Conditional survival in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma resected with curative intent
Mayo SC, Nathan H, Cameron JL, Olino K, Edil BH, Herman JM, Hirose K, Schulick RD, Choti MA, Wolfgang CL, Pawlik TM. Conditional survival in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma resected with curative intent. Cancer 2011, 118: 2674-2681. PMID: 21935914, PMCID: PMC3578343, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26553.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaConditional survivalConditional survival estimatesActuarial survivalCurative intentPositive marginsSurvival estimatesDuctal adenocarcinomaResection of PDACPostoperative year 5Date of surgeryCox regression analysisPredictors of survivalTime of surgeryMedian survivalMargin statusWorse survivalHigher lymphKaplan-MeierTumor sizeLarge cohortPatientsMultivariate analysisLymphSurgery