TY - JOUR
T1 - Staging of biliary tract and primary liver tumors
AU - Shindoh, Junichi
AU - Vauthey, Jean Nicolas
N1 - Funding Information:
Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding: This research was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health through MD Anderson’s Cancer Center Support Grant, CA016672 . The authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - For patients with hepatobiliary malignancies, various therapeutic options are currently available. To optimize the selection of these treatment options, adequate stratification of patients according to their prognosis is practically important. Various staging systems have been introduced and used for hepatobiliary malignancies. However, current staging systems have strengths and limitations, and none have addressed both patient prognosis and the best treatment strategy for individual patients. Hepatic function is also a potent prognostic factor for patients with hepatobiliary malignancies. Therefore, interpretation of tumor staging and selection of treatment should be done with care, understanding individual characteristics of each staging system.
AB - For patients with hepatobiliary malignancies, various therapeutic options are currently available. To optimize the selection of these treatment options, adequate stratification of patients according to their prognosis is practically important. Various staging systems have been introduced and used for hepatobiliary malignancies. However, current staging systems have strengths and limitations, and none have addressed both patient prognosis and the best treatment strategy for individual patients. Hepatic function is also a potent prognostic factor for patients with hepatobiliary malignancies. Therefore, interpretation of tumor staging and selection of treatment should be done with care, understanding individual characteristics of each staging system.
KW - Bile duct cancer
KW - Gallbladder cancer
KW - Hepatocellular carcinoma
KW - Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
KW - Staging
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U2 - 10.1016/j.soc.2013.11.003
DO - 10.1016/j.soc.2013.11.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24560112
AN - SCOPUS:84896731405
SN - 1055-3207
VL - 23
SP - 313
EP - 322
JO - Surgical oncology clinics of North America
JF - Surgical oncology clinics of North America
IS - 2
ER -