Current status of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Table 3 Comparison of recent series

Authors	Yr	Countries	Procedure (patients)	Prognosis (%)				Tumor recurrence (%)
				Median (mo)	1 yr	3 yr	5 yr
Pichlmayr et al[88]	1995	Germany	Hepatic resection (32)	12.8
			Liver transplantation (18)	5.0
Casavilla et al[89]	1997	America	Hepatic resection (34)		60	37	31	56
			Liver transplantation (20)		70	29	18	55
Chu et al[22]	1997	Hong Kong, China	Conservative management (15)	1.8
			Palliative operation (23)	2.9
			Hepatic resection (39)	12.2	57.3	23.9	15.9
Madariaga et al[98]	1998	Japan	Hepatic resection (34)	19	67	40	35
Meyer et al[99]	2000	America	Liver transplantation (207)		72	48 (2 yr)	23	51
Kawarada et al[100]	2001	Japan	hepatic resection (37)	31.5	54.1	34	23.9
Fu et al[101]	2004	China	Palliative or curative operation (79)	11.9	49.4	17.3	9.6
Robles et al[102]	2004	Spain	Liver transplantation (23)		77	65	42	35
Lang et al[80]	2005	Germany	R0-resection (complete tumor removal) (16)	46	94	82		37.5
			R1-resection (microscopic tumor at the cutting margin) (11)	5	22	0
Ghali et al[103]	2005	Canada	Liver transplantation (10)		90	80	20	80
Urahashi et al[104]	2007	Japan	HPD (hepatectomy with pancreatoduodenectomy) (12)		42	33	33	75
De Oliveira et al[105]	2007	America	Hepatic resection (R0-resection)	80			63
			Hepatic resection (overall)	28			40
Becker et al[106]	2008	America	Liver transplantation (280)		74		38