[The combination therapy of local administration of OK-432 and radiation for 2 cases of lower bile duct carcinoma].

The combination therapy of local administration of OK-432 and radiation was performed for two patients with lower bile duct carcinoma. Initially, 10KE of OK-432 was given locally, and irradiation was performed according to the schedule of 180-200 rad/5 fractions/week and given 5,000-5,220 rad totally. One case received 5KE of OK-432 locally 17 days after first injection. Both cases showed complete response and survived 4 months and 59 months without any sign of recurrence, respectively.