title: Survival analysis of biliary tract cancer cases in Turkey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Because of the relative rarity of biliary tract cancers (BTCs), defining long term survival results is difficult. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the survival of a series of cases in Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  A totally of 47 patients with billiary tract cancer from Mersin Goverment Hospital, Acibadem Kayseri Hospital and Kayseri Training and Research Hospital were analyzed retrospectively using hospital records between 2006-2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median overall survival was 19.3±3.9 months for all patients. The median disease free and overall survivals were 24.3±5.3 and 44.1±12.9 months in patients in which radical surgery was performed , but in those with with inoperable disease they were only 5.3±1.5 and 10.7±3.2 months, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BTCs have a poor prognosis. Surgery with a microscopic negative margin is still the only curative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department, Radiation Oncology, Mersin Goverment Hospital, Mersin, Turkey E-mail : zekiakca@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Zeki
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Akca
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mutlu
authors.forename: Abdulsamet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erden
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buyukcelik
authors.forename: Yasemin Benderli
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Cihan
authors.forename: Sema Sezgin
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Goksu
authors.forename: Tuncay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Emel Yaman
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Sezer
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D014421:Turkey