Surgical treatment of proximal bile duct tumors.
A new classification of proximal bile duct tumors mainly based on endo- and exobiliary neoplastic invasion, indicating radical or palliative surgery is proposed. Fifty-eight patients underwent radical (12) or palliative (46) surgery. The 5-year survival rate of patients treated radically is 40% compared to 0% in patients treated palliatively; all the patients of this latter group died within 22 months. The authors stress the need for a standard anatomical classification for proximal bile duct tumors.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care