[The diagnostic and therapeutic status of cancer of the bile ducts and liver].

Abstract

In 1980 in the GDR 641 primary liver carcinomas (380 male, incidence 3.8, 261 female, 1.4) and 1834 biliary tract carcinomas (414 male, 3.7 and 1420 female, 7.0) had been registered by the National Cancer Registry. An analysis of stage, age-distribution. Operability and resectability had been performed. For all stages of liver carcinomas the 5-year-survival-rate was 3.5% (male) and 1.0% (female), for the biliary tract carcinomas 3.4 and 4.9% respectively. At present a significant improvement of treatment results cannot be expected.