Age and prognosis in patients with pancreatic cancer: a population-based study

The diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has an enormous impact on patients, and even more so if they are of younger age. It is unclear how their treatment and outcome compare to older patients. This study compares clinicopathological characteristics and overall survival (OS) of PDAC patients aged This is a retrospective, population-based cohort study using Netherlands Cancer Registry data of patients diagnosed with PDAC (1 January 2015–31 December 2018). Kaplan–Meier curves and Cox proportional hazards models were used to assess OS. Overall, 10,298 patients were included, of whom 1551 (15%) were vs. 33%, p vs. 14%p vs. 3.3 months, p vs. 19.4 months, p = 0.123), received chemotherapy alone (7.8 vs. 8.5 months, p = 0.191), or received no anticancer treatment (1.8 vs. 1.9 months, p = 0.600). Patients vs. 6.3 months, p = 0.026). Patients with PDAC