Anticancer research
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Anticancer research · Mar 2017
ReviewClinical Target Volume in Biliary Carcinoma: A Systematic Review of Pathological Studies.
Radiotherapy is a treatment option for both adjuvant and neo-adjuvant settings for biliary tract cancer. Guidelines on the delineation of the target volume of lymph nodes are lacking; only generic indications are available, without specific recommendations for different primary tumour locations (e.g. intrahepatic, extrahepatic biliary tract or gallbladder cancer). The aim of this study was to systematically review available literature to provide recommendations on lymph node target volume delineation in patients with unresectable biliary tumour. ⋯ Biliary tract cancer has a high propensity for regional lymphatic metastases. An evidence-based nodal target definition of biliary tract cancer based on primary tumour location was proposed.
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Anticancer research · Mar 2017
ReviewClinical Target Volume in Biliary Carcinoma: A Systematic Review of Pathological Studies.
Radiotherapy is a treatment option for both adjuvant and neo-adjuvant settings for biliary tract cancer. Guidelines on the delineation of the target volume of lymph nodes are lacking; only generic indications are available, without specific recommendations for different primary tumour locations (e.g. intrahepatic, extrahepatic biliary tract or gallbladder cancer). The aim of this study was to systematically review available literature to provide recommendations on lymph node target volume delineation in patients with unresectable biliary tumour. ⋯ Biliary tract cancer has a high propensity for regional lymphatic metastases. An evidence-based nodal target definition of biliary tract cancer based on primary tumour location was proposed.