Factors predicting surgical resection in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and cirrhosis.

Here, we investigate the potential factors that affect the outcome of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas (ICC) and cirrhosis. We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data and pathological features of 58 patients with ICC and cirrhosis who underwent liver resection between July 2000 and March 2008, and analyzed the prognostic risk factors by means of univariate and multivariate analyses. The overall morbidity and mortality were 40% and 3.

Major hepatectomy is a safe modality for the treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in selected patients complicated with cirrhosis.

Objective: The objective of this paper is to evaluate the perioperative outcomes of major hepatectomy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) in patients with cirrhosis.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative findings in 42 consecutive patients with cirrhosis and in 102 patients with normal livers who underwent major hepatectomy for ICC.

Results: Preoperative liver function was worse in patients with cirrhosis compared to patients without cirrhosis.

Clinicopathological characteristics of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in patients with cirrhosis.

Background/aims: The purpose of this study was to explore the clinicopathological characteristics of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) in patients with cirrhosis.

Methodology: A total of 155 patients with ICC were divided into those with cirrhosis (n=52) and those without cirrhosis (n=103). We compared the clinicopathological features of patients in both groups.

Prognostic value of cirrhosis for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma after surgical treatment.

Background: The surgical outcome and prognostic factors of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma are not fully understood. This study aimed to establish the clinical significance of cirrhosis for prognosis in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma after surgery.

Methods: One hundred fifteen patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma who underwent surgical resection between December 2001 and January 2008 were retrospectively analyzed.

[Sentinel lymph node mapping in colorectal cancer: study of 45 cases].

Objective: To discuss the sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping technique in colorectal cancer and its feasibility and utility.

Methods: The dye lymphazurin was injected subserosally around the tumor during operation in 43 colorectal cancer, 20 males and 25 females, aged 49.5 (27 - 72) so as to find the SLNs.

[Expression of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein in colorectal cancer tissues].

Objective: To investigate the expression of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) in colorectal cancer tissues and investigate its correlation with the clinicopathological factors of the malignancy.

Methods: Immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR was employed to detect the expression of XIAP in 87 colorectal cancer tissues.

Results: XIAP mRNA expression was detected in 64.