Limited resection of pancreatic cancer in high-risk patients can result in a second primary

A resection of the remnant pancreas was performed and histopathological examination showed a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of 20 mm. The resection margins and eight lymph nodes were free of tumour (T2N0M0). Two recent reports demonstrated that the quality of life following TP is acceptable and similar to that reported for PP. 3 5 Table 1 Reference Cohort Mortality (%) Sign. (p value) Morbidity (%) Sign. (p value) Schmidt et al 4 TP n=33 6 n.s. 36 n.s. PD n=28 7 54 Muller et al 5 TP n=87 6 n.s. 31 n.s. PD n=87 3 - 23 - McPhee et al 6 TP n=1399 8.3 0.0002 n/a n/a PD n=27 289 6.6 - n/a - Reddy et al 7 Period 1970-2007 - - - - TP n=100 8 - 69 - PD n=1286 1.5 0.0007 38.6