Is age just a number：pancreaticoduodenectomy in elderly patients?

摘要

Pancreatic cancer incidence is increasing worldwide.[1]While the developed countries have seen a greater increase in the age-standardized incidence rate of pancreatic cancer(29%from 1990-2013),developing countries are also not spared(10%increase during the same time period).[1]This change is believed to be due to not only aging and changing composition of