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Surgical resection is the only therapeutic approach that produces good survival results for patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. However, advanced disease stage and infiltration to vascular structures often require extended and complicated hepatic resections, such that curative operation is not always possible.
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Guglielmi, A., Ruzzenente, A., Iacono, C. (2008). The Role of Liver Transplantation. In: Surgical Treatment of Hilar and Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0729-1_22
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