Table 1 Patient characteristics
| Age, median (years) | 60.5 (range 37–81) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 24 (57.1) |
| Female | 18 (42.9) |
| ECOG performance status | |
| 0 | 9 (21.4) |
| 1 | 27 (64.3) |
| 2 | 6 (14.3) |
| Primary tumour | |
| Gallbladder | 18 |
| Bile ducts | 22 |
| Ampulla of vater | 2 |
| Metastatic disease at presentation | |
| Yes | 39 |
| No | 3 |