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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2014; 20(30): 10405-10418
Published online Aug 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i30.10405
Table 1 Staging of pancreatic cancer according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer[48], together with clinical implication for resectability, illustrating that T3 and even T4 tumors may be considered borderline resectable
StageTumor grade1Nodal status1Distant metastases1Resectability
IAT1N0M0Resectable
IBT2N0M0
IIAT3N0M0Borderline resectable2
IIBT1, T2 or T3N1M0
IIIT4Any NM0
IVAny TAny NM1Unresectable, independent of T-grade