Open AccessCombined Hepatocellular and Cholangiocarcinoma: a Clinicopathologic Study of 26 Resected Cases
Author(s) -
Yoshihiko Yokose
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
japanese journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.768
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1465-3621
pISSN - 0368-2811
DOI - 10.1093/jjco/hyg056
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , gastroenterology , stage (stratigraphy) , intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma , cancer , carcinoma , histology , paleontology , biology
Combined hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma (cHCC-CC) is an uncommon subtype of primary liver cancer, the clinicopathological features of which have rarely been reported in detail. The aim of this study was to clarify the characteristics of cHCC-CC in comparison with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CC).