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ReviewWorld journal of hepatology2017

Clinical features, histology, and histogenesis of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma.

Shweta Gera, Mark Ettel, Gabriel Acosta-Gonzalez, Ruliang Xu

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Review in World journal of hepatology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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58citing papers in PubMed
10.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Combined Hepatocellular Cholangiocarcinoma.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2024
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  18. [Advances in imaging diagnosis of mixed-type liver cancer].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shweta GeraShweta Gera, Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, United States.
Mark EttelShweta Gera, Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, United States.
Gabriel Acosta-GonzalezShweta Gera, Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, United States.
Ruliang XuShweta Gera, Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, United States.
Montefiore Medical Center · USNYU Langone Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma (CHC) is a rare tumor with poor prognosis, with incidence ranging from 1.0%-4.7% of all primary hepatic tumors. This entity will be soon renamed as hepato-cholangiocarcinoma. The known risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been implicated for CHC including viral hepatitis and cirrhosis. It is difficult to diagnose this tumor pre-operatively. The predominant histologic component within the tumor largely determines the predominant radiographic features making it a difficult distinction. Heterogeneous and overlapping imaging features of HCC and cholangiocarcinoma should raise the suspicion for CHC and multiple core biopsies (from different areas of tumor) are recommended before administering treatment. Serum tumor markers CA19-9 and alpha-fetoprotein can aid in the diagnosis, but it remains a challenging diagnosis prior to resection. There is sufficient data to support bipotent hepatic progenitor cells as the cell of origin for CHC. The current World Health Organization classification categorizes two main types of CHC based on histo-morphological features: Classical type and CHC with stem cell features. Liver transplant is one of the available treatment modalities with other management options including transarterial chemoembolization, radiofrequency ablation, and percutaneous ethanol injection. We present a review paper on CHC highlighting the risk factors, origin, histological classification and therapeutic modalities.

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Cholangiocellular carcinomaClassificationCombined hepatocellular-cholangiocellular carcinomaHepatic progenitor cell(s)Hepatocellular carcinomaHistogenesis

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PMID28293379
PMCPMC5332419
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