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Table 1 Patient characteristics in the resection and palliative groups

From: Surgery for recurrent biliary carcinoma: results for 27 recurrent cases

Characteristics

Resection group ( n= 27)

Palliative group ( n= 123)

p

Age (years)a

71 (45 to 83)b

71 (48 to 84)b

0.77

Male/female (cases)

21/6

92/21

0.81

Primary disease (cases)

  Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

18

96

0.22

  Gallbladder carcinoma

9

27

Recurrent site (cases)

  Liver

10

34

-

  Bile duct

6

5

  Lymph node

1

14

  Local/PTBD fistula

8

26

  Lung

2

0

  Combined

0

36

  Other

0

8

Chemotherapy (cases)

12

52

1

Disease-free interval (months)

25.1 (10.3 to 112.6)b

13.0 (1.8 to 124.2)b

<0.01

  1. aAge at recurrence. bValues represent median (range) for each parameter. PTBD, percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage.