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ArticleCancers2026

Octogenarians and Pancreatic Cancer: Is Surgery Always the Right Choice?

Lennart von Fritsch, Dina Abual Naaj, Jannis Duhn, Kim C Honselmann, Louisa Bolm, Rüdiger Braun, Hryhoriy Lapshyn, Stanislav Litkevych, Constanze Schneider, Fabian Reinwald and 15 more

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Article in Cancers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Lennart von FritschDepartment of Surgery, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5296-6355
Dina Abual NaajDepartment of Surgery, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.
Jannis DuhnDepartment of Surgery, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-6622-320X
Kim C HonselmannDepartment of Surgery, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.
Louisa BolmDepartment of Surgery, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.
Rüdiger BraunDepartment of Surgery, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.
Hryhoriy LapshynDepartment of Surgery, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.
Stanislav LitkevychDepartment of Surgery, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.
Constanze SchneiderClinical-Epidemiological Cancer Registry Brandenburg-Berlin, 03044 Cottbus, Germany.
Fabian ReinwaldCancer Registry of Rhineland-Palatinate, Institute for Digital Health Data RLP, 55101 Mainz, Germany.
Andrea SackmannHessian Cancer Registry, Hessian Office for Health and Care, 60439 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Monika Klinkhammer-SchalkeAssociation of German Tumor Centers (ADT) (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Tumorzentren e.V.), 14057 Berlin, Germany.
Sylke Ruth ZeissigAssociation of German Tumor Centers (ADT) (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Tumorzentren e.V.), 14057 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0743-6128
Bianca FrankeAssociation of German Tumor Centers (ADT) (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Tumorzentren e.V.), 14057 Berlin, Germany.
Richard HummelDepartment of Surgery, University Medical Center Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
Kerstin WeitmannCentral Unit of the Cancer Registry Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
Simone FaißtInstitute for Health Services Research at the Oncology Center Stuttgart e.V., 70176 Stuttgart, Germany.
Ian WittenbergCancer Registry Saxony-Anhalt, 06112 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Jessica Isabel SeligCancer Registry Saxony, 01099 Dresden, Germany.
Soo-Zin Kim-WannerHessian Cancer Registry, Hessian Office for Health and Care, 60439 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0009-0003-8761-1698
Wolfgang HoffmannCentral Unit of the Cancer Registry Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
Tobias KeckDepartment of Surgery, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7651-6183
Ulrich F WellnerDepartment of Surgery, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8632-166X
Steffen DeichmannDepartment of Surgery, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4985-4723
Thaer S A AbdallaDepartment of Surgery, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.

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neoadjuvant treatmentoctogenarianspancreatic cancerPDAC

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PMID42588642
PMCPMC13464726

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