Clinical Study

Pancreatic Resections for Advanced M1-Pancreatic Carcinoma: The Value of Synchronous Metastasectomy

Table 1

Clinicopathologic characteristics (M1-Patients).

VariableNo. of patients (%) ( )

Patient characteristics
 Mean age ± SD58.4 ± 11.8
 Sex ( men)9 (45)
Median tumor size (cm)4.1 (1–11)
Lymph node disease16 (80)
Origin of tumor
 Pancreas head9 (45)
 Pancreas corpus/tail9 (45)
 Papilla2 (10)
Hepatic metastasis14 (70)
 Preoperative known9 (45)
 unknown5 (25)
Median size of largest metastasis (cm)1,6 (0,5–4,0)
Solitary metastases5 (25)
Other metastases
 Peritoneum5 (25)
 Omentum majus2 (10)
 Lymphnodes4 (20)
Adjuvant chemotherapy20 (100 )
  (+neoadjuvant chemotherapy)2 (10)
Median survival (months)10.7 (2.6–37.8)