Surgical strategy for bile duct cancer: Advances and current limitations

Table 1 Review of the literature on pancreaticoduodenectomy for distal bile duct cancer

Author	Yr	Resections (n)	R0 resection (%)	Overall 3-yr survival (%)	Overall 5-yr survival (%)	R0 5-yr survival (%)	Operative mortality (%)
Kayahara et al[119]	1999	50	72	47	35	48	2
Suzuki et al[120]	2000	99	52	50	37	52	3
Yeo et al[21]	2002	49	NA	38	16	NA	33
Yoshida et al[121]	2002	27	85	37	37	44	4
Sakamoto et al[122]	2005	55	84	52	26	NA	7
Jang et al[123]	2005	103	84	38	30	NA	5
Cheng et al[124]	2007	112	87	51	25	27	3
Murakami et al[125]	2007	36	81	54	50	62	0
Sasaki et al[126]	2007	77	92	NA	37	362	NA
DeOliveria et al[127]1	2007	239	78	35	23	27	3
Allen et al[128]	2008	98	85	45	43	422	3
Bahra et al[129]	2008	95	81	36	29	34	4
Lee et al[116]	2009	149	NA	46	38	NA	NA
Hong et al[33]	2009	147	90	33	18	NA	NA
Nomura et al[130]	2009	57	61	NA	36	NA	2
Kawai et al[131]	2010	62	77	63	52	59	0

¹Including palliative operations;

²Including hilar cholangiocarcinoma;

³Including operations for pancreatic cancer. NA: Not available; R0: Negative surgical margin.