Assessment of the Lymph Node Status in Patients Undergoing Liver Resection for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: the New Eighth Edition AJCC Staging System

Introduction The role of routine lymphadenectomy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is still controversial. The AJCC eighth edition recommends a minimum of six harvested lymph nodes (HLNs) for adequate nodal staging. We sought to define outcome and risk of death among patients who were staged...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of gastrointestinal surgery 2018, Vol.22 (1), p.52-59
Hauptverfasser: Bagante, Fabio, Spolverato, Gaya, Weiss, Matthew, Alexandrescu, Sorin, Marques, Hugo P., Aldrighetti, Luca, Maithel, Shishir K., Pulitano, Carlo, Bauer, Todd W., Shen, Feng, Poultsides, George A., Soubrane, Oliver, Martel, Guillaume, Groot Koerkamp, B., Guglielmi, Alfredo, Itaru, Endo, Pawlik, Timothy M.
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction The role of routine lymphadenectomy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is still controversial. The AJCC eighth edition recommends a minimum of six harvested lymph nodes (HLNs) for adequate nodal staging. We sought to define outcome and risk of death among patients who were staged with ≥6 HLNs versus
ISSN:1091-255X
1873-4626
DOI:10.1007/s11605-017-3426-x