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Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma arising in cirrhotic liver frequently expressed p63-positive basal/stem-cell phenotype.
Pathology, research and practice - 1 Jan 2006
Nomoto Kazuhiro, Tsuneyama Koichi, Cheng Chunmei, Takahashi Hiroyuki, Hori Ryota, Murai Yoshihiro, Takano Yasuo
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In general, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is not related to liver cirrhosis. However, a few cases have been reported in which ICC was accompanied by severe liver fibrosis. Some researchers have proposed that hepatocellular and cholangiocellular (HC-CC) carcinoma, an intermediate mixed phenotype possibly arising in cirrhotic liver, might originate from hepatic precursor cells. In the liver, hepatocytes and...
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