Cholangiocarcinoma is a disease entity comprising diverse epithelial tumours with features
of cholangiocyte differentiation: cholangiocarcinomas are categorized according to …

Background Evaluation of indeterminate biliary strictures typically involves collection and
analysis of tissue or cells. Brush cytology and intraductal biopsies that are routinely …

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a cancer arising from the intra-or extrahepatic bile ducts and
mainly characterized by its late diagnosis and fatal outcome. CCA is the second most …

Primary sclerosing cholangitis is the classic hepatobiliary manifestation of inflammatory
bowel disease and is generally chronic and progressive. Patients frequently present with …

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) includes a heterogeneous group of biliary cancers with poor
prognosis. Several conditions, such as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), are risk factors …

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), first described in the mid-1850s, is a complex liver
disease that is heterogeneous in its presentation. PSC is characterized by chronic …

Background and Aims Evaluation of indeterminate biliary strictures by brush cytology and
intraductal biopsies is limited by low sensitivity. The utility of SpyGlass peroral …

Nowadays, proteomic studies no longer focus only on identifying as many proteins as
possible in a given sample, but aiming for an accurate quantification of them. Especially in …

Biliary strictures present a diagnostic challenge, especially when no etiology can be
ascertained after laboratory evaluation, abdominal imaging and endoscopic retrograde …

Capillary electrophoresis combined with mass spectrometry (CE‐MS) has been used for
several years for the investigation of proteins and peptides as biomarkers for diagnosis and …