Role of intraluminal brachytherapy in extrahepatic bile duct and pancreatic cancers: Is it just for palliation?

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 861-866

  Montemaggi, Paolo ^a,c   Morganti, Alessio G ^a   Dobelbower Jr , Ralph R ^b   Brizi, Gabriella ^a   Smaniotto, Daniela ^a   Costamagna, Guido ^a   Cellini, Numa ^a   Marano, Pasquale ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile ducts, neoplasms; Fluorouracil; Iridium, radioactive; Pancreas, neoplasms; Therapeutic radiology, comparative studies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PANCREAS CANCER; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY;

EID: 0029938515     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.3.8638018     Document Type: Article

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