Methods: We will perform a prospective, non-randomized phase II study with patients undergoing laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Gemcitabine will be given as a single-agent chemotherapy regimen one week following laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy according to the protocol designed by our medical oncologist. Six cycles of gemcitabine will be given. The patients will be followed in the medical oncology clinic weekly. Our Primary outcome variable will be all cause postoperative morbidity. Our sample size will be small (6-10 patients) as this is a Phase II study. Early termination rules include development of prohibitive toxicity or death. Our endpoints are an improvement in overall survival, quality of life, progression free survival, or disease free survival. Exclusion criteria will include patients with T4 or M1 disease, R2 resection margin, preoperative therapy, or if adjuvant therapy status was unknown.