A 12-year Recurrence-free Survival After Multidisciplinary Treatment for a Patient With Combined Hepatocellular–Cholangiocarcinoma

We report a 64-year-old woman with a 9-cm liver tumor in the left lateral section. The patient had neither hepatitis B or C virus infection, nor cirrhosis. Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) level was 1,889 U/ml. We also suspected bulky hilar lymph node metastasis, and a left lateral sectionectomy without lymph node dissection (R2) was performed. The pathological findings led to diagnosis of combined hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma. Three...