Table 1

 Histological data from the Finnish Cancer Registry (1990–1996) for patients with pancreatic malignancies who survived for more than five years

n(%)
Ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma2629
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma78
Ampullary or periampullary carcinoma1213
Endocrine tumours2528
Benign lesion11
    Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm11
Cytology only78
    Benign cytology: endocrine tumour11
    Malignant cytology: endocrine tumour22
    Malignant cytology: adenocarcinoma44
Neither histology nor cytology1112
Total89100