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Table 2 Causes of death of patients with early stage pancreatic cancer

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%)

0

 

Tumor progression

24 (65.8%)

11 (100%)

 

Other causes

9 (26.4%)

0