title: [Successful treatment of a localised pancreatic cancer with radiotherapy alone: a case report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sugárterápiás Osztály, Országos Onkológiai Intézet, Budapest 1122, Hungary. takacsi@oncol.hu
authors.forename: Zoltán Nagy
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Takácsi
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Varga
authors.forename: Imre
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Poller
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fodor
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Major
authors.forename: György
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Németh
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Lokalizált pancreascarcinoma sikeres kezelése egyedüli sugárterápiával: esetismertetés.