Clinical Analysis of 15 Cases of Gallbladder Neuroendocrine Carcinoma and Comparison with Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma Using a Propensity Score Matching.

Shida Yan Yingyi WangXiao ChenYefan ZhangZhen HuangJianjun ZhaoJianguo ZhouZhiyu LiXinyu BiZhiwen LuoJianqiang CaiHong Zhao

Published in: Cancer management and research (2020)

Nevin staging helps classify patients of GB-NEC with different prognosis and the lymph node metastasis is a strong negative prognostic factor for OS. The propensity score analysis revealed even with the similar stage and treatment, GB-NEC still had worse OS than GB-ADC.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
lymph node metastasis
squamous cell carcinoma
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
papillary thyroid
lymph node
pet ct
locally advanced
diffusion weighted imaging
combination therapy
patient reported
data analysis