Background: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a very common cancer in Northeastern Thailand. Most CCApatients see a physician at a late stage when curative surgery is not possible. After diagnosis, they generally aretreated by partial surgery/percutaneous drainage, chemotherapy and supportive treatment. Objective: Thisstudy aimed to assess the survival rates of CCA patients after supportive treatment. Methods: A retrospectivecohort design was applied in this study. Data for 746 CCA patients were extracted from the hospital-based cancerregistry of Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University. The patients were diagnosed (at least by ultrasonography)between 1 January, 2009 and 31 December, 2009 and then followed up for current status until 30 June, 2011.The cumulative survival rate was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method, and independent prognostic factorswere investigated using Cox regression. Results: The total follow-up time was 5,878 person-months, and thetotal number of deaths was 637. The mortality rate was therefore 10.8 per 100 person-year (95%CI : 10.1-11.7).The cumulative 3, 6, 9, 12 and 24 month survival rates were 59%, 39%, 31%, 24% and 14%, respectively. Themedian survival time after supportive treatment was 4 months. After adjusting for gender, age, stage, distantmetastasis, histological grading and treatment, stage was a significant predictor of survival of CCA patients.Those in stage III and stage IV had a 6.78 fold higher mortality than the stage I and stage II cases (95% CI :1.6-28.7). Conclusion: It is very important to encourage patients to see health personnel at an early stage.
(2013). Survival of Cholangiocarcinoma Patients in Northeastern Thailand after Supportive Treatment. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 14(11), 7029-7032.
MLA
. "Survival of Cholangiocarcinoma Patients in Northeastern Thailand after Supportive Treatment". Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 14, 11, 2013, 7029-7032.
HARVARD
(2013). 'Survival of Cholangiocarcinoma Patients in Northeastern Thailand after Supportive Treatment', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 14(11), pp. 7029-7032.
VANCOUVER
Survival of Cholangiocarcinoma Patients in Northeastern Thailand after Supportive Treatment. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2013; 14(11): 7029-7032.