Long-term survival after intraluminal brachytherapy for inoperable hilar cholangiocarcinoma: A case report

作     者：Siu-Yin Chan Ronnie T. Poon Kelvin K. Ng Chi-Leung Liu Raymond T. Chan Sheung-Tat Fan 

作者机构：Centre for the Study of Liver Disease and Department of Surgery The University of Hong Kong PokfulamHong Kong China Department of Clinical Oncology The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Hong Kong China 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2005年第11卷第20期

页      面：3161-3164页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Brachytherapy Hilar cholangiocarcinoma 

摘      要：Surgical resection with a tumor-free margin is the onlycurative treatment for hilar cholangiocarcinoma (Klatskin tumor). However, over half of the patients present late with unresectable tumors. Radiotherapy using external beamirradiation or intraluminal brachytherapy (ILBT) has been used to treat unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma with satisfactory outcome. We reported a patient with unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma surviving more than 6 years after combined external beam irradiation and ILBT.