Brief Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2010; 16(42): 5347-5352
Published online Nov 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i42.5347
Table 2 Patient characteristics
SEMS groupPS groupP value
No. of patients2927
Gender (M:F)18:1119:80.512
Age at initial SEMS insertion, median (yr)66660.352
Diagnoses0.277
Pancreatic cancer156
Common bile duct cancer35
Hilar cholangiocarcinoma44
Gallbladder cancer36
Metastatic lymph nodes32
Ampulla of Vater cancer13
Hepatocellular carcinoma01
Anti-cancer therapy21150.188