Clinical Diagnosis and Staging of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.

Bartella, Isabel; Dufour, Jean-François (2015). Clinical Diagnosis and Staging of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma. Journal of gastrointestinal and liver diseases, 24(4), pp. 481-489. Medical University Press 10.15403/jgld.2014.1121.244.chl

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Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas are the second most common primary liver malignancies with an increasing incidence over the past decades. Due to a lack of early symptoms and their aggressive oncobiological behavior, the diagnostic approach is challenging and the outcome remains unsatisfactory with a poor prognosis. Thus, a consistent staging system for a comparison between different therapeutic approaches is needed, but independent predictors for worse survival are still controversial. Currently, four different staging systems are primarily used, which differ in the way they determine the 'T' category. Furthermore, different nomograms and prognostic models have been recently proposed and may be helpful in providing additional information for predicting the prognosis and therefore be helpful in approaching an adequate treatment strategy. This review will discuss the diagnostic approach to intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma as well as compare and contrast the most current staging systems and prognostic models.

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