Older Age as a Worrisome Feature in Patients With Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms: A Long-Term Surveillance Study.
Shuichi TangeHiroki OyamaYoshikuni KawaguchiRyunosuke HakutaTsuyoshi HamadaKazunaga IshigakiSachiko KanaiKensaku NoguchiTomotaka SaitoTatsuya SatoTatsunori SuzukiMariko TanakaNaminatsu TakaharaTetsuo UshikuKiyoshi HasegawaYousuke NakaiMitsuhiro FujishiroPublished in: The American journal of gastroenterology (2024)
Older patients with IPMNs were at a higher risk of developing pancreatic carcinoma during surveillance. Surgically fit elderly patients may be good candidates for periodic surveillance aimed at a reduction of pancreatic cancer-related deaths.