Prognostic influence of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in IPMN-derived invasive adenocarcinoma

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients

	IPMC with EUS-FNA (n = 8)	PDAC (n = 84)	IPMC without EUS-FNA (n = 14)	P
Age	71.0 (62.0–79.0)	71.5 (48.0–86.0)	72.0 (52.0–80.0)	0.89
Sex (M:F)	5:3	49:35	10:4	0.55
T-stage^a (T1-T2/T3-T4)	3/5	19/65	10/4	0.001
N-stage^a (N0/N1)	10/1	55/29	10/4	0.22

^aJPS classification of pancreatic cancer ver.7 was applied
EUS-FNA Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration, IPMC Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm-derived adenocarcinoma, PDAC Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. M Male, F Female. Data was shown in median (range)

ISSN: 1471-2407