ASO Author Reflections: Regional Liver Function Assessment in Patients with Malignant Perihilar Biliary Tumor

Ming Xiao^{1

2}, Jianping Song^{1

2}, Yuewei Zhang², Liang Wang², Zuoxiang He³, Canhong Xiang⁴, Jiahong Dong^{5

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7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
² Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Key Laboratory of Digital Intelligence Hepatology (Ministry of Education), School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tshinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
⁴ Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Key Laboratory of Digital Intelligence Hepatology (Ministry of Education), School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. roy.xx@163.com.
⁵ Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China. dongjiahong@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁶ Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Key Laboratory of Digital Intelligence Hepatology (Ministry of Education), School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. dongjiahong@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁷ Research Unit of Precision Hepatobiliary Surgery Paradigm, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. dongjiahong@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.

Ming Xiao et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Sep.

. 2025 Sep;32(9):6339-6340.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-17394-7. Epub 2025 Jun 30.

Ming Xiao^{1

2}, Jianping Song^{1

2}, Yuewei Zhang², Liang Wang², Zuoxiang He³, Canhong Xiang⁴, Jiahong Dong^{5

6

7}

¹ Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
² Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Key Laboratory of Digital Intelligence Hepatology (Ministry of Education), School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tshinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
⁴ Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Key Laboratory of Digital Intelligence Hepatology (Ministry of Education), School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. roy.xx@163.com.
⁵ Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China. dongjiahong@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁶ Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Key Laboratory of Digital Intelligence Hepatology (Ministry of Education), School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. dongjiahong@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁷ Research Unit of Precision Hepatobiliary Surgery Paradigm, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. dongjiahong@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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