Radiation therapy and photodynamic therapy for biliary tract and ampullary carcinomas

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-68

  Saito, Hiroya ^a   Takada, Tadahiro ^b   Miyazaki, Masaru ^c   Miyakawa, Shuichi ^d   Tsukada, Kazuhiro ^e   Nagino, Masato ^f   Kondo, Satoshi ^g   Furuse, Junji ^h   Tsuyuguchi, Toshio ^c   Kimura, Fumio ^c   Yoshitomi, Hideyuki ^c   Nozawa, Satoshi ^c   Yoshida, Masahiro ^b   Wada, Keita ^b   Amano, Hodaka ^b   Miura, Fumihiko ^b  

^a Asahikawa Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

External beam radiation therapy; Guidelines; Intraluminal brachytherapy; Intraoperative radiation therapy; Photodynamic therapy; Postoperative radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; JAUNDICE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STENT; SURVIVAL TIME; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA;

AMPULLA OF VATER; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

EID: 39549122766     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-007-1281-y     Document Type: Article

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