title: Role of surgery in ductal carcinoma of the pancreas.
abstract: Data of 111 patients with ductal carcinoma of the pancreas examined over a decade (1979-1989) at the 1st Department of Surgery, "La Sapienza" University of Rome, are presented. 21.6% of them underwent pancreatic resection and 40.5% biliodigestive diversion. Resectability was 26.5% for tumors of the head, 11.8% for tumors of the body and tail, nil for diffuse tumors. Overall operative mortality was 13.5%. Only stage I patients were shown to be resectable for cure and benefited from surgery with 21% probability of 5-year survival.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Surgery, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cangemi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Volpino
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mingazzini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fiori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gentili
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ansali
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate