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World J Gastrointest Surg. May 27, 2025; 17(5): 103653
Published online May 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i5.103653
Published online May 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i5.103653
Table 1 Demographic of patients with stage II gallbladder cancer from 2010 to 2017, n (%)
| Characteristic | Surgery only (n = 565) | Surgery and chemotherapy (n = 328) | P value |
| Age (years) | < 0.0001 | ||
| 75-90 | 267 (47.2) | 59 (18.0) | |
| 65-74 | 153 (27.1) | 112 (34.1) | |
| 55-64 | 95 (16.8) | 90 (27.4) | |
| < 55 | 50 (8.8) | 67 (20.4) | |
| Sex | 0.09 | ||
| Male | 164 (29.0) | 98 (29.6) | |
| Female | 401 (71.0) | 231 (70.4) | |
| Race | 0.46 | ||
| Black | 82 (15.6) | 57 (17.4) | |
| White | 442 (78.2) | 245 (74.7) | |
| Other/unknown | 41 (0.1) | 26 (7.9) | |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 0.69 | ||
| Non-Hispanic | 476 (84.4) | 269 (85.1) | |
| Hispanic | 71 (12.6) | 47 (14.9) | |
| Geography | 0.80 | ||
| Urban/rural | 65 (11.9) | 40 (12.5) | |
| Metro | 480 (88.1) | 280 (87.5) | |
| Facility type | 0.12 | ||
| Community cancer | 52 (9.3) | 22 (6.8) | |
| Comprehensive community | 214 (38.3) | 110 (34.2) | |
| Integrated network | 104 (18.6) | 79 (24.5) | |
| Academic/research | 189 (33.8) | 111 (34.5) | |
| Insurance | < 0.0001 | ||
| Medicaid/Medicare/government | 406 (71.9) | 194 (59.1) | |
| Private | 128 (22.7) | 121 (36.9) | |
| None/unknown | 31 (5.5) | 13 (4.0) | |
| Charlson-Deyo score | 0.07 | ||
| 0 | 351 (62.1) | 230 (70.1) | |
| 1 | 150 (26.5) | 75 (22.9) | |
| 2 | 42 (7.4) | 16 (4.9) | |
| 3 + | 22 (3.9) | 7 (2.1) | |
| Surgical management1 | < 0.0001 | ||
| Partial hepatectomy | 113 (20.0) | 124 (37.8) | |
| Wedge resection | 56 (9.9) | 49 (14.9) | |
| Lobectomy | 6 (1.1) | 2 (0.6) | |
| Non liver resection | (69.0) | 153 (46.6) |
- Citation: Kim M, Vengatesan K, Aploks K, Thompson K, Dong X, Seshadri R. National Cancer Database analysis of gallbladder cancer: Evaluating survival benefit of chemotherapy in early-stage gallbladder cancer. World J Gastrointest Surg 2025; 17(5): 103653
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v17/i5/103653.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v17.i5.103653
