The prognostic value of the number of metastatic lymph nodes on the long-term survival of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma using the SEER database.

ABSTRACT: In the 8th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer, the nodal staging of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is classified as N0 and N1 in accordance with lymph node (LN) metastases. Recently, several studies have reported that the number of metastatic LNs is associated with prognosis in patients with ICC. However, the majority of these studies were published in Eastern countries, and there are few available data for Western countries. This study aimed to investigate the association between metastatic LN number and prognosis in ICC patients using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Data from 658 ICC patients in the SEER database who underwent hepatectomy with LN dissection from 2000 to 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Hazard ratios (HRs) accordin

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10772680 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature