Research Article

The Impact of a History of Different Other Cancers on the Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Population-Based Analysis

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of included ICC patients.

VariableOverall, (%)Without prior malignancies, (%)With prior malignancies, (%) value

Total96678885 (91.91)782 (8.09)
Age, years<0.001
≤654546 (47.03)4317 (48.59)229 (29.28)
>655121 (52.97)4568 (51.41)553 (70.72)
Sex<0.001
Male4793 (49.58)4332 (48.76)461 (58.95)
Female4874 (50.42)4553 (51.24)321 (41.05)
Race0.001
White7663 (79.27)7014 (78.94)649 (82.99)
Black738 (7.63)674 (7.59)64 (8.18)
Others1266 (13.10)1197 (13.47)69 (8.82)
Marital status0.269
Single3533 (36.55)3265 (36.75)268 (34.27)
Married5747 (59.45)5261 (59.21)486 (62.15)
Unknown387 (4.00)359 (4.04)28 (3.58)
AFP0.001
Negative2956 (30.58)2747 (30.92)209 (26.73)
Positive1190 (12.31)1114 (12.54)76 (9.72)
Unknown5521 (57.11)5024 (56.54)497 (63.55)
AJCC stage<0.001
I1697 (17.55)1481 (16.67)216 (27.62)
II1227 (12.69)1107 (12.46)120 (15.35)
III2021 (20.91)1843 (20.74)178 (22.76)
IV2908 (30.08)2714 (30.55)194 (24.81)
Unknown1814 (18.76)1740 (19.58)74 (9.46)
Tumor size, cm<0.001
<5 cm2478 (25.63)2185 (24.59)293 (37.47)
5-8 cm1920 (19.86)1792 (30.17)128 (16.37)
≥8 cm2207 (22.83)2073 (23.33)134 (17.14)
Unknown3062 (31.67)2835 (31.91)227 (29.03)
Vascular invasion0.006
No4521 (46.77)4113 (46.29)408 (52.17)
Yes2252 (23.30)2084 (23.46)168 (21.48)
Unknown2894 (29.94)2688 (30.25)206 (26.34)
Grade0.019
I/II2507 (25.93)2283 (25.69)224 (28.64)
III/IV1738 (17.98)1624 (18.28)114 (14.58)
Unknown5422 (56.09)4978 (56.03)444 (56.78)
Treatment<0.001
None7075 (73.19)6574 (73.99)501 (64.07)
Local tumor destruction224 (2.32)194 (2.18)30 (3.84)
Surgery2285 (23.64)2041 (22.97)244 (31.20)
Unknown83 (0.86)76 (0.86)7 (0.90)
Radiation0.293
None8078 (83.56)7412 (83.42)666 (85.17)
Yes1537 (15.90)1423 (16.02)114 (14.58)
Unknown52 (0.54)50 (0.56)2 (0.26)
Chemotherapy0.019
None/unknown4054 (41.94)3695 (41.59)359 (45.91)
Yes5613 (58.06)5190 (58.41)423 (54.09)

Note: ICC: intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; AFP: alpha-fetoprotein; AJCC: American Joint Committee on Cancer.