Evaluation of prognostic factors and implication of lymph node dissection in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: 10-year experience at a tertiary referral center
Author(s) -
Miao-Erh Chang,
HaoJan Lei,
MingHuang Chen,
YiChen Yeh,
ChungPin Li,
YiPing Hung,
ChengYuan Hsia,
Chieu-An Liu,
GarYang Chau,
Yee Chao
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcma.2016.09.010
Subject(s) - medicine , intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma , perineural invasion , hazard ratio , carcinoembryonic antigen , lymph node , malignancy , resection margin , hilum (anatomy) , gastroenterology , confidence interval , surgery , radiology , cancer , resection
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is the second most common primary liver malignancy, and surgical resection remains the only potentially curative treatment. However, the existing literature indicates that those prognostic factors associated with outcome after surgery remain poorly defined.
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