Five-Year Survival Rates
(from the National Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query system, July, 2002)
Favorable prognostic signs for pancreatic cancer are low grade lesions, tumor confined to head of pancreas, and longer duration of symptoms.
Pancreas (Three Year Survival)
Stage |
Survival Rate |
Stage I |
15 % for resectable head of pancreas tumors; 1 % for other sub sites |
Stage II |
2% |
Stage III |
< 2% |
Stage IV |
< 1% |
Liver
Stage |
Survival Rate |
Localized, resectable |
10-30 % |
Unresectable |
< 1% |
Extrahepatic Bile Ducts
Stage |
Survival Rate |
Localized |
10 % |
Unresectable |
none |