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Diagnostic procedures, type of surgery, surgical pathology |
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| Time period |
1995–2000 |
2000–2005 |
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|
|
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| N |
% |
N |
% |
|
|
|
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| Number of patients |
29 |
100 |
85 |
100 |
| DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE |
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| Resection specimen |
10 |
34.5 |
42 |
50.0 |
| Tumor biopsy |
17 |
58.6 |
38 |
45.2 |
| Brush cytology |
2 |
6.9 |
3 |
3.6 |
| Diagnosis established by follow-up |
0 |
- |
1 |
1.2 |
| SURGERY |
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| Resection |
16 |
55.2 |
53 |
62.4 |
| Liver resection |
5 |
17.2 |
38 |
44.7 |
| Whipple operation |
2 |
6.9 |
6 |
7.1 |
| Transplantation |
1 |
3.4 |
1 |
1.2 |
| Resection of extrahepatic bile ducts only |
3 |
10.3 |
4 |
4.7 |
| Cholecystectomy only |
5 |
17.2 |
4 |
4.7 |
| Non-resection surgery |
5 |
17.2 |
12 |
14.1 |
| Excision of lymph nodes only |
0 |
- |
1 |
1.2 |
| Exploratory laparoscopy |
1 |
3.4 |
6 |
7.1 |
| Exploratory laparotomy |
2 |
6.9 |
4 |
4.7 |
| Surgical biopsy |
2 |
6.9 |
1 |
1.2 |
| No surgery |
8 |
27.6 |
20 |
23.5 |
| SURGICAL PATHOLOGY |
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| Adenocarcinoma NOS |
26 |
89.7 |
75 |
88.2 |
| Papillary adenocarcinoma |
0 |
- |
3 |
3.5 |
| Squamous cell carcinoma |
0 |
- |
3 |
3.5 |
| Unknown |
3 |
10.3 |
4 |
4.7 |
|
NOS = not otherwise specified | ||||
Ristagno et al. International Seminars in Surgical Oncology 2007 4:26 doi:10.1186/1477-7800-4-26 |
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