Palliative radiotherapy for tumor bleeding in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer: a single-center retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer (PC) sometimes experience gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) due to tumor invasion of the gastrointestinal tract (tumor bleeding); no standard treatment has been established yet for this complication. Palliative radiotherapy (PRT) could be promising, however, there are few reports of PRT for tumor bleeding in patients with unresectable PC. Therefore, we evaluated the outcomes of PRT for tumor bleeding in patients with unresectable PC.

Methods

We reviewed the medical records of patients with unresectable PC diagnosed at our institution between May 2013 and January 2022, and identified patients with endoscopically confirmed tumor bleeding who had received PRT. PRT was administered at a total dose of 30 Grays (Gy) in 10 fract

SUBMITTER: Shibuki T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10617159 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature