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. 2020 May 11;25(10):886–893. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0922

Table 1.

Patients' characteristics (n = 100)

Characteristic All patients (n = 100), n HER2− (n = 89), n HER2+ (n = 11), n p value
Sex .536
Male 55 50 5
Female 45 39 6
Age, median (range) 68 (33–84) 69 (35–84) 65 (33–79) .561
ECOG PS .854
0 55 51 4
1 38 34 4
2/3 7 4 3
Tumor grade .698
G2 59 52 7
G3 36 33 3
Gx 5 4 1
Tumor site .901
Intrahepatic 36 32 4
Extrahepatic 28 24 4
Ampullary 23 21 2
Gallbladder 13 12 1
Resection margins 1.000*
R0 94 83 11
R1 5 5 0
R2 1 1 0
T stage .051
T1 19 18 1
T2 28 24 4
T3 49 44 5
T4 3 3 0
Tx 1 0 1
N stage .379
N0 39 35 4
N1 40 37 3
Nx 21 17 4
Adjuvant chemotherapy .201
Yes 50 47 3
No 50 42 8
Type of adjuvant treatment 1.000**
Gemcitabine 44 41 3
Capecitabine 4 4 0
Other regimens 2 2 0
Adjuvant radiotherapy .515
Yes 4 4 0
No 96 85 11
Type of first‐line chemotherapy .145a
Gemcitabine 12 9 3
Gemcitabine + platinum 22 19 3
Fluoropyrimidines 2 2 0
Fluoropyrimidines + platinum 8 8 0
Other regimens 6 6 0
Best supportive care 12 8 4
Not available 6 5 1
a

Combination treatment versus monotherapy versus best supportive care.

*

Radical resection versus R1/R2 Resection.

**

Gemcitabine versus others.

Abbreviations: ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; G, grade.