Long-Term Survivors of Pancreatic Cancer: A California Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Pancreatic cancer continues to carry a poor prognosis with survival rates that have had minimal improvement over the past 4 decades. We report a population-based, comprehensive analysis of long-term survivors of pancreatic adenocarcinoma diagnosed in the diverse population of California.

Methods

Data from the California Cancer Registry were used to evaluate long-term survival. A total of 70,442 patients diagnosed with pancreatic adenocarcinoma between 1988 and 2009 were identified. Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with achieving 5-year survival.

Results

The overall 5-year survival was 2.5%, with minimal incremental improvements throughout the 3 decades. Age, stage, degree of differentiation, and surgical resection were associated

SUBMITTER: Kardosh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6095724 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature