Open AccessThe role of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) in the management of patients with pancreatic and periampullary cancer: A single center experience
Author(s) -
Ayman Azzam,
Ahmed Alqarni,
Tarek Amin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of egyptian national cancer institute/journal of the egyptian national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2589-0409
pISSN - 1110-0362
DOI - 10.1016/j.jnci.2018.03.002
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreaticoduodenectomy , intraoperative radiotherapy , periampullary cancer , surgery , radiation therapy , adenocarcinoma , intraoperative radiation therapy , pancreatic cancer , general surgery , single center , cancer , resection , breast cancer
In spite of the advances in modern surgery, the outcome for patients suffering from pancreatic adenocarcinoma or periampullary adenocarcinoma is still bad. Recently, introperative radiotherapy (IORT) was introduced into the multimodality management approach to improve both tumor control and patient' survival.