Research Article

Effect of Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Perfusion Chemotherapy Combined with Radical Surgery and Capecitabine on Stage III Gallbladder Cancer

Table 3

Multivariate analysis of factors contributing to overall survival in 78 GBC patients.

VariablesUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
HR (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) value

Age (≤60 vs. >60)1.514 (0.923–2.483)0.100
Gender (female vs. male)1.309 (0.733–2.337)0.363
Stones (negative vs. positive)1.336 (0.801–2.229)0.268
CEA (≤5 ng/mL vs. >5 ng/mL)1.341 (0.699–2.573)0.378
CA19-9 (≤35 U/L vs. >35 U/L)0.793 (0.485–1.298)0.357
CA125 (≤35 U/L vs. >35 U/L)1.353 (0.806–2.274)0.253
CA242 (≤20 U/L vs. >20 U/L)0.923 (0.543–1.569)0.768
Microvascular infiltration (negative vs. positive)1.414 (0.786–2.542)0.248
Lymph node metastasis (negative vs. positive)1.841 (1.108–3.058)0.0191.813 (1.094–3.005)0.024
Nerve invasion (negative vs. positive)2.003 (1.188–3.378)0.0111.801 (1.082–2.998)0.026
Treatment approach (control vs. HIPEC)0.578 (0.354–0.971)0.0370.534 (0.320–0.892)0.042

Note: univariate and multivariate analysis of prognostic factors in 78 GBC patients was included in the survival analysis. Statistical analyses were performed by Cox proportional hazards regression. A value < 0.05 was considered significant. CI, confidence interval.