The Increasing Proportion of Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer between 2004–2013: A SEER Analysis

Sven P. Oman, Juan E. Corral, John Stauffer, Massimo Raimondo, Kabir Mody, Michael Wallace

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Abstract

Pancreatic cancer will become the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States by 2030. Survival improves when it is identified at an early-stage and resected. Increasing public attention and cross-section imaging may shift detection to earlier stages. We found a small total increase in the proportion of stage-I cancer relative to all stages and a significant increase compared to distant disease in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Despite this, our ability to screen and identify early-stage disease is still lacking. Additional research and population-based interventions are necessary to improve early detection.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)229-234
Number of pages6
JournalCancer Investigation
Volume39
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Pancreatic neoplasms
  • digestive system neoplasms
  • epidemiology
  • pancreas
  • public health

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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