[Successful treatment of a localised pancreatic cancer with radiotherapy alone: a case report].
OBJECTIVE
To present a unique case of an early (T1N0M0) adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas, which was successfully treated with radiotherapy alone.


METHODS
After the computer tomography operated histological verification the combination of interstitial high dose rate after-loading brachytherapy (18 Gy, 6 Gy/die) and percutan irradiation (46 Gy) was applied.


RESULTS
Fifty-two months after completion of the treatment the patient is alive with no evidence of disease.


CONCLUSIONS
The combination of these therapeutic modalities may be an effective tool to deliver curative dose without any significant sequelae in the treatment of operable pancreatic carcinoma, when the patient's condition contraindicates surgery.
Takácsi
Zoltán Nagy
ZN
Sugárterápiás Osztály, Országos Onkológiai Intézet, Budapest 1122, Hungary. takacsi@oncol.hu
Varga
János
J
Poller
Imre
I
Fodor
János
J
Major
Tibor
T
Németh
György
G
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D000328:Adult; D001918:Brachytherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Lokalizált pancreascarcinoma sikeres kezelése egyedüli sugárterápiával: esetismertetés.