Table 1 Characteristics of patients with gallbladder small cell carcinoma
From: Gallbladder small cell carcinoma: a case report and literature review
Gender (n = 121) | |
Men | 42 (35 %) |
Women | 79 (65 %) |
Median age in years (n = 120) | 64 |
Histopathology (n = 104) | |
Pure small cell carcinoma | 82 (79 %) |
Combined | 22 (21 %) |
Cholelithiasis (n = 120) | 59 (49 %) |
Treatment | |
Surgery (n = 90) | 67 (74 %) |
Chemotherapy (n = 90) | 53 (59 %) |
Stage (n = 117) | |
I–III | 39 (33 %) |
IV | 78 (67 %) |
Metastases | |
Lymph nodes (n = 118) | 83 (70 %) |
Liver (n = 117) | 66 (56 %) |
Lung (n = 117) | 7 (6 %) |
Pancreas (n = 117) | 7 (6 %) |
Peritoneum (n = 117) | 6 (5 %) |
Omentum (n = 117) | 5 (4 %) |
Median survival in months | 8 |