Cancers of the head of the pancreas and prognostic factors: Experience of the
Department of Visceral Surgery wing 3 at the Ibn Rochd University Hospital of
Casablanca and the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, Morocco
(About 50 cases over a 5-year period)

D.ERGUIBI, M.S. ROCHD, R. BOUFETTAL, S.R.JAI, F. CHEHAB
Page No. 159-163

Pancreatic cancer is the third digestive cancer in Morocco. it is an adenocarcinoma in over 90% of
cases. its prognosis is poor. Conventionally, survival studies analyze prognostic factors related to
the patient, the characteristics of cancer and the treatment. Our study included 50 cases of
pancreatic head cancer that were followed in the Visceral Surgery (aile 3) department at the
teaching Hospital Ibn Rochd of Casablanca from January 2011 to Decembre 2015. The objectives
of the study are to define the different characteristics of cancer of the pancreatic head, to study the
actuarial survival and to define the prognostic factors of cancer of the pancreatic head.
Keywords : Adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head, survival, prognostic factors.