Impact of serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 level on prognosis and prediction of lymph node metastasis in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Toru YamadaYoshitsugu NakanishiKeisuke OkamuraTakahiro TsuchikawaToru NakamuraTakehiro NojiToshimichi AsanoKimitaka TanakaYo KurashimaYuma EbiharaSoichi MurakamiToshiaki ShichinoheTomoko MitsuhashiSatoshi Hirano

Published in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2018)

Preoperative s-CA19-9 appears useful as a biomarker in patients with ICC, for predicting not only lymph node metastasis but also prognosis after surgical resection with curative intent.

Keyphrases

lymph node metastasis
squamous cell carcinoma
papillary thyroid
patients undergoing
rectal cancer
prognostic factors
protein kinase