The impact of liver resection on survival for locally advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma tumors: A propensity score analysis

Background Aim of work was to investigate the prognostic impact of liver resection (LR) on locally advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma (IC) in comparison to alternative palliative chemotherapy (CTx). Method A retrospective cohort study performed utilizing Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database to identify Locally advanced IC patients. Based on the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging System, locally...