Pancreatic cancer: a report of treatment and survival trends for 100,313 patients diagnosed from 1985–1995, using the National Cancer Database11No competing interests declared.

Abstract

Overall survival rates for pancreatic cancer have not changed in 2 decades. A small minority of patients presented with limited, resectable disease, but the best survival rates per stage were achieved after surgical resection. Five-year survival rates after resection reported herein corroborated the improved survival rates of more recent large, single institution studies.