The multidisciplinary management of cholangiocarcinoma

KC Ohaegbulam, Y Koethe, A Fung, SC Mayo… - Cancer, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cholangiocarcinoma is a lethal malignancy of the biliary epithelium that can arise anywhere
along the biliary tract. Surgical resection confers the greatest likelihood of long‐term …

The evolving role of radiation therapy in the treatment of biliary tract cancer

E Gkika, MA Hawkins, AL Grosu, TB Brunner - Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Biliary tract cancers (BTC) are a disease entity comprising diverse epithelial tumors, which
are categorized according to their anatomical location as intrahepatic (iCCA), perihilar …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon-ion radiotherapy for cholangiocarcinoma: a multi-institutional study by and the Japan carbon-ion radiation oncology study group (J-CROS)

G Kasuya, K Terashima, K Shibuya, S Toyama… - Oncotarget, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) for
cholangiocarcinoma via a multicenter retrospective study. Clinical data were collected from …

Clinical outcomes and risk stratification in unresectable biliary tract cancers undergoing radiation therapy

U Amit, M Shagun, JP Plastaras, JM Metz, TB Karasic… - Radiation …, 2024 - Springer
Background Biliary tract cancers (BTC) are rare and aggressive malignancies originating
from intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts and the gallbladder. Surgery is the only …

Clinical outcomes of patients with unresectable cholangiocarcinoma treated with proton beam therapy

SP Hung, BS Huang, CE Hsieh, CH Lee… - American journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To investigate the clinical outcomes and failure patterns of patients with
unresectable cholangiocarcinoma (CC) who had been treated with proton beam therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Chemoradiotherapy for patients with locally advanced or unresectable extra-hepatic biliary cancer

KR Jethwa, S Sannapaneni, TC Mullikin… - Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Although surgical resection is the preferred curative-intent treatment option for
patients with non-metastatic, extra-hepatic biliary cancer (EBC), radiotherapy (RT) or …

[HTML][HTML] An atlas for clinical target volume definition, including elective nodal irradiation in definitive radiotherapy of biliary cancer

S Bisello, M Renzulli, M Buwenge… - Oncology …, 2019 - spandidos-publications.com
Radiotherapy (RT) is a treatment option for advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC), often
combined with sequential and/or concurrent chemotherapy. The use of modern RT …

[HTML][HTML] Chemoradiation of locally advanced biliary cancer: A PRISMA‐compliant systematic review

S Bisello, C Malizia, F Mammini, E Galietta… - Cancer …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction Biliary tract cancers (BTC) are rare and aggressive neoplasms. The current
management of locally advanced or unresectable BTC is primarily based on chemotherapy …

Comparative dosimetric study of spot-scanning proton therapy versus volumetric-modulated radiation therapy for extrahepatic bile duct cancer

T Ogata, N Aibe, T Kimoto, T Takenaka, G Suzuki… - Medical …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aimed to compare the dose distributions and clarify the dosimetric characteristics
of spot-scanning proton therapy (SSPT) and photon volumetric modulated arc therapy …

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for patients with unresectable or medically inoperable cholangiocarcinoma

MY Liu, CH Lo, CS Lin, HL Chao, JF Yang… - Tumori …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose The role of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) in patients with unresectable
or medically inoperable cholangiocarcinoma remains unclear. We examined the efficacy …