Validation of the Mayo Clinic Staging System in Determining Prognoses of Patients with Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma

Most systems for staging perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PHC) have been developed for the minority of patients with resectable disease. The recently developed Mayo Clinic system for staging PHC requires only clinical and radiological variables, but has not yet been validated. We performed a retrospective study to validate the Mayo Clinic staging system.

Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - May 19, 2017 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Robert J.S. Coelen, Marcia P. Gaspersz, Tim A. Labeur, Jeroen L.A. van Vugt, Susan van Dieren, Fran çois E.J.A. Willemssen, Chung Y. Nio, Jan N.M. IJzermans, Heinz-Josef Klümpen, Bas Groot Koerkamp, Thomas M. van Gulik Source Type: research