Figure 1From: Assessment of lymph node status in gallbladder cancer: location, number, or ratio of positive nodesKaplan-Meier disease-specific survival estimates according to the presence or absence of regional nodal disease. The median survival time was not reached with a 5-year survival rate of 80% in patients without nodal disease, whereas the median survival time was 24 months with a 5-year survival rate of 37% in patients with nodal disease ( P < 0.001).Back to article page