Development and validation of a machine-learning model to predict lymph node metastasis of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: A retrospective cohort study.

Lymph node metastasis in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma significantly impacts overall survival, emphasizing the need for a predictive model. This study involved patients who underwent curative liver resection between different time periods. Three machine learning models were constructed with a training cohort (2010-2016) and validated with a separate cohort (2019-2023).

Impact of imaging-diagnosed sarcopenia on outcomes in patients with biliary tract cancer after surgical resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Aims: Sarcopenia has been associated with poor prognosis in patients with malignant tumors. However, its impact on the outcomes of patients with biliary tract cancer (BTC) undergoing surgical resection remains unclear and warrants further review. This study aims to summarize the available evidence on this issue.

Efficacy and safety of drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization (DEB-TACE) combined with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC): A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The optimal management of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC) remains an unresolved challenge. There is ongoing debate regarding the efficacy and safety of drug-eluting bead TACE (DEB-TACE) with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs).

Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library for eligible studies.

The prophylactic role of mitomycin C-based hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (MMC-based HIPEC) on peritoneal metastasis of spontaneously ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma (srHCC): A pilot study.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was featured as spontaneous rupture hemorrhage under intratumoral overpressure. Spontaneous rupture hepatocellular carcinoma (srHCC) has a high propensity for peritoneal metastasis (PM). Although HIPEC has become standard treatment for malignancies with PM, it has been poorly described in srHCC.

Transhepatic arterial approaches for ICG injection to guide laparoscopic anatomical hepatectomy: A case series study.

Background: Laparoscopic anatomical hepatectomy guided by near-infrared fluorescence imaging (NIR-FI) has been utilized extensively. However, it is difficult to resect "cone units" above the third branch of the Glissonean pedicle in the right posterior lobe using the laparoscopic positive or negative staining techniques. Therefore, we undertook a new laparoscopic segmentectomy based on the concept of "cone unit" assisted by interventional radiology combined with NIR-FI.

Safety and efficacy of laparoscopic transperitoneal versus retroperitoneal resection for benign retroperitoneal tumors: a retrospective cohort study.

Background And Objective: Benign retroperitoneal tumors (BRTs) are clinically rare solid tumors. This study aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic transperitoneal versus retroperitoneal resection for BRTs.

Methods: The clinical data of 43 patients who had pathologically confirmed BRTs and underwent laparoscopic resection in a single center from January 2019 to May 2022 were retrospectively analyzed.

Liver transplantation versus resection for patients with combined hepatocellular cholangiocarcinoma: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Combined hepatocellular cholangiocarcinoma (CHC) is a rare primary liver cancer, and whether liver transplantation should be implemented among CHC patients is still controversial. We intend to conduct a retrospective cohort study based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database to investigate the prognosis of liver transplantation liver resection among CHC patients.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with CHC (ICD-O-3:8180/3) and treated with transplantation or hepatectomy were extracted from the SEER database (2000-2018).

Surgical indications for solid hepatic benign tumors: An updated literature review.

Hepatic hemangioma, focal nodular hyperplasia, and hepatic adenoma are the most common benign solid liver tumors. However, their surgical indications have been the subject of debate. Minimally invasive liver resection reduces the cost of surgery and may lead to overtreatment of benign liver tumors.

Liver transplantation in China: Achievements over the past 30 years and prospects for the future.

Over the last three decades, liver transplantation (LT) in China has made breakthroughs from scratch. Now, new techniques are being continuously incorporated. However, LT in China differs from that in other countries due to cultural differences and the disease burden.

Efficacy and safety of preoperative transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: The aim of the study was to compare preoperative transcatheter arterial chemotherapy (TACE) plus liver resection (LR) with liver resection (LR) alone for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Materials And Methods: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane library, web of science and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) were searched from their initiation until 24 August 2021. Eligible languages were English and Chinese.

Use of chemotherapy to treat hepatocellular carcinoma.

Hepatic malignancies remain a global challenge. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accounts for around 90% of patients with liver cancer and is the sixth most common neoplasm worldwide and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death. However, the long-term prognosis for HCC remains far from satisfactory, with a late diagnosis and limited treatment.