Hepatectomy or/with Metastatectomy for Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Of Promise for Selected Patients.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) has devastating outcomes owing to its advanced stage at diagnosis and high recurrence after hepatectomy. There is no preferred treatment for recurrent ICC. We retrospectively reviewed our patients who underwent repeated operations for recurrent ICCs based on their different indications to appraise the outcomes. Methods: In all, 160 out of 216 patients with ICC (71.4%) experienced recurrence after curative resection from 1977 to 2014. The patterns of recurrence were categorized according to the locations and numbers of recurrent tumors. Results: Patients with merely intrahepatic recurrence (n = 38) had superior overall survival (OS) compared with those with beyond intrahepatic recurrence (p < 0.0001). Twenty-seven out of 160 patients (16.8

SUBMITTER: Tsai CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9029635 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature