Table 4.
Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gallbladder of the literature
| Ref. | Age (yr) | Sex | Size (cm) | Meta or local inv | Mixed tumor | Survival (mo) | Tumor stage | Chromogranin A | Recurrence (site) | Operation type |
| Moskal et al[22], 1999 | 69 | F | NA | Regional LN meta, pancreas inv | + | 44 | T3 | NA | + (abdomen) | Radical |
| 57 | F | NA | Regional LN meta, liver inv | - | 31 | T3 | NA | + (abdomen, bone) | Radical | |
| 69 | M | NA | Regional LN meta | - | 21 | T2 | NA | + (retroperitoneum) | C | |
| 71 | F | NA | Regional LN meta peritoneum meta | + | 13 | T2 | NA | + (retroperitoneum) | C | |
| 40 | M | NA | Regional LN meta | + | 189, alive | T2 | NA | + (lung, abdomen) | C | |
| Maitra et al[21], 2001 | 85 | F | 4.0 | Liver meta | + | 13 | ≥ T2 | + | NA | Surg |
| 77 | F | 2.8 | Pancreas inv, LN meta | + | 25 | ≥ T2 | NA | NA | Surg | |
| 43 | F | 2.0 | Liver meta | + | 9 | ≥ T2 | + | NA | Surg | |
| 73 | F | 2.5 | LN meta | + | 7 | ≥ T2 | + | NA | Surg | |
| 82 | M | 1.0 | Liver meta | + | 8 | ≥ T2 | NA | NA | Surg | |
| 77 | F | 3.0 | - | + | 10 | ≥ T2 | + | NA | Surg | |
| 73 | M | 6.3 | Liver meta | - | 6 | ≥ T2 | NA | NA | Surg | |
| 71 | M | NA | - | - | 3 | T1 | NA | NA | Surg | |
| 37 | F | 8.0 | LN meta | - | 7 | ≥ T2 | NA | NA | Surg | |
| 68 | M | 2.0 | LN meta | - | 14 | ≥ T2 | + | NA | Surg | |
| 67 | F | 2.8 | - | - | NA | ≥ T2 | + | NA | Surg | |
| 78 | M | 1.8 | LN meta | - | 16 | ≥ T2 | NA | NA | Surg | |
| Lane et al[11], 2002 | 67 | M | NA | - | - | 11 | T1b | + | + (liver, LN) | C |
| Iype et al[16], 2008 | 32 | F | 2.0 | Regional LN meta, liver meta | - | 14, alive | T2 | + | + (liver, LN) | Radical |
| Current study, 2014 | 49 | F | 1.9 | - | - | 37, alive | T2 | + | - | Radical |
| 66 | M | 1.5 | Regional LN meta | + | 13, alive | T2 | + | - | Radical | |
| 63 | F | 3.0 | - | - | 67, died | T2 | - | + (liver) | C | |
| 45 | F | 9.5 | LN inv, colon inv, liver inv | + | 50, alive | T3 | - | - | Radical |
C: Cholecystectomy; F: Female; inv: Invasion; LN: Lymph node; M: Male; meta: Metastasis; NA: Not available; Surg: Extent of surgery not reported.