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Table 1 Patient Demographic and Clinicopathologic Characteristics

From: Can preoperative liver MRI with gadoxetic acid help reduce open-close laparotomies for curative intent pancreatic cancer surgery?

All patients

 

66

Characteristic

  

Sex

F

29 (44)

M

37 (56)

Median Age [Range], years

 

66 [36-85]

Primary surgical procedure

Whipple

34 (51.6)

Total Pancreatectomy

2 (3.0)

Distal Pancreatectomy

9 (13.6)

Open/close Surgery

6 (9.1)

Excluded Surgery

15 (22.7)

NAC

 

13 (19.7)

Tumor location

Head

49 (74.3)

Neck

3 (4.5)

Body

8 (12.1)

Tail

6 (9.1)

Resection margin status

R0

38 (57.6)

R1

7 (10.6)

NA (aborted/excluded Surgery)

21 (31.8)

Pathologic grades

Well-differentiated (G1)

2 (3.0)

Moderately-differentiated (G2)

42 (63.7)

Poorly-differentiated (G3)

8 (12.1)

Cannot be assessed (Gx)

2 (3.0)

Unknown (FNA, CNB of metastasis)

12 (18.2)

Lymphovascular invasion

Yes

24 (36.4)

No

19 (28.8)

Indeterminate

2 (3.0)

Unknown (aborted/excluded Surgery)

21 (31.8)

Perineural invasion

Yes

43 (65.2)

No

1 (1.5)

Indeterminate

1 (1.5)

Unknown (aborted/excluded Surgery)

21 (31.8)

Pathologic T stage

1

3 (4.5)

2

29 (44)

3

11 (16.7)

4

1 (1.5)

Cannot be assessed (pTx)

1 (1.5)

Unknown (aborted/excluded surgery)

21 (31.8)

Pathologic N stage

0 (no regional LN metastasis)

13 (19.7)

1 (regional LN metastasis 1-3)

12 (18.2)

2 (regional LN ≥ 4)

20 (30.3)

Unknown (aborted/excluded Surgery)

21 (31.8)

Pathologic stage

I

9 (13.6)

IIA

4 (6.1)

IIB

32 (48.5)

III

1 (1.5)

IV

1 (1.5)

Unknown (aborted/excluded Surgery)

19 (28.8)

Preoperative serum CA19-9

Normal (≤ 34 U/mL)

10 (15.1)

Abnormal (> 34 U/mL)

50 (75.8)

Not available

6 (9.1)

  1. Data in parentheses are numbers used to calculate the percentages. CECT Contrast-enhanced computed tomography, F Female, M Male, NAC Neoadjuvant chemotherapy, NA Not applicable, FNA Fine needle aspiration, CNB Core needle biopsy, LN Lymph node