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ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025

Therapeutic Advances in Initially Unresectable Locally Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Emerging Treatments and the Role of Liver Transplantation.

Sofia Lopiano, James V Guarrera, Keri E Lunsford

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Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Updates in Oncotransplantation 2025.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sofia LopianoDivision of Transplant and HPB Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
James V GuarreraDivision of Transplant and HPB Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
Keri E LunsfordDivision of Transplant and HPB Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4156-1774

Funding

Artificial Intelligence Tool to Optimize Organ Transplantation Outcomes (Transplant-AI)R44HL172564 · NHLBI · INFORMAI, INC. · PI Jim Havelka · 2024 to 2026
$2.3M
Multi-Center Validation and Biologic Assessment of a Novel Pre-Transplant Biomarker Panel to Predict Liver Transplant Recipient MortalityR01DK137222 · NIDDK · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Keri Elizabeth Lunsford · 2024 to 2026
$2.1M
Molecular Targets of Preservation Injury Mitigated by Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion in Liver TransplantationR21AI180739 · NIAID · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GUARRERA, JAMES V., LUNSFORD, KERI ELIZABETH · 2024 to 2025
$426k
NHLBI NIH HHS R44 HL172564NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI180739NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK137222
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optimal curative therapy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) involves hepatic resection; however, due to its insidious nature, iCCA frequently presents at advanced stages. Consequently, 70-80% of patients feature unresectable iCCA at presentation. Recent expansions in therapeutic options for locally advanced unresectable iCCA include immunotherapy, targeted chemotherapeutics, and liver-directed therapies. These have increased progression-free survival, enhanced response rates, and improved downstaging for resection. Liver transplant has also emerged as an alternative for patients whose tumors remain unresectable despite therapeutic response. Here, we explore emerging treatment options included in a multidisciplinary treatment paradigm to prolong survival in patients with initially unresectable locally advanced iCCA.

Indexed as

Bile Duct NeoplasmsCholangiocarcinomaLiver TransplantationHumanshepatic artery infusion therapyintrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaliver transplantationneoadjuvant chemotherapytransarterial chemoembolizationtransarterial radioembolization

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PMID40558236
PMCPMC12192356

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