Assessment of Nutritional Status, Digestion and Absorption, and Quality of Life in Patients with Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Table 1

Characteristics of the group of patients with LAPC at baseline.

Patients
Male/female, n	8/8
Mean age (years) (SD)	60.3 (9.5)
Pancreas tumor location
Head	10
Tail	1
Uncinate process	5
Previous treatment (yes/no)^1	14/2
Patients with pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy^2	5
Dietetic treatment (yes/no)^3	10/6

¹Previous treatment being: chemotherapy (CT) (), percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography biliary drainage (PTC-drain) or plastic endoprothese (), CT and PTC-drain (), gastrojejunostomy (GJ) (), hepaticojejunostomy (HJ) (), CT and HJ (), GJ and HJ (), and CT, GJ, and HJ (). ²Patients commenced enzyme treatment varying from 2 months till 3 weeks before the assessment. ³Patients received dietetic treatment from a dietitian varying from 2 months till 10 days before the assessment.