Comparison of the sixth and the seventh editions of the UICC classification for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Comparison of the sixth and the seventh editions of the UICC classification for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Abstract Background The current seventh edition of the TNM classification for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) includes tumor number, vascular invasion, lymph node involvement but no longer the tumor size as compared to the sixth edition. The impact of the seventh edition on stage-based prognos...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Juntermanns, Gernot Maximilian Kaiser, Lena Orth, Henning Reis, Derar Jaradat, Svenja Sydor, Matthias Buechter, Stefan Kasper, Zoltan Mathé, Georgios Charalambos Sotiropoulos, Hideo Andreas Baba, Ali Canbay, Andreas Paul, Christian Dominik Fingas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:European Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
Cholangiocarcinoma
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Liver tumor
Survival
Tumor staging
TNM
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40001-018-0329-6

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