Staging Distal Cholangiocarcinoma Distal cholangiocarcinomas are found further down the bile duct, closer to the small intestine and pancreas. Cholangiocarcinoma staging is dependent on whether the tumor is primarily intrahepatic (ICC hilarperihilar (Klatskin or extrahepatic. The prognostic factors and the therapeutic approaches to cholangiocarcinoma. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (staging - AJCC UICC 8th edition) Dr Henry Knipe and Dr Laurent Bilodeau et al.
Tumor resection is currently the most optimal treatment and the ability of the tumor to infiltrate longitudinally and radially along the biliary tree necessitates aggressive). After a person is diagnose doctors will try to figure out if it has sprea and if so, how far. It can sometimes be confused with cancer that starts in the liver cells, which is called hepatocellular carcinoma.
The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC Union for International Cancer Control (UICC ) introduced a unique staging system for the i ntrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in their 7th edition in. It helps determine how serious the cancer is and how best to treat it. The stage of a cancer describes how much cancer is in the body.