Current Status of Photodynamic Therapy for Bile Duct Cancer
Clinical Endoscopy
;
: 38-44, 2013.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-195033
ABSTRACT
The most common form in bile duct cancers is a highly desmoplastic cancer with a growth pattern characterized by periductal extension and infiltration. The prognosis of bile duct cancers, especially hilar cholangiocarcinoma, is limited by tumor spread along the biliary tree leading to refractory obstructive cholestasis, cholangitis, and liver failure. Although biliary endoprosthesis improves occlusion rates and reduces the number of therapeutic interventions, median survival time is not ameliorated. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a local photochemical tumor treatment that consists of a photosensitizing agent in combination with laser irradiation of a distinct wavelength. Tumor ablation with PDT combined with biliary stenting reduces cholestasis and significantly improves median survival time in selected patients with bile duct cancers.
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Assunto principal:
Fotoquimioterapia
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Prognóstico
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Triazenos
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Bile
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Neoplasias dos Ductos Biliares
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Ductos Biliares
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Sistema Biliar
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Stents
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Colangite
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Colestase
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Clinical Endoscopy
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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