Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Socioeconomic Discrepancies, Contemporary Treatment Approaches and Survival Trends from the National Cancer Database
Uhlig J, Sellers CM, Cha C, Khan SA, Lacy J, Stein SM, Kim HS. Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Socioeconomic Discrepancies, Contemporary Treatment Approaches and Survival Trends from the National Cancer Database. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2019, 26: 1993-2000. PMID: 30693451, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-019-07175-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseIntrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaOverall survivalMedicaid insuranceCancer DatabaseLonger survivalTreatment allocationSurvival trendsTreatment approachesInterventional oncologySocioeconomic discrepanciesHigher surgery ratesMultivariable Cox modelFirst-line treatmentCurrent treatment approachesContemporary treatment approachesLow incomeMale African AmericansEligible patientsMethodsThe 2004ICC patientsSurgery ratesMale sexTreatment predictorsCancer stage