@article { author = {}, title = {Survival Analysis of Biliary Tract Cancer Cases in Turkey}, journal = {Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention}, volume = {15}, number = {15}, pages = {6025-6027}, year = {2014}, publisher = {West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter.}, issn = {1513-7368}, eissn = {2476-762X}, doi = {}, abstract = {Background: Because of the relative rarity of biliary tract cancers (BTCs), defining long term survival results is difficult. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the survival of a series of cases in Turkey. Materials and Methods: A totally of 47 patients with billiary tract cancer from Mersin Goverment Hospital, Acıbadem Kayseri Hospital and Kayseri Training and Research Hospital were analyzed retrospectively using hospital records between 2006-2012. Results: The median overall survival was 19.3±3.9 months for all patients. The median disease free and overall survivals were 24.3±5.3 and 44.1±12.9 months in patients in which radical surgery was performed , but in those with with inoperable disease they were only 5.3±1.5 and 10.7±3.2 months, respectively. Conclusions: BTCs have a poor prognosis. Surgery with a microscopic negative margin is still the only curative treatment.}, keywords = {biliary tract cancer,cholangiocarcinoma,survival,gallbladder,Ampulla vateri}, url = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_29551.html}, eprint = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_29551_f99d22356d96231dd02efc0659e8e24e.pdf} }