Abstract

Background: In the absence of prospective data, the use of adjuvant therapy in ampullary adenocarcinoma is contingent upon the clinicopathological features which can correlate to 5-year post-operative survival and disease relapse.Methods: We investigated the factors associated with clinical outcomes among 72 patients who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy at the Cleveland Clinic from 1995 to 2007 for histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater.Results: R0 resection was achieved in...