Case Report
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. Dec 28, 2015; 21(48): 13574-13581
Published online Dec 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i48.13574
Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 11 non-resected ≥ 5-year survivors n (%)
Baseline characteristics
Age (yr)62.7 (54.2-69.5)
Male gender7 (64)
ECOG ≤ 111 (100)
BMI (kg/m2)27.2 (24.2-27.9)
DM2 (18)
Smoking16 (55)
Pancreatic head tumor11 (100)
Biliary stent27 (64)
Presenting symptoms and signs2
Pain35 (45)
Weight loss46 (55)
Jaundice6 (55)
Laboratory values2
Ca 19-9 (U/mL)72 (33.9-397.1)
Abnormal Ca 19-98 (73)
Bilirubin (mg/dL)4.1 (0.5-11.4)
Abnormal bilirubin6 (55)
Albumin (g/dL)4.2 (4.0-4.9)
Abnormal albumin0 (0)
Resectability5
Resectable0 (0)
Borderline resectable2 (18)
Unresectable7 (64)
Metastatic2 (18)
AJCC staging5
10 (0)
22 (18)
37 (64)
42 (18)