Khosla Divya, Zaheer Samreen, Gupta Rahul, Madan Renu, Goyal Shikha, Kumar Narendra, Kapoor Rakesh
Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, U.T., India.
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shalby Multispeciality Hospital, Mohali 160062, Punjab, India.
World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2022 Mar 16;14(3):106-112. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v14.i3.106.
Surgery is the only curative treatment for cholangiocarcinoma. However, most patients present with advanced disease, and hence are unresectable. Thus, the intent of treatment shifts from curative to palliative in the majority of cases. Biliary drainage with intraluminal brachytherapy is an effective means of relieving the malignant biliary obstruction. In this review, we discuss the role of brachytherapy in the palliation of obstructive symptoms in extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
手术是胆管癌唯一的治愈性治疗方法。然而,大多数患者就诊时已处于疾病晚期,因此无法进行手术切除。所以,在大多数情况下,治疗目的从治愈性转变为姑息性。腔内近距离放射治疗联合胆道引流是缓解恶性胆道梗阻的有效方法。在本综述中,我们讨论了近距离放射治疗在缓解肝外胆管癌梗阻症状方面的作用。