Background Although biliary decompression with metallic stenting is the preferred treatment for inoperable bile duct cancer (BDC), maintenance of patency is still unsatisfactory. We tried to assess the effectiveness and safety of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for prolonging stent patency in patients...
Experience of health changes and reasons for delay in seeking care: A UK study of the months prior to the diagnosis of lung cancer The problem of 'delay' in diagnosing cancer as a result of late presentation by individuals who have symptoms, or through doctor or hospital system failure......
Grunnet M, Christensen IJ, Lassen U, et al. (2015) Decline in CA19-9 during chemotherapy predicts survival in four independent cohorts of patients with inoperable bile duct cancer. Eur J Cancer 51:1381–1388Grunnet M, Christensen IJ, Lassen U, Jensen LH, Lydolph M, Knox JJ, McNamara MG...
Radiofrequency ablationBile duct neoplasmsAmpulla of VaterEndoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograpy (ERCP)This pilot study shows that ERCP-guided RFA is safe to use and able to reduce tumor volume and re-interventions in patients with inoperable ampullary cancer....
She was treated with two different chemotherapy regimens and a total of four stents (one stent in the common bile duct and three gastroduodenal stents). The cancer slowly progressed, but more than three years after inoperability was confirmed, she is still alive. Even if the clinical situation...
A plastic T tube has been used for internal drainage between the common bile duct and a loop of jejunum in six patients suffering from an advanced inoperable cancer of the head of the pancreas. The procedure proves to be very simple, without complications, and short in duration and offers ...
In the non-cancerous lesion of biliary duct, EMS invaded to the submembranous layer and expanded the muscular layer. Necrosis, fibrosis, and granulomatous changes were found in three cases with BDCA treated by radiation. No case with perforation of biliary duct was experienced. Conclusions. EMS...
The etiology of the strictures included pancreatic cancer (65), cholangiocarcinoma (21), ampullary tumor (3), and metastatic lymph nodes (12). Patients were randomized to receive either an 11.5F polyethylene stent to be exchanged in case of dysfunction (group 1, n = 33), an 11.5F stent...