Should Lymph Nodes Be Retrieved in Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma? A Collaborative Korea-Japan Study.
Chang Moo KangKyung-Suk SuhNam-Joon YiTae Ho HongSang Jae ParkKeun Soo AhnHiroki HayashiSae Byeol ChoiChi-Young JeongTakeshi TakaharaShigehiro ShiozakiYoung Hoon RohHee Chul YuTakumi FukumotoRyusei MatsuyamaUyama NaokiKazuki HashidaHyung Il SeoTakehiro OkabayashiTomoo KitajimaSohei SatoiHiroaki NaganoHongbeom KimKaoru TairaShoji KuboDong Wook ChoiPublished in: Cancers (2021)
Case-specific surgical retrieval of more than four LNs is required in patients highly suspected to have LNM, based on a preoperative detectable parameter-based nomogram. Further prospective research is needed to validate the present surgical strategy in resected IHCC.