The prognostic impact of preoperative body composition in perihilar and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Isabella Lurje, Zoltan Czigany, Sarah Eischet, Jan Bednarsch, Tom Florian Ulmer, Peter Isfort, Pavel Strnad, Christian Trautwein, Frank Tacke, Ulf Peter Neumann, Georg Lurje – 25 May 2022 – Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a rare but highly aggressive malignancy of the biliary system. Although it is amenable to surgical resection in early disease, outcomes are frequently dismal. Here, we investigated the prevalence of body composition (BC) alterations and their prognostic role for surgical patients with intrahepatic (iCCA) and perihilar (pCCA) disease.

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