TY - JOUR
T1 - Interventional radiology and radiotherapy for inoperable cholangiocarcinoma of the extrahepatic bile ducts
AU - Milella, Marco
AU - Salvetti, Monica
AU - Cerrotta, Annamaria
AU - Cozzi, Guido
AU - Uslenghi, Elisabetta
AU - Tavola, Anna
AU - Gardani, Gianstefano
AU - Severini, Aldo
PY - 1998/7
Y1 - 1998/7
N2 - Aims and background: To evaluate the effectiveness of external radiation therapy (ERT), alone or combined with endoluminal brachytherapy (BRT), following percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) in the treatment of patients affected by inoperable cholangiocarcinoma. Methods and study design: From September 1980 to June 1996, 130 jaundiced patients affected by inoperable cholangiocarcinoma were submitted to PTBD at the Division of Radiology C of the National Cancer Institute of Milan. Nineteen were excluded from the present analysis due to the short survival after PTBD (
AB - Aims and background: To evaluate the effectiveness of external radiation therapy (ERT), alone or combined with endoluminal brachytherapy (BRT), following percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) in the treatment of patients affected by inoperable cholangiocarcinoma. Methods and study design: From September 1980 to June 1996, 130 jaundiced patients affected by inoperable cholangiocarcinoma were submitted to PTBD at the Division of Radiology C of the National Cancer Institute of Milan. Nineteen were excluded from the present analysis due to the short survival after PTBD (
KW - Brachytherapy
KW - Cholangiocarcinoma
KW - Interventional radiology
KW - Radiotherapy
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9824998
AN - SCOPUS:0031759391
VL - 84
SP - 467
EP - 471
JO - Tumori
JF - Tumori
SN - 0300-8916
IS - 4
ER -