Pancreatic cancer: current status of treatment and survival of 16 071 patients diagnosed from 1981–1996, using the Japanese National Pancreatic Cancer Database

Background. The Japanese Pancreas Society Registry Committee obtained data on 16 071 patients with pancrea-tic cancer diagnosed from 1981 to 1996. This is the largest multi-institutional retrospective study of the Japanese experience to describe the extent of disease and survival.