Radiotherapy of Carcinomas of the Extrahepatic Biliary System

Abstract

Results of treatment in 11 patients were reported. In 4 patients, radiotherapy was given as an adjuvant to surgery; in 5 patients the aim was palliation, while 2 patients received potentially curative doses of radiation. Good palliation was achieved. Long-term, disease-free survival was observed in some radically treated patients. Radiotherapy may contribute to cure when used as a surgical adjuvant or as the sole treatment modality in unresectable but still localized carcinomas of the bile ducts.