Surgical placement of biologic mesh spacers to displace bowel away from unresectable liver tumors followed by delivery of dose-intense radiation therapy.
Yoon SS, Aloia TA, Haynes AB, Kambadakone A, Kaur H, Vauthey JN, Ferrone CR, Zhu AX, Wo JY, Crane C, Hong TS.
Yoon SS, et al.
Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 May-Jun;4(3):167-173. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2013.07.007. Epub 2013 Aug 29.
Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014.
PMID: 24766683
Free PMC article.
PURPOSE: Delivery of radiation therapy (RT) to unresectable liver tumors is sometimes limited by proximity of radiosensitive bowel. We sought to determine if biologic mesh spacers (BMS) could be used in this situation. ...Diagnoses included intrahepatic cholangiocar …
PURPOSE: Delivery of radiation therapy (RT) to unresectable liver tumors is sometimes limited by proximity of radiosensitive bowel. W …