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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Gemcitabine-based versusfluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy with or without platinum in unresectable biliary tract cancer: a retrospective study

Characteristics

No. of patients

%

Total Number

243

 

Median age, years (range)

60 (26–81)

 

Sex

  

   Male

159

65

   Female

84

35

ECOG performance status at baseline

  

   0 – 1

215

88

   2

28

12

Disease

  

   Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

92

38

   Gallbladder cancer

72

30

   Extrahepatic bile duct cancer

58

24

   Ampulla of Vater carcinoma

21

9

Recurrent

84

35

Initially metastatic

154

63

Biliary stent or bypass during treatment

64

26

Disease-associated infection during treatment (cholangitis, liver abscess)

62

26

  1. ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group