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Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 6/2015

01-06-2015 | Hepatobiliary Tumors

Optimal Indications for Additional Resection of the Invasive Cancer-Positive Proximal Bile Duct Margin in Cases of Advanced Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma

Authors: Seiji Oguro, MD, Minoru Esaki, MD, PhD, Yoji Kishi, MD, PhD, Satoshi Nara, MD, Kazuaki Shimada, MD, PhD, Hidenori Ojima, MD, PhD, Tomoo Kosuge, MD, PhD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 6/2015

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Abstract

Background

The survival benefits of additional resection of the positive proximal ductal margin in cases of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma remain to be elucidated. The purpose of this retrospective study was to clarify the optimal indications for additional resection of the invasive cancer-positive proximal ductal margin (PM)

Methods

All patients who underwent hepatectomy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma between 2000 and 2011 were analyzed. Surgical variables, the status of the PM, prognostic factors, and survival were evaluated.

Results

A total of 224 patients were enrolled. Additional resection was performed in 52 of 75 positive PMs of invasive cancer, resulting in 43 negative PMs. The survival of patients with a negative PM treated with additional resection (n = 43) was significantly worse than that of the patients with a negative PM treated without additional resection (n = 149; P = 0.031) and did not significantly differ from that of the patients with a positive PM (n = 32; P = 0.215). A multivariate analysis demonstrated that the carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) level (<64 or ≥64), combined vascular resection, pN, pM, the histological grade, perineural invasion, liver invasion, and R status were independent prognostic factors. Only in the subgroups of CA19-9 < 64 and pM0, the survival of the patients with a negative PM treated with additional resection was significantly better than that of the patients with a positive PM (P = 0.019 and P = 0.021, respectively).

Conclusions

Additional resection of the invasive cancer-positive PMs may be warranted only in limited patients with a lower level of CA19-9 and no distant metastatic disease.
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Metadata
Title
Optimal Indications for Additional Resection of the Invasive Cancer-Positive Proximal Bile Duct Margin in Cases of Advanced Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Authors
Seiji Oguro, MD
Minoru Esaki, MD, PhD
Yoji Kishi, MD, PhD
Satoshi Nara, MD
Kazuaki Shimada, MD, PhD
Hidenori Ojima, MD, PhD
Tomoo Kosuge, MD, PhD
Publication date
01-06-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-014-4232-2

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