Intraoperative electron beam radiation therapy (IOEBRT) for carcinoma of the exocrine pancreas
- Medical College of Ohio, Toledo (USA)
The abdominal cavities of 50 patients were explored in a specially constructed intraoperative radiotherapy operating amphitheater at the Medical College of Ohio. Twenty-six patients were treated with intraoperative and postoperative precision high dose external beam therapy, 12 with intraoperative irradiation but no external beam therapy, and 12 with palliative surgery alone. All but two patients completed the postoperative external beam radiation therapy as initially prescribed. The median survival time for patients treated with palliative surgery alone was 4 months, and that for patients treated with intraoperative radiotherapy without external beam therapy was 3.5 months. Patients undergoing intraoperative irradiation and external beam radiation therapy had a median survival time of 10.5 months. Four patients died within 30 days of surgery and two patients died of gastrointestinal hemorrhage 5 months posttreatment.
- OSTI ID:
- 6007977
- Journal Information:
- International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics; (USA), Vol. 20:1; ISSN 0360-3016
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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