TY - CHAP
T1 - Staging systems
AU - Rocha, F. G.
AU - Jarnagin, W. R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - Originally described by Altmeier [1] and Klatskin [2], hilar cholangiocarcinoma is an adenocarcinoma of the extrahepatic biliary tree arising from the main left or right hepatic ducts or their confluence. Along with distal bile duct cancer and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, they comprise the spectrum of bile duct cancers that arise from the biliary epithelium. However, unlike those tumors, which can be usually be removed, respectively, with pancreaticoduodenectomy or liver resection alone, the surgical approach to hilar cholangiocarcinoma often combines bile duct resection with concomitant hepatectomy and/or portal vein resection due to the infiltrative nature of the disease. Therefore, a complete, margin-negative resection can be difficult to achieve.
AB - Originally described by Altmeier [1] and Klatskin [2], hilar cholangiocarcinoma is an adenocarcinoma of the extrahepatic biliary tree arising from the main left or right hepatic ducts or their confluence. Along with distal bile duct cancer and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, they comprise the spectrum of bile duct cancers that arise from the biliary epithelium. However, unlike those tumors, which can be usually be removed, respectively, with pancreaticoduodenectomy or liver resection alone, the surgical approach to hilar cholangiocarcinoma often combines bile duct resection with concomitant hepatectomy and/or portal vein resection due to the infiltrative nature of the disease. Therefore, a complete, margin-negative resection can be difficult to achieve.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-94-007-6473-6_4
DO - 10.1007/978-94-007-6473-6_4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84931405685
SN - 9400764723
SN - 9789400764729
SP - 43
EP - 52
BT - Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
PB - Springer Netherlands
ER -