Pancreatic Cancer: 80 Years of Surgery—Percentage and Repetitions

Table 1

Survival information.

Categories of reports	Number of reports	Reports with/without survivors	Reports with/without stated TN	Reports with actual survival calculations	Reports with actuarial calculations and stated number of survivors	Reports with actuarial calculation and survivors confirmed by inquiry	Reports with actuarial calculations and estimated number of survivors
TN number of reports	1230
Reports with survivors		621
Reports with stated TN of patients			90
Actual survival calculations				49
Actuarial calculations with stated number of survivors					17
Actuarial calculation with survivors confirmed by inquiry						7
Reports with estimated number of survivors							17
Reports with estimated TN of patients			531
Actual survival calculations				102
Reports with actuarial calculation and stated number of survivors					146
Survivors confirmed by inquiry						57
Estimated number of survivors							226
Reports without survivors		609