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SUBMITTER: Zheng ZJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7034702 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zheng Zhen-Jiang ZJ Wang Mo-Jin MJ Tan Chun-Lu CL Chen Yong-Hua YH Ping Jie J Liu Xu-Bao XB
Medicine 20200201 8
The optimal number of examined lymph nodes (ELN) for staging and impact of nodal status on survival following total pancreatectomy (TP) for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of different lymph node status after TP for PDAC.The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database was used to identify patients who underwent TP for PDAC from 2004 to 2015. We calculated overall survival (OS) of these patients using ...[more]