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Perihilar Bile Ducts

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Extrahepatic bile duct tumors have been separated into perihilar (proximal) and distal groups and separate staging classifications defined for each T1 (confined to bile duct) and T2 (beyond the wall of the bile duct) have been specified histologically T1 (confined to bile duct) and T2 (beyond the wall of the bile duct) have been specified histologically T2 includes invasion of adjacent hepatic parenchyma T3 is defined as unilateral vascular invasion

(Sarcoma and carcinoid tumors are not included)

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  1. Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Carolyn C. Compton MD, PhD, FCAP

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA

    David R. Byrd MD, FACS

  3. Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Julio Garcia-Aguilar MD, PhD, FACS

  4. Department of Surgery, Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, CT, USA

    Scott H. Kurtzman MD, FACS

  5. Department of OB/GYN Division of Gynecologic Oncology Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Alexander Olawaiye MD, MRCOG, FACOG

  6. Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Mary Kay Washington MD, PhD, FCAP

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  1. Critical Path Institute, E. River Road 1730, Tucson, 85718, Arizona, USA

    Carolyn C. Compton

  2. Medical Center, Dept. Surgery, University of Washington, NE. Pacific St. 1959, Seattle, 98195-6410, Washington, USA

    David R. Byrd

  3. , Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, 91010, California, USA

    Julio Garcia-Aguilar

  4. , Department of Surgery, Waterbury Hospital, Robbins Street 64, Waterbury, 06708, Connecticut, USA

    Scott H. Kurtzman

  5. Magee-Women's Hospital, Department of OB/GYN, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Halket Street 300, Pittsburgh, 15213, Pennsylvania, USA

    Alexander Olawaiye

  6. , Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Ave., Nashville, 37232-2562, Tennessee, USA

    Mary Kay Washington

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Compton, C.C., Byrd, D.R., Garcia-Aguilar, J., Kurtzman, S.H., Olawaiye, A., Washington, M.K. (2012). Perihilar Bile Ducts. In: Compton, C., Byrd, D., Garcia-Aguilar, J., Kurtzman, S., Olawaiye, A., Washington, M. (eds) AJCC Cancer Staging Atlas. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2080-4_21

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