Pancreatic cancer metastatic to a limited number of lymph nodes has no impact on outcome

The purpose of this study was to determine the association of the extent of metastatic lymph node involvement with survival in pancreatic cancer.This is a retrospective review of a prospectively maintained database of patients who underwent resection for pancreatic adenocarcinoma, 1999-2011.165 patients were identified and divided into 3 groups based on the number of positive lymph nodes - 0 (group A), 1-2 (B), >3 (C). Each group had 55...