Table 2 Demographics, clinical and pathological characteristics of biliary tract cancer patients
Total number of BTC patients | 39 |
Males | 24 |
Females | 15 |
Cholangiocarcinoma | 37 |
Gallbladder carcinoma | 2 |
Positive cytology | 17 |
Positive histology: | 22 |
  Poorly-differentiated | 11 |
  Moderately-differentiated | 10 |
  Well-differentiated | 1 |
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma | 2 |
Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: | 35 |
  Hilar | 31 |
  Distal bile duct | 4 |
Stage: | Â |
  T1 or T2 | 18 |
  T3 or T4 | 21 |
Deaths | 33/39 (85%) |
Median survival and range (months) | 8.4 (1.4-43.9) |