Table 2.
Characteristics of 380 patients with combined hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma of the liver (cHCC-CC) diagnosed between January 1973 and December 2004.
| Characteristics | N (%) | CDS | No. CDS | P value |
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| Gender | ||||
| Male | 245 (64.5%) | 49 | 196 | .61 |
| Female | 135 (35.5%) | 30 | 105 | |
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| Race | ||||
| Black | 43 (11.3%) | 5 | 38 | .09 |
| White | 291 (76.6%) | 60 | 231 | |
| Others | 46 (12.1%) | 14 | 32 | |
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| Civil Status | ||||
| Married | 222 (58.4%) | 59 | 163 | .01 |
| Divorced/Separated | 37 (9.7%) | 7 | 30 | |
| Single | 52 (13.7%) | 6 | 45 | |
| Widowed | 57 (15%) | 7 | 51 | |
| Unknown | 12 (3.2%) | 0 | 12 | |
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| Grade | ||||
| Well differentiated | 9 (2.4%) | 1 | 8 | <.00001 |
| Moderately differentiated | 34 (8.9%) | 17 | 17 | |
| Poorly differentiated | 70 (18.4%) | 21 | 49 | |
| Undifferentiated | 12 (3.2%) | 2 | 10 | |
| Unknown | 255 (67.1%) | 38 | 217 | |
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| SEER Stage | ||||
| Localized | 98 (25.8%) | 44 | 54 | <.0001 |
| Regional | 97 (25.5%) | 22 | 75 | |
| Distant | 130 (34.2%) | 11 | 119 | |
| Unknown | 55 (14.5%) | 2 | 53 | |
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| Year of diagnosis | ||||
| 1973–1988 | 154 (40.5%) | 14 | 140 | <.0001 |
| 1989–2004 | 226 (59.5%) | 65 | 161 | |
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| Cancer Directed Surgery | ||||
| Yes | 79 (20.8%) | 79 | 0 | <.0001 |
| No | 301 (79.2%) | 0 | 301 | |
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| Radiation Therapy | ||||
| Yes | 22 (5.8%) | 4 | 18 | .55 |
| No | 354 (93.2%) | 75 | 279 | |
| Unknown | 4 (1.0%) | 0 | 4 | |
SEER: surveillance, epidemiology, and end results.