What is the most accurate lymph node staging method for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma? Comparison of UICC/AJCC pN stage, number of metastatic lymph nodes, lymph-node ratio, and log odds of metastatic lymph nodes

• Published in: European journal of surgical oncology Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 743 - 750
• Main Authors: Conci, Simone, MD, Ruzzenente, Andrea, MD, PhD, Sandri, Marco, MD, Bertuzzo, Francesca, MD, Campagnaro, Tommaso, MD, PhD, Bagante, Fabio, MD, Capelli, Paola, MD, D’Onofrio, Mirko, MD, Piccino, Marco, MD, Dorna, Adriano E., MD, Pedrazzani, Corrado, MD, Iacono, Calogero, MD, Guglielmi, Alfredo, MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Bile Duct Neoplasms - pathology; Bile Duct Neoplasms - surgery; Common Bile Duct - surgery; Female; Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine; Hepatectomy; Hepatic Duct, Common - surgery; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Klatskin Tumor - pathology; Klatskin Tumor - surgery; Lymph node dissection; Lymph Node Excision; Lymph node metastasis; Lymph node staging; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymphadenectomy; Lymphatic Metastasis; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Neoplasm Staging; Perihilar cholangiocarcinoma; Proportional Hazards Models; Retrospective Studies; Surgery; Tumor Burden; lymph node staging; perihilar cholangiocarcinoma; lymph node dissection; lymph node metastasis; lymphadenectomy; Lymph node metastasis; Lymphadenectomy; Perihilar cholangiocarcinoma; Lymph node staging; Lymph node dissection

Abstract Background We compared the prognostic performance of the International Union Against Cancer/American Joint Committee on Cancer (UICC/AJCC) 7th edition pN stage, number of metastatic LNs (MLNs), LN ratio (LNR), and log odds of MLNs (LODDS) in patients with perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PCC)...