ABSTRACT Background: Hilar cholangiocarcinoma represents more than half of all cholangiocarcinoma cases, having poor prognosis and presenting a median overall survival after diagnosis of 12-24 months. In patients who have unresectable tumors with a better prognosis, the proposal to perform liver transpl...
Abstract Purpose: To analyze the preoperative serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) levels and prognosis of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HC) undergoing radical resection. Methods: Preoperative serum MMP-9 levels in patients with HC undergoing radical resection were detected by enzyme-link...
O tumor de Klatskin é representado por colangiocarcinomas da bifurcaçäo dos ductos hepáticos de crescimento agressivo, relativamente raro, de prognóstico reservado, que determina sobrevida de meses após o diagnóstico, e que geralmente a única terapêutica possível tratamento säo procedimentos p...
