Publication: Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with unresectable cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand: Are there differences dependent on stent type?
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2013-01-01
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2476762X
15137368
15137368
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2-s2.0-84877114372
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Mahidol University
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. Vol.14, No.1 (2013), 529-532
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Varayu Prachayakul, Suthasinee Chaisayan, Pitulak Aswakul, Morakod Deesomsak Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with unresectable cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand: Are there differences dependent on stent type?. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. Vol.14, No.1 (2013), 529-532. doi:10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.1.529 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/31412
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Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with unresectable cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand: Are there differences dependent on stent type?
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Cholangiocarcinoma, though very rare in Western countries, is one of the commonest liver malignancies in Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand. More than half of the patients presentwith advanced stage disease. Given the poor treatment outcomes of adjuvant therapeutic options, many patients undergo only biliary drainage for palliative treatment. Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes after biliary stenting were here analyzed for a total of 224 uresectable cholangiocarcinoma cases, 58.9% in men. The mean age was 61.5 years. Hilarinvolvement wasthe most common location. The patients underwent biliary drainage using plastic and metallic stents equally, early stent occlusion being encountered in 21.4% and 10.7%, respectively. The median survival time was 4.93 months for patients who received plastic and 5.87 months for patients who received metallic stents.