What eliminates the chance for cure: a multi-center evaluation on 10-year follow-up of gallbladder cancer after surgical resection.

ABSTRACT: Curative resection stands as the sole potential cure for gallbladder cancer (GBC); nevertheless, a dearth of knowledge persists regarding long-term follow-up data and prognostic factors that hinder achieving a cure post-surgery. A retrospective cohort study was conducted by analyzing pathologically confirmed initial resections for GBC between 2000 and 2013 across three Chinese medical centers. The concept of observed cure refers to a 10-year survival period devoid of any disease recurrence. Employing a semiparametric proportional hazards mixture cure model enabled the identification of clinicopathological factors impeding a cure for GBC post-surgery. In our current study, a total of 331 patients were included, with a follow-up period exceeding a decade. The median overall survival (OS) was

SUBMITTER: Ma Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11395872 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature