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Gallbladder Cancer and Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

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Gastrointestinal Malignancies

Part of the book series: Practical Guides in Radiation Oncology ((PGRO))

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Surgical resection improves survival for patients with gallbladder cancer and extraheptatic cholangiocarcinoma and should be considered in the absence of metastatic disease. Adjuvant chemoradiation following surgery has demonstrated benefit in multiple retrospective studies and is generally recommended for advanced T-stage, node-positive, or margin-positive disease. Definitive chemoradiation is used in patients with unresectable non-metastatic disease. This chapter outlines treatment planning approaches for adjuvant and definitive radiation as a component of multimodality therapy for patients with non-metastatic gallbladder cancer and extrahepatic cholangicarcinoma.

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  1. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, Gilbert, AZ, USA

    Rachit Kumar M.D. & Gary Walker M.D., M.P.H., M.S.

  2. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Lauren Rosati M.S.

  3. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Sweet Ping Ng M.B.B.S., B.Med.Sci. & Joseph Herman M.D., M.S.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Suzanne Russo

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA

    Sarah Hoffe

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA

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Kumar, R., Walker, G., Rosati, L., Ng, S.P., Herman, J. (2018). Gallbladder Cancer and Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma. In: Russo, S., Hoffe, S., Kim, E. (eds) Gastrointestinal Malignancies. Practical Guides in Radiation Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64900-9_5

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