2013
Bile duct involvement portends poor prognosis in resected gallbladder carcinoma.
Eil R, Hansen P, Cassera M, Orloff S, Sheppard B, Diggs B, Billingsley K. Bile duct involvement portends poor prognosis in resected gallbladder carcinoma. Gastrointestinal Cancer Research : GCR 2013, 6: 101-5. PMID: 24147157, PMCID: PMC3782874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisease-specific survivalDisease-free survivalBile duct involvementGallbladder cancerDuct involvementMedian disease-free survivalResection of GBCResectable gallbladder cancerSubset of patientsLog-rank analysisAdjuvant therapyLN involvementPrognostic factorsCox regressionPoor prognosisRetrospective studyUnfavorable prognosisUnivariate analysisGallbladder carcinomaUnivariate associationsStudy populationHigh riskIntraoperative methodHigh mortalityMultivariate analysis
2010
Surgical treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: outcomes and predictive factors
Ellis M, Cassera M, Vetto J, Orloff S, Hansen P, Billingsley K. Surgical treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: outcomes and predictive factors. Hepato Pancreato Biliary 2010, 13: 59-63. PMID: 21159105, PMCID: PMC3019543, DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2010.00242.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall survival rateIntrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaR0 resectionSurgical treatmentR1/R2 resectionResectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaPostoperative liver failureMainstay of treatmentOptimal patient selectionPostoperative complication rateKaplan-Meier methodCox hazard modelPreoperative hypoalbuminaemiaReplete patientsR2 resectionSurgical mortalityComplication rateSurgical resectionSurgical therapyWorse survivalClinicopathologic characteristicsLiver failureOperative detailsPrognostic factorsRecurrence outcomes