Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Parameter | Valuesa |
|---|---|
| Number of patients | 64 |
| Gender (male/female) | 39 (60.9%)/25 (39.1%) |
| Median age (years) | 66 [46–78] |
| Symptoms at onset | |
| Incidental finding | 19 (29.6%) |
| Jaundice | 15 (23.4%) |
| Abdominal pain | 12 (18.7%) |
| Dyspepsia | 6 (9.3%) |
| Weight loss | 6 (9.3%) |
| Increase in liver function values or indexes of cholestasis | 5 (7.8%) |
| Biliary colic/cholangitis | 5 (7.8%) |
| Comorbidity/risk factors | |
| Smoke | 10 (15.6%) |
| Biliary calculosis | 4 (6.2%) |
| Previous/attendant cancer in different source | 12 (18.75%) |
| Familiarity for cancers | 17 (26.5%) |
| Hypertension | 31 (48.4%) |
| Diabetes mellitus type 2 | 11 (17.1%) |
| Chronic liver disease (alcohol, hepatitis B and C) | 3 (4.6%) |
| Diverticular disease | 4 (6.25%) |
| Source of tumor | |
| Intra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma | 32 (50%) |
| Extra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma | 15 (23.4%) |
| Gallbladder | 14 (21.8%) |
| Papilla of vater | 3 (4.6%) |
| Death (yes/no) | 45 (70.3%)/9 (29.6%) |
aAll values are reported as the number of patients with/without the percentage in parenthesis, with the exception of age, which is presented as the number of years with the range in square bracketsparenthesis