FOLFIRI regimen as second-/third-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma refractory to gemcitabine and platinum salts: A retrospective series of 70 patients. Results: In ...

Molecular characterization of amplification of 11q13 region in patients with operable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This ...

Brachytherapy is a form of localized radiation therapy involving the direct placement of radioactive material close to or inside a tumor. Brachytherapy varies by dose, mode of delivery and the ...

Brachytherapy is a type of radiation therapy. It involves placing radioactive material inside or near a tumor to destroy cancer cells. The procedure has some benefits over other radiation techniques ...

Reports on the efficacy of intravascular brachytherapy for the prevention of restenosis after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) have largely focused on coronary and peripheral arteries.

Malignant hilar biliary obstruction is often unresectable at the time of diagnosis. Biliary drainage is a priority because it palliates the obstructive symptoms, but biliary drainage procedures have a ...

Doctors refer to internal radiation therapy as brachytherapy. They administer brachytherapy via an implant in the body, which they often place in the cervix, uterus, or vagina to treat cervical cancer ...

Brachytherapy is an internal radiation therapy that people may have during treatment for endometrial cancer. A doctor may suggest brachytherapy after surgery or if surgery is not an option. The ...