175 Background: Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal malignancies, with an estimated 5-year survival rate of 6%, often due to advanced stage at diagnosis. However, there is a small population of patients, even with metastatic disease, who survive 3 years and beyond. Methods: Cases of pancreatic adenocarcinoma diagnosed from 1998 to 2005 were identified in the California Cancer Registry. A multivariate logistic regression model was constructed to predict the outcome of 3+ year survival according to demographic, disease and treatment variables defined a priori: age, gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), histology, stage, treatment within 4 months of diagnosis (surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation), prior cancer history, and treatment at an academic hospital. Results: Among 54,475 cases of pancreatic cancer with ≥3 years of follow-up data available, median survival was 3.5 months. 2,855 patients (5.2%) survived at least 3 years, of whom 19% had remote stage disease at diagnosis. On multivariate analysis, advanced age was associated with decreased odds of long-term survival (p<0.01). By race, Asian/Pacific Islanders (odds ratio (OR) 1.76, p<0.01), Hispanics (OR 1.29, p=0.01) and non-Hispanic blacks (OR 1.24, p=0.14) were more likely to be long-term survivors than non-Hispanic whites. There was a gradient toward increased long- term survival for patients with higher SES (OR 1.49 for highest vs. lowest quintile, p<0.01). Mucinous tumors were associated with higher long-term survival than other adenocarcinomas (OR 2.21, p<0.01). Localized (OR 6.82) and regional stage disease (OR 2.61) showed more long-term survival than remote stage disease, both p<0.01. Surgery (OR 8.20, p<0.01), chemotherapy (OR 1.44, p<0.01), and radiation therapy (OR 1.25, p=0.02) increased the odds of long-term survival, as did treatment at an academic hospital (OR 1.54, p<0.01). Conclusions: In a well- characterized population-based registry with rigorous follow-up, we were able to identify a cohort of long-term survivors of pancreatic adenocarcinoma as well as factors associated with their exceptional survival. Planned future work with this cohort includes case-control studies making use of tumor and germline specimens, as well as survivorship research. No significant financial relationships to disclose.