Chemoradiotherapy for Initially Unresectable Locally Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma

• Published in: World journal of surgery Vol. 42; no. 9; pp. 2910 - 2918
• Main Authors: Sumiyoshi, Tatsuaki, Shima, Yasuo, Okabayashi, Takehiro, Negoro, Yuji, Shimada, Yasuhiro, Iwata, Jun, Matsumoto, Manabu, Hata, Yasuhiro, Noda, Yoshihiro, Sui, Kenta, Sueda, Taijiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.09.2018; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; Chemoradiotherapy; Chemotherapy; Cholangiocarcinoma; Fatalities; General Surgery; Hepatectomy; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Scientific Report; Patients; Radiation therapy; Surgery; Survival; Thoracic Surgery; Vascular Surgery
• ISSN: 0364-2313; 1432-2323; 1432-2323
• DOI: 10.1007/s00268-018-4558-1

Objective Surgical resection is the only available treatment for achieving long-term survival in cholangiocarcinoma. The purpose of this study is to elucidate the utility of chemoradiotherapy for initially unresectable locally advanced cholangiocarcinoma. Methods Unresectable locally advanced cholan...