Length and quality of survival following external beam radiotherapy combined with expandable metallic stent for unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-94

  Shinchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Takao, Sonshin ^a   Nishida, Hirotoshi ^a   Aikou, Takashi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expandable metallic biliary stent; External beam radiotherapy; Hilar cholangiocarcinoma; Length and quality of survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT PROSTHESIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STENT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033753965     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9098(200010)75:2<89::AID-JSO3>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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