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SUBMITTER: Gairing SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8235389 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gairing Simon Johannes SJ Thol Felix F Müller Lukas L Hahn Felix F Thomaidis Thomas T Czauderna Carolin C Bartsch Fabian F Pitton Michael Bernhard MB Marquardt Jens Uwe JU Wörns Marcus-Alexander MA Galle Peter Robert PR Moehler Markus M Weinmann Arndt A Kloeckner Roman R Foerster Friedrich F
Journal of clinical medicine 20210621 12
Incidence and mortality of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) have been increasing continuously. Recent studies suggest that the combination of palliative chemotherapy (pCTX) and transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) improves overall survival (OS). This study aimed to evaluate the outcome of patients treated with TACE and pCTX in unresectable iCCA at our tertiary care center. A group of 14 patients was treated with both pCTX and TACE. The non-randomized control group of 59 patients received ...[more]