Survival analysis of biliary tract cancer cases in Turkey

• Published in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP Vol. 15; no. 15; pp. 6025 - 6027
• Main Authors: Akca, Zeki, Mutlu, Hasan, Erden, Abdulsamet, Buyukcelik, Abdullah, Cihan, Yasemin Benderli, Goksu, Sema Sezgin, Aslan, Tuncay, Sezer, Emel Yaman, Inal, Ali
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thailand 01-01-2014
• Subjects: Aged; Biliary Tract Neoplasms - mortality; Biliary Tract Neoplasms - pathology; Biliary Tract Neoplasms - surgery; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Survival Rate; Turkey
• ISSN: 1513-7368; 2476-762X
• DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.15.6025

Because of the relative rarity of biliary tract cancers (BTCs), defining long term survival results is difficult. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the survival of a series of cases in Turkey.
A totally of 47 patients with billiary tract cancer from Mersin Goverment Hospital, Acibadem Kayseri Hospital and Kayseri Training and Research Hospital were analyzed retrospectively using hospital records between 2006-2012.
The median overall survival was 19.3±3.9 months for all patients. The median disease free and overall survivals were 24.3±5.3 and 44.1±12.9 months in patients in which radical surgery was performed , but in those with with inoperable disease they were only 5.3±1.5 and 10.7±3.2 months, respectively.
BTCs have a poor prognosis. Surgery with a microscopic negative margin is still the only curative treatment.