title: [Importance of surgical staging in patients with cancer of the exocrine pancreas].
abstract: A retrospective analysis of 64 patients with adenocarcinoma of the exocrine pancreas was carried out to determine the impact of stage of the disease and surgical treatment on survival. Significant differences (p < 0.05) were observed in the survival rates of stage I (36%), stage II (12%), stage III (15%) and stage IV (0%). Patients with pancreatectomy had better prognosis (32%) than those with palliative procedures (11%) (p < 0.025). The presence of positive lymph nodes in patients with tumor resection didn't show significant differences on survival. Survivors showed a short prodome of symptoms (< 3 weeks) and a resected neoplasm (p < 0.025).
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General A, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Acea Nebril
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Taboada Filgueira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parajó Calvo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Freire Rodríguez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fraguela Mariña
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gómez Freijoso
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Importancia del estadiaje quirúrgico en pacientes con cáncer de páncreas exocrino.