Arterial enhancement pattern predicts survival in patients with resectable and unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In patients undergoing resection of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), hypervascularity during the arterial phase of contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) is associated with better prognosis than hypovascularity. However, the prognostic implications of arterial enhancement pattern in patients with unresectable ICC are unknown. We assessed the prognostic implications of arterial enhancement pattern in patients with resectable and unresectable ICC.

Methods

Consecutive patients who underwent surgery or gemcitabine-plus-cisplatin chemotherapy for ICC during 2003-2015 and CT with dynamic enhancement for diagnosis were included. After review by 2 radiologists, tumors were categorized according to the percentage of the tumor exhibiting arterial enhancement as hy

SUBMITTER: Panettieri E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8863406 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature