Unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma completely reduced by external radiation therapy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 63, 2005, Pages 725-727

  Kaido, Toshimi ^a,b,c   Imamura, Masayuki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Otsu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c OTSU MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

External radiation therapy; Hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRAIN; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC NASOBILIARY DRAINAGE TUBE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HEPATIC DUCT; HILAR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER HILUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20644445674     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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