Liver Transplantation as a New Standard of Care in Patients With Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma? Results From an International Benchmark Study.
Eva BreuerMatteo MuellerMajella B DoyleLiu YangSarwa Darwish MuradImran J AnwarShaheed MeraniAshley LimkemannHeithem JeddouSteven C KimVictor López-LópezAhmed NassarFrederik J H HoogwaterEric VibertMichelle L De OliveiraDaniel CherquiRobert J PorteJoseph F MaglioccaLutz FischerConstantino FondevilaKrzysztof ZieniewiczPablo RamírezDavid P FoleyKarim BoudjemaAustin D SchenkAlan N LangnasStuart KnechtleWojciech G PolakC Burcin TanerWilliam C ChapmanCharles B RosenGregory J GoresPhilipp DutkowskiJulie K HeimbachPierre-Alain ClavienPublished in: Annals of surgery (2022)
This multicenter benchmark study demonstrates that LT offers excellent outcomes with superior oncological results in early stage PHC patients, even in candidates for surgery. This provocative observation should lead to a change in available therapeutic algorithms for PHC.
Keyphrases
- early stage
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- palliative care
- prostate cancer
- squamous cell carcinoma
- clinical trial
- type diabetes
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- adipose tissue
- radical prostatectomy
- chronic pain
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- patient reported outcomes
- weight loss