.