Arterial Chemotherapy and Conformal Radiation Abolish Malignant Biliary Obstruction | Zendy

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Arterial Chemotherapy and Conformal Radiation Abolish Malignant Biliary Obstruction

Author(s) -

YongSong Guan,

Qing He,

Li Ping,

Yuchuan Fu,

Shaowei Zhao

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

integrative cancer therapies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1552-695X

pISSN - 1534-7354

DOI - 10.1177/1534735408314093

Subject(s) - medicine , chemotherapy , radiation therapy , bile duct , biliary tract , bile duct cancer , common hepatic duct , radiology , oncology

Malignant biliary obstruction has been a challenge to clinical practitioners, especially when it is serious and complete. Chemotherapy or radiation alone is often unsuccessful. In this study, the authors report a 59-year-old patient with complete common bile duct obstruction caused by cholangiocarcinoma who was treated with arterial chemotherapy followed by 3-dimensional conformal radiation, which resulted in a good clinical outcome.

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