Rare long-term survivors of pancreatic adenocarcinoma without curative resection

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 11 non-resected ≥ 5-year survivors n (%)

Baseline characteristics
Age (yr)	62.7 (54.2-69.5)
Male gender	7 (64)
ECOG ≤ 1	11 (100)
BMI (kg/m2)	27.2 (24.2-27.9)
DM	2 (18)
Smoking1	6 (55)
Pancreatic head tumor	11 (100)
Biliary stent2	7 (64)
Presenting symptoms and signs2
Pain3	5 (45)
Weight loss4	6 (55)
Jaundice	6 (55)
Laboratory values2
Ca 19-9 (U/mL)	72 (33.9-397.1)
Abnormal Ca 19-9	8 (73)
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	4.1 (0.5-11.4)
Abnormal bilirubin	6 (55)
Albumin (g/dL)	4.2 (4.0-4.9)
Abnormal albumin	0 (0)
Resectability5
Resectable	0 (0)
Borderline resectable	2 (18)
Unresectable	7 (64)
Metastatic	2 (18)
AJCC staging5
1	0 (0)
2	2 (18)
3	7 (64)
4	2 (18)

¹History of cigarette smoking with 5 yr of diagnosis;

²At the time of initial diagnosis;

³Persistent abdominal or back pain;

⁴Self-reported weight loss of > 10%;

⁵Staging CT scan was re-reviewed by an experienced pancreas cancer surgeon who had no involvement in the original care of the patients. Continuous variables are shown as median (interquartile range). Categorical variables are shown as % (number). BMI: Body mass index; CT: Computed tomography.