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ReviewCancers2023

Locoregional Therapy for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: The Role of Intra-Arterial Therapies.

Leva Gorji, Hussein Aoun, Jeffrey Critchfield, Najeeb Al Hallak, Eliza W Beal

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Radiological Loco-Regional Treatments for Cholangiocarcinoma: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leva GorjiDepartment of Surgery, Kettering Health, Dayton, OH 45402, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6837-5317
Hussein AounDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Jeffrey CritchfieldDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7694-2550
Najeeb Al HallakDepartment of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Eliza W BealDepartment of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Wayne State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a rare disease with a rising incidence. While surgical resection is the only curative option, the disease process is often identified in advanced stages, as this malignancy often remains clinically silent in early development. Only one-third of patients are eligible for resection at the time of diagnosis. For patients who cannot undergo resection, intra-arterial therapies are reasonable palliative treatment options; in rare occasions, these may be bridging therapies, as well. The premise of bland embolization and most chemoembolization intra-arterial therapies is that the arterial supply of the tumor is occluded to induce tumor necrosis, while radioembolization utilizes the arterial flow of the tumor to deliver radiation therapy. In this review, we discuss the use of transarterial embolization, transarterial chemoembolization, and selective internal radiation therapy for the treatment of ICC. Phase III randomized controlled clinical trials are difficult to tailor to this extremely rare and aggressive disease, but ultimately, further investigation should be pursued to define the patient population that will derive the greatest benefit from each modality.

Indexed as

intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaradioembolizationselective internal radiation therapytransarterial chemoembolizationtransarterial embolizationYttrium-90

Identifiers

PMID37835420
PMCPMC10571998
OpenAlexW4387054437

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Registered trials

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