Table 3. Subsite by histology: percent of all cases of cancers of the liver, gallbladder and biliary tract in England and Wales within subsite by sex, 2001.
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| Subsite | N (100%) | CCA | HCC | Adeno | Carc | NOS+other | N (100%) | CCA | HCC | Adeno | Carc | NOS+other |
| Liver cell cancer | 747 | 0.4 | 83.7 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 9.2 | 380 | 1.3 | 58.9 | 9.7 | 19.7 | 10.3 |
| Intrahepatic biliary ducts | 430 | 78.8 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 14.7 | 455 | 83.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 9.5 |
| Liver unspecified | 143 | 3.5 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 43.4 | 35.7 | 118 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| Gallbladder | 146 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 47.3 | 26.0 | 18.5 | 319 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 45.1 | 33.5 | 16.9 |
| Extrahepatic bile ducts | 108 | 38.0 | 0.9 | 22.2 | 20.4 | 18.5 | 137 | 30.7 | 0.7 | 20.4 | 24.8 | 23.4 |
| Other parts of the biliary tract | 203 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 57.6 | 18.2 | 16.7 | 197 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 55.8 | 24.4 | 11.2 |
N, number of cases; CCA, cholangiocarcinoma; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; adeno, adenocarcinoma; carc, carcinoma not otherwise specified; NOS+other, neoplasms not otherwise specified, and all other codes.