Do patient- and tumor-related factors predict the peritoneal spread of pancreatic adenocarcinoma?

In pancreatic cancer, the presence of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) precludes the possibility of a surgical cure, irrespective of the resectability of the primary tumor. However, peritoneal spread cannot be reliably detected radiographically during preoperative tumor staging. The pancreatic adenocarcinoma database of the Tubingen Comprehensive Cancer Center included 29 patients in whom PC was incidentally detected during the surgery. These...