Evaluation of the validity of pancreatectomy for very elderly patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Wataru IzumoRyota HiguchiToru FurukawaTakehisa YazawaShuichiro UemuraYutaro MatsunagaMasahiro ShiiharaMasakazu Yamamoto

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2021)

Pancreatectomy for octogenarians may be acceptable, but median survival time from recurrence to death was shorter due to lower rates of implementation of treatment after recurrence in octogenarian patients.

Keyphrases

free survival
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
primary care
prognostic factors
quality improvement
patient reported outcomes
combination therapy
patient reported
replacement therapy