What volumes and prescription doses do you use when treating patients with unresectable cholangiocarcinoma?

Topics: Radiation Oncology • Gastrointestinal Cancers

Do you electively treat nodes and how does your approach change with intra- or extra-hepatic primaries?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution

Extrahepatic (EHC) and intrahepatic (IHC) cholangiocarcinoma are very different diseases. EHC tends to remain locoregional more often than IHC. Curative therapy must include surgery in general, but radiation has an important role, especially in patients with R+ resections. The data are not clear for...

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