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Table 4 EBRT field according to performance of surgery and N stage (n = 521)

From: Patterns of radiotherapy practice for biliary tract cancer in Japan: results of the Japanese radiation oncology study group (JROSG) survey

  

Radiation field (%)

Group

Patients (n)

Primary

Primary plus LN

Others

Surgery +

    

  Total

219

151 (68.9)

63 (28.8)

5 (2.2)

  pN0

75

54 (72.0)

20 (26.7)

1 (1.3)

  pN1

78

49 (62.8)

29 (37.2)

0 (0)

  Unknown

66

48 (72.7)

14 (21.2)

4 (6.1)

  cN0

111

95 (85.6)

13 (11.7)

3 (2.7)

  cN1

65

43 (66.2)

20 (30.8)

2 (3.0)

  Unknown

43

13 (30.2)

30 (69.8)

0 (0)

Surgery -

    

  Total

302

237 (78.5)

56 (18.5)

9 (3.0)

  cN0

189

171 (90.5)

11 (5.8)

7 (3.7)

  cN1

79

34 (43.0)

44 (55.7)

1 (1.3)

  Unknown

34

32 (94.2)

1 (2.9)

1 (2.9)

Total

521

388 (74.5)

119 (22.8)

14 (2.7)

  1. Abbreviation: EBRT External beam radiotherapy; LN Lymph node.