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. 2018 Jun 26;25(9):2681–2692. doi: 10.1245/s10434-018-6567-6

Table 2.

Overview of the studies describing overall survival specified for resection with curative intent or palliative treatment

Author (year) Total study population Resection with curative intent
No. of patients Median survival (months) 5-year survival (%) No of patients (%) Age (SD)a Males (%) Stage 0 Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV Unknown Median survival (months) 5-year survival (%)
Bakaeen31 101 37 68 (67) 2 17 25 22 2 0 54
Bhatti47 12 18 21 12 (100) 55 (10) 8 (67) 4 3 5 0 18 21
Buchbjerg2 71 8 11 28 (39) 2 11 13 2 0 23 27
Cecchini32 169 103 (61) 103 44 42
Han10 32 21 22 (69) 22 32
Hung33 23 6 8 11 (48) 64 (13) 7 (64) 4 3 3 1 0 38 17
Hurtuk44 52 35 (67) 35 34
Jiang34 187b 128 (68) 128 57 44
Kaklamanos12 63 18 23 37 (59) 8 11 18 0 31 37
Kawahira35 21 39 12 (57) 1 11 59 66
Kelsey22 32 48 32 (100) 57 (11) 23 (72) 3 18 9 1 1 48
Kim45 24 39 24 (100) 58 (11) 14 (58) 2 10 12 0 39
Kim36 50 24 32 36 (72) 7 16 13 0 47
Lee37 53 29 28 (53) 3 7 18 0 44
Lee38 70 41 (59) 2 21 18 0 25 61
Liang41 36 21 36 (100) 64 (13) 24 (67) 4 6 26 0 21
Malleo40 37 70 59 25 (68) 57 (11) 14 (56) 5 6 11 3 0 70 71
Onkendi11 124 37 99 (80) 99 38 43
Poultsides42 122 48 122 (100) 67 (14) 66 (54) 10 28 71 7 6 48
Sarela46 137 72 (53) 62 (13) 38 (53) 72 71
Solaini24 178 44 43 150 (84) 150 84 51
Struck48 30 30 (100) 61 (10) 22 (73) 2 3 9 16 0 28 53
Swartz49 14 41 44 14 (100) 53 (9) 10 (71) 14 0 41 44
Tocchi39 47 25 (53) 25 38 51
All studies 1685 31d 36d 1190 (71) 4 74 174 269 17 652 49d 48d
Author (year) Palliative treatment
No of patients (%) Age (SD)a Males (%) Stage II Stage III Stage IV Unknown Median survival (months) 5-year survival (%)
Bakaeen31 33 (33) 33 0
Bhatti47
Buchbjerg2 43 (61) 43 5 0
Cecchini32 66 (39) 66 9 0
Han10 10 (31) 10 0
Hung33 12c (52) 73 (8) 8 (67) 1 1 10 0 2 0
Hurtuk44 17 (33) 17 0
Jiang34 59 (32) 59 7 0
Kaklamanos12 26 (41) 10 5 11 12 0
Kawahira35 9 (43) 9 0 9 0
Kelsey22
Kim45
Kim36 14 (28) 5 8 1 0
Lee37 25 (47) 25 8 0
Lee38 29 (41) 29 7 0
Liang41
Malleo40 12 (32) 7 (58) 1 5 6 0
Onkendi11 25 (20) 25 6 15
Poultsides42
Sarela46 65 (47) 37 (57) 65
Solaini24 28 (16) 28 8 0
Struck48
Swartz49
Tocchi39 22 (47) 22 9 0
All studies 495 (29) 2 21 38 434 8d 1d

aAge: mean in years (range in years)

bLong-term analysis

cPalliative treatment and supportive therapy

dWeighted mean of median survival and 5-year survival of all studies

– Indicates not reported