Brachytherapy in the treatment of bile duct cancer - a tough challenge.

The objective of this treatment is to deliver a high local dose of radiation to the tumor while sparing surrounding healthy tissues. The treatment can be safely adapted for right and left hepatic duct, and for common bile duct lesions. Brachytherapy plays a limited but specific role in definitive treatment with curative intent in selected cases of early disease, as well as in the postoperative treatment of small residual disease. Depending on the location of the lesion, in some cases, brachytherapy is a treatment of choice. Clinical indications, different techniques, results, and complications are discussed in this work. PMID: 28533809 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: J Contemp Brachytherapy Source Type: research