Stent placement above the sphincter of Oddi permits implementation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with initially unresectable Klatskin tumor

Stent placement above the sphincter of Oddi permits implementation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with initially unresectable Klatskin tumor

Background and study aims: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) may lead to a successful margin-negative resection in patients with initially unresectable locally advanced Klatskin tumor (IULAKT). Use of removable plastic stents is preferable for the safe implementation of NAC in patients with IULAKT to r...

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Main Authors: Kensuke Kubota, Sho Hasegawa, Akito Iwasaki, Takamitsu Sato, Yuji Fujita, Kunihiro Hosono, Atsushi Nakajima, Ryutaro Mori, Ryusei Matsuyama, Itaru Endo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2016-03-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-102246

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http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-102246

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