Katiuscha Merath

TL;DR: While hepatic resection for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma was performed with less than 5% mortality in specialized centers, a textbooks outcome was achieved in only approximately 26% of patients, suggesting a textbook outcome may be useful for the reporting of patient-level hospital performance and hospital variation, leading to quality improvement efforts after resection.

TL;DR: Less than one-half of Medicare patients achieved a TO following hepatopancreatic procedures with a wide variation in the rates of TO among hospitals, which could be useful for the public reporting of patient level hospital performance and hospital variation.

TL;DR: Poor SDM was associated with worse patient-reported health outcomes, worse established quality indicators, and higher healthcare utilization, while increasing physician education may help optimize SDM.

TL;DR: Treatment at academic cancer centers was associated with higher R0 resection and lymphadenectomy rates, as well as improved OS for patients with ICC, with a moderate improvement in survival over time.

TL;DR: While a 1–4 mm margin clearance in patients with wtKRAS tumors was associated with improved survival, wider resection width did not confer an additional survival benefit and margin status—including a 1 cm margin—did not improve survival among patients with mut KRAS tumors.