The majority of @entity1 with curative resection of @entity1124 recur within 5 years of resection. However, the prognosis associated with different patterns of recurrence has not been well studied. A retrospective review of @entity1 who underwent curative surgical resection of @entity788 was performed. Of the 209 @entity1 , 174 @entity1 developed recurrent disease. Of these 174, 28(16.1%) had recurrent disease limited to lung metastases, 20(11.5%) had recurrence in the lung plus one or more other sites excluding the liver, 73(42.0%) had liver @entity3 alone or liver @entity3 with any other site except lung, 28(16.1%) local recurrence only, and 25(14.3%) peritoneal recurrence alone or together with local recurrence. @entity1 with recurrence limited to lung had a 8.5 months(Mo) median survival from recurrence to @entity204 , which was significantly better than the survival associated with recurrence in the liver(5.1Mo), in the peritoneum(2.3Mo) or locally(5.1Mo) in multivariable analyses. Among all groups, the time from surgery to the diagnosis of recurrence in @entity1 who recurred in only in the lung was also the longest. However, 75% of @entity1 were found to have indeterminate lung nodules on their surveillance CT scans prior to the diagnosis of recurrence in lung. This delayed diagnosis of lung recurrence may have a negative impact on survival after recurrence. In conclusion, @entity788 with lung recurrence has a significantly better prognosis than recurrence in other sites. Further studies are needed to investigate how different diagnostic and treatment modalities affect the survival of this unique subpopulation of @entity788 @entity1 .

Resected XXXX with recurrence limited in lung have a significantly better prognosis than those with other recurrence patterns.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity788 :: ('MESH:D010190', 'Disease') :: ['pancreatic cancer'] @entity1124 :: ('MESH:D021441', 'Disease') :: ['pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastasis'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death']
@entity1124 :: (MESH:D021441,Disease) :: ['pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas']
