title: Radiation therapy for primary gallbladder cancer.
abstract: This paper presents a survey into the role of radiation therapy in the treatment of advanced gallbladder cancer and provides information on the radiobiological aspects for combining surgery and radiation therapy. This treatment modality has resulted in improved median survival time even in patients with stage IV disease when it was applied to microscopic post-resection residue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Todoroki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D015996:Survival Rate