Perihilar cholangiocarcinoma, the need for a new staging system
Jean-Baptiste Hiriart1, Christophe Laurent, Jean-Frédéric Blanc
1Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, CHU de Bordeaux, avenue de Magellan, 33604 Pessac, France. hisaishi@hotmail.fr
Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology
|October 8, 2011
Abstract:
DeOliveira et al. have recently proposed a new staging system for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma that aims at standardizing reports on this disease. Such a tool is currently needed not only to allow comparisons of studies among centres but also over time. Data integration could in turn provide relevant information regarding resectability and prognosis of this rare cancer.
