Prognostic value of lymph nodes count on survival of patients with distal cholangiocarcinomas

Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier survival curves of stratified analyses in (A) patients ≤ 70-years-old, (B) > 70-years-old, (C) with tumors of ≤ 20 mm, (D) with tumors of 20 to 50 mm, (E) with tumors defined as well or moderately differentiated, (F) with tumors defined as poorly or undifferentiated, (G) with tumors of T1/T2 stage, and (H) with tumors of T3/T4 stage in terms of cancer-specific survival. Patients with four to nine retrieved LNs had a significantly better cancer-specific survival than patients with one to three retrieved LNs and patients with more than nine retrieved LNs in the group of patients ≤ 70-years-old (P = 0.025), with tumors of 20 to 50 mm (P = 0.0.006), with tumors defined as poorly or undifferentiated (P = 0.049), and with tumors of T3/T4 stage (P = 0.041). LNs: Lymph nodes.