Table 3 Staging
From: Is an aggressive surgical approach worthwhile in biliary cancer?
| Time period | 1995–2000 | 2000–2005 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resection | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Number of patients | 16 | 13 | 53 | 32 |
| T-Stage | ||||
| T1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| T2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| T3 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| T4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Unknown | 3 | 13 | 1 | 32 |
| N-Stage | ||||
| N0 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 3 |
| N1 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 8 |
| Unknown | 6 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| M-Stage | ||||
| M0 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 13 |
| M1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| Unknown | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 |