“…Recurrence within the first 12 months after surgery is considered to be an “early recurrence” (ER) and is a characteristic of a PDAC. The perioperative predictors of an ER such as the tumor size [ 6 , 7 , 8 ], metastases in the harvested lymph nodes [ 6 , 7 , 8 ], the serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) value [ 6 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ], the duration of symptoms [ 13 ], a modified Glasgow Prognostic Score [ 14 ], a Charlson age-comorbidity index [ 6 ], tumor differentiation [ 6 , 12 , 13 ] and p53 expression in the primary tumor [ 15 ] have been reported to identify high-risk patients. Recently, neoadjuvant therapy has been shown to provide oncological benefits more than upfront surgery in patients with a borderline-resectable PDAC (BR-PDAC) [ 16 , 17 ]; significant survival benefits of neoadjuvant chemotherapy have also been demonstrated in phase III of the study on patients with a resectable PDAC (R-PDAC) [ 18 ].…”