Image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IG-IMRT) for biliary adenocarcinomas: Initial clinical results

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-254

  Fuller, Clifton David ^a,b   Dang, Nguyen Dinh ^c   Wang, Samuel J ^b   Desai, Prashant ^a   Choi, Mehee ^b   Thomas Jr , Charles R ^b   Fuss, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary tract cancer; Cholangiocarcinoma; Gallbladder cancer; Image guided radiotherapy (IGRT); Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; IRINOTECAN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT ADENOCARCINOMA; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 67650970454     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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