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Table 3 Definition of locally advanced disease

From: Opinions and use of neoadjuvant therapy for resectable, borderline resectable, and locally advanced pancreatic cancer: international survey and case-vignette study

 

Experience (years)

< 5

(n = 13)

5–10

(n = 29)

> 10

(n = 72)

total

Locally advanced disease describes a locally unresectable disease without evidence of metastases

11 (84.6%)

19 (65.6%)

44 (61.1%)

74 (64.9%)

Locally advanced disease is equvivalent to borderline resectability

5 (4.3%)

7 (6.1%)

12 (10.5%)

Locally advanced disease means a locally resectable disease with infiltration of mesenteric vascular structures

1 (7.7%)

3 (10.3%)

11 (15.3%)

15 (13.2%)

other

1 (8.8%)

5 (4.4%)

6 (5.3%)