Preoperative platelet count as an independent predictor of long-term outcomes among patients undergoing resection for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
Odysseas P ChatzipanagiotouDiamantis I TsilimigrasGiovanni CatalanoAndrea RuzzenenteLuca AldrighettiMatthew J WeissTodd W BauerSorin AlexandrescuGeorge A PoultsidesShishir K MaithelHugo P MarquesGuillaume MartelCarlo PulitanoFeng ShenFrançois CauchyBas Groot KoerkampItaru EndoMinoru KitagoTimothy M PawlikPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2024)
High platelet count was associated with worse tumor characteristics and poor long-term CSS and OS. Platelet count represents a readily-available laboratory value that may preoperatively improve risk-stratification of patients undergoing curative-intent liver resection for ICC.