From: Surgery for elderly patients with resectable pancreatic cancer, a comparison with non-surgical treatments: a retrospective study outcomes of resectable pancreatic cancer
Causes of death
Surgery (N = 38)
No surgery (N = 11)
P value
.18
Not dead
4 (10.5%)
0
Operative mortality
1 (2.6%)
Tumor progression
24 (65.8%)
11 (100%)
Other causes
9 (26.4%)