Should Lymph Nodes Be Retrieved in Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma? A Collaborative Korea-Japan Study.

ABSTRACT: This study was performed to investigate the oncologic role of lymph node (LN) management and to propose a surgical strategy for treating intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC). The medical records of patients with resected IHCC were retrospectively reviewed from multiple institutions in Korea and Japan. Short-term and long-term oncologic outcomes were analyzed according to lymph node metastasis (LNM). A nomogram to predict LNM in treating IHCC was established to propose a surgical strategy for managing IHCC. A total of 1138 patients were enrolled. Of these, 413 patients underwent LN management and 725 did not. A total of 293 patients were found to have LNM. The No. 12 lymph node (36%) was the most frequent metastatic node, and the No. 8 lymph node (21%) was the second most common. LNM show

SUBMITTER: Kang CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7865580 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature