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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-13
pubmed:abstractText
Thirteen patients with unresectable cholangiocarcinomas were treated with external beam radiation therapy (ERT) and intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) in combination with biliary stenting. Local treatment failure occurred in 50% of the patients treated with curative intent and an additional two patients developed distant recurrent disease. Patient morbidity was primarily related to biliary sepsis and gastrointestinal complications. There was minimal morbidity related to the IORT. Although the median survival of 16.5 months seemed to be an improvement over our previous results for ERT alone or ERT with 5-fluorouracil, the survival data are still discouraging. Further improvements in treatment will require better means of biliary bypass and increased tumour response perhaps by the use of radiosensitizers or hyperthermia in conjunction with radiation therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0960-7404
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
283-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Intraoperative radiotherapy for unresectable cholangiocarcinoma--the Mayo Clinic experience.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article