Could a high resectability rate improve the long-term survival of patients with proximal bile duct cancer?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-205

  Veroux, Massimiliano ^a   Madia, Carmelo ^b   Fiamingo, Pietro ^b   Caglià, Pietro ^a   Valastro, Maurizio ^a   Amodeo, Corrado ^a   Veroux, Pierfrancesco ^a   Gagliano, Massimiliano ^a   Basso, Stefano ^b   D'Amico, Davide Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Curative resection; Hepatectomy; Klatskin tumor; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC DUCT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; FEMALE; HEPATIC DUCT, COMMON; HUMANS; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644881085     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20256     Document Type: Article

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