Performance of prognostic scores and staging systems in predicting long-term survival outcomes after surgery for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
Stefan BuettnerBoris GaljartJeroen L A van VugtFabio BaganteSorin AlexandrescuHugo P MarquesJorge LamelasLuca AldrighettiT Clark GamblinShishir K MaithelCarlo PulitanoGeorgios A MargonisMatthew J WeissTodd W BauerFeng ShenGeorge A PoultsidesJ Wallis MarshJan N M IJzermansBas Groot KoerkampTimothy M PawlikPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2017)
While the Wang nomogram had the best discriminatory ability relative to OS and DFS, no ICC staging system or nomogram demonstrated excellent prognostic discrimination. The AJCC staging for ICC performed reasonably, although its overall discrimination was only modest-to-good.