Surgical outcome of adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas

Table 2 Clinical characteristics after surgical resection for adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas

Characteristics	No. of patients	Survival rate (%)			Median survival in months (range)	P value
		1 yr	2 yr	3 yr
Overall	39	25.5	14.0	14.0	6.8 (4.6-9.0)
Age (yr)
< 60	16	26.9	9.0	9.0	6.8 (4.4-9.2)	0.975
> 60	20	20.4	13.6	13.6	6.0 (1.3-10.7)
Gender
Male	25	28.4	8.5	8.5	6.0 (1.1-10.9)	0.842
Female	11	12.0	12.0	12.0	6.8 (5.0-8.6)
Tumor location
Head	30	34.8	17.9	17.9	8.0 (5.3-10.7)	0.017
Body or tail	9	11.1	-	-	4.0 (2.6-5.4)
Operation type
PD	30	33.4	17.2	17.2	8.0 (5.2-10.8)	0.063
DP or TP	9	12.5	-	-	4.0 (2.7-5.3)
LN metastasis
Present	14	20.0	-	-	5.0 (2.0-8.0)	0.134
Absent	8	50.0	50.0	50.0	5
Chemotherapy
Yes	8	50.0	16.7	16.7	7.0 (0.0-15.4)	0.364
No	23	18.4	9.2	-	5.0 (3.0-7.0)
Radiotherapy
Yes	7	60.0	20.0	20.0	13.0 (0.0-26.3)	0.284
No	23	18.0	9.0	-	6.0 (4.0-8.0)

PD: Pancreaticoduodenectomy; DP: Distal pancreatectomy; TP: Total pancreatectomy; LN metastasis: Lymph node metastasis.