Pathologic and Molecular Features of Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma Based on U-P Point Division.

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CONTEXT.—: The Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery guidelines propose a classification scheme that differs from the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) system, in which the anatomic U-P point is the boundary between intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PCC). OBJECTIVE.—: To investigate whether this classification system improves clinicopathologic and...

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• Biomarkers, Tumor
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