Evaluation of Four Lymph Node Classifications for the Prediction of Survival in Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An important prognostic indicator of hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCCA) in patients after surgery is metastasis of lymph nodes (LN). However, there are many types of LN staging systems to the issue of a better determination of the prognosis of patients through the lymphatic staging system which needs research. Based on the above, we tried to re-evaluate the staging system of HCCA LNs. We compared the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), number of metastatic LNs (MLN), ratio of LN (LNR), and log odds of MLNs (LODDS) in individuals undergoing curative resection to determine the best LN staging system.

Methods

In the current study, we retrospectively analyzed 229 patients undergoing curative resection. We evaluated the impact of the stage of AJCC pN, LNR, LODDS, a

SUBMITTER: Liu ZP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9085675 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature