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ReviewIrish journal of medical science2018

The emerging role of stereotactic radiotherapy in gastrointestinal malignancies: a review of the literature and analysis from the Irish perspective.

Siobhra O'Sullivan, Daniel N Cagney

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Review in Irish journal of medical science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Siobhra O'SullivanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, St Luke's Radiation Oncology Network, Dublin, Ireland. siobhra.osullivan@slh.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8495-7667
Daniel N CagneyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Harvard University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary and secondary malignancies of the liver and pancreas result in significant morbidity and mortality, with increasing incidence and increasing demands on health services worldwide. Surgery is the only curative single modality of treatment and remains the gold standard. Unfortunately, up to 80% of the patients present with unresectable disease, and so, alternative efficacious local and systemic treatments are needed. Technologic advances in radiotherapy over recent decades have meant that precision high-dose treatment with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has emerged as a viable cost-effective outpatient-based treatment in the management of these difficult to treat abdominal malignancies. This article reviews the current indications for SBRT in these settings, comparing it with other treatments including surgery, chemotherapy, radiofrequency ablation, and trans-arterial chemoembolisation. We also review the current use of abdominal SBRT and future projections in the Irish healthcare setting.

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Gastrointestinal NeoplasmsHumansIrelandRadiosurgeryTreatment OutcomeLiverMetastasesPancreaticSBRTStereotactic

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PMID29423821
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