Quality of Life After Surgery for Pancreatic Carcinoma

UMC Utrecht

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patients Suspected for a Pancreatic (Pre-)Malignancy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02175992

13/546

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pancreatic cancer has a high mortality rate. Patients with an intended curative resection show a median survival of 17-23 months. Therefore, quality of life is very important in this patient group. In this study, the effect of pancreatic surgery on quality of life is measured.

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with a suspected pancreatic malignancy
• eligible for surgery with curative intent
• being able to complete questionnaires in Dutch
• age >=18 years

Exclusion criteria

• none