Table 1 Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma patient characteristics
Characteristics | No. | % |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
 Male | 64 | 50.4 |
 Female | 63 | 49.6 |
Median age (yrs) | 58 | Â |
Range (yrs) | 26–83 |  |
Node status | ||
 N1 | 41 | 32.3 |
 N0 | 86 | 67.7 |
T category | ||
 T1 | 35 | 27.6 |
 T2 | 56 | 44.1 |
 T3 | 33 | 26.0 |
 T4 | 3 | 2.4 |
Type of operative resection | ||
 Less than hemihepatectomy | 69 | 54.3 |
 Hemihepatectomy | 42 | 33.1 |
 Extended hepatectomy | 16 | 12.6 |
Tumor differentiation | ||
 Well differentiated | 15 | 11.8 |
 Moderate differentiated | 52 | 40.9 |
 Poor differentiated | 42 | 33.1 |
 Unkown | 18 | 14.2 |
Adjuvant chemotherapy | 28 | 22.0 |
Tumor size, cm | ||
 Mean | 4.5 |  |
 Range | 1.0–11.0 |  |
 Tumor size ≥5 cm | 43 | 33.9 |
AJCC 7th Staging | ||
 I | 28 | 22.0 |
 II | 34 | 26.8 |
 III | 21 | 16.5 |
 IV | 44 | 34.6 |
CA199, (u/ml) > 37 U/ml | 82 | 67.8 |
CEA, (ng/ml) > 5 ng/ml | 36 | 29.8 |
Hepatitis | 34 | 26.8 |
Hypertension | 32 | 25.2 |
Diabetes mellitus | 10 | 7.9 |
Bile duct stone | 29 | 22.8 |
Fever | 16 | 12.6 |
Jaundice | 10 | 7.9 |