Arterial chemotherapy and conformal radiation abolish malignant biliary obstruction
Yong-Song Guan1, Qing He, Ping Li
1West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. yongsongguan@yahoo.com
Integrative Cancer Therapies
|February 23, 2008
Abstract:
Malignant biliary obstruction has been a challenge to clinical practitioners, especially when it is serious and complete. Chemotherapy or radiation alone is often unsuccessful. In this study, the authors report a 59-year-old patient with complete common bile duct obstruction caused by cholangiocarcinoma who was treated with arterial chemotherapy followed by 3-dimensional conformal radiation, which resulted in a good clinical outcome.
