GUIDELINE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF BILE DUCT CANCERS BY THE BRAZILIAN GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR GROUP

ABSTRACT The Brazilian Gastrointestinal Tumor Group developed guidelines for the surgical and clinical management of patients with billiary cancers. The multidisciplinary panel was composed of experts in the field of radiology, medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiotherapy, endoscopy and patholo...

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Main Authors: Rachel RIECHELMANN, Anelisa K COUTINHO, Rui F WESCHENFELDER, Gustavo ANDRADE DE PAULO, Gustavo dos Santos FERNANDES, Markus GIFONI, Maria de Lourdes OLIVEIRA, Rene GANSL, Roberto GIL, Gustavo LUERSEN, Lucio LUCAS, Marcio REISNER, Fernando Meton VIEIRA, Marcel Autran MACHADO, Andre MURAD, Alessandro OSVALDT, Miguel BRANDÃO, Elisangela CARVALHO, Tulio SOUZA, Tulio PFIFFER, Gabriel PROLLA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE)
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032016000100005&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:ABSTRACT The Brazilian Gastrointestinal Tumor Group developed guidelines for the surgical and clinical management of patients with billiary cancers. The multidisciplinary panel was composed of experts in the field of radiology, medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiotherapy, endoscopy and pathology. The panel utilized the most recent literature to develop a series of evidence-based recommendations on different treatment and diagnostic strategies for cholangiocarcinomas and gallbladder cancers.
ISSN:1678-4219