The patients with biliary tract lesions suspicious of malignancy
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The patients with biliary tract lesions suspicious of malignancy The patients who was able to place ENBD or PTBD, and collect bile for cytology and cell block method
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Age < 20 years The patients who was not able to place ENBD or PTBD The patients who was already diagnosed cytologically or histologically before this study Unwillingness to participate in this study The patients who are otherwise judged by the investigator to be ineligible to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The diagnosis efficacy (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and accuracy) of bile cytology method and cell block method using collected bile for biliary tract cancer. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Gifu Municipal Hospital Department of Gastroenterology