Preoperative biliary drainage-related inflammation is associated with shorter survival in biliary tract cancer patients

Hiroshi Kurahara,Kosei Maemura,Yuko Mataki,Masahiko Sakoda,Satoshi Iino,Yota Kawasaki,Takaaki Arigami,Yoshikazu Uenosono,Yuko Kijima,Hiroyuki Shinchi,Sonshin Takao,Shoji Natsugoe

Preoperative biliary drainage-related inflammation is associated with shorter survival in biliary tract cancer patients

2016

Hiroshi Kurahara
Kosei Maemura
Yuko Mataki
Masahiko Sakoda
Satoshi Iino
Yota Kawasaki
Takaaki Arigami
Yoshikazu Uenosono
Yuko Kijima
Hiroyuki Shinchi
Sonshin Takao
Shoji Natsugoe

Background An association between inflammation and patient prognosis has been reported in various types of cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of preoperative biliary drainage-related inflammation in patients with biliary tract cancer.

Keywords:

Biliary tract
Inflammation
General surgery
Cancer
Pathology
Pancreatitis
Medicine
in patient
Surgical oncology
biliary drainage
biliary tract cancer
Gastroenterology
Internal medicine

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