Recurrence patterns and prediction of survival after recurrence for gallbladder cancer.

Journal: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is associated with a poor prognosis. Recurrence patterns and their effect on survival remain ill-defined. This study aimed to analyze recurrence patterns and develop a machine learning (ML) model to predict survival after recurrence (SAR) of GBC.

Authors

  • Giovanni Catalano
    Department of Surgery, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
  • Laura Alaimo
    Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
  • Odysseas P Chatzipanagiotou
    First Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
  • Zayed Rashid
    Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
  • Jun Kawashima
    Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
  • Andrea Ruzzenente
    Department of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
  • Federico Aucejo
    Department of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
  • Hugo P Marques
    Department of Surgery, Curry Cabral Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Joao Bandovas
    Department of Surgery, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Tom Hugh
    Department of Surgery, The University of Sydney, School of Medicine, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • Nazim Bhimani
    Department of Surgery, University of Sydney, School of Medicine, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Shishir K Maithel
    Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: smaithe@emory.edu.
  • Minoru Kitago
    Department of Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Itaru Endo
    Department of Gastroenterological Surgery Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine Yokohama Japan.
  • Timothy M Pawlik
    Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH.