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ArticleEuropean radiology2021

Locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma with jaundice: the benefit of a sequential treatment with stenting followed by CT-guided

Chao Chen, Wei Wang, Wujie Wang, Yongzheng Wang, Zhe Yu, Yuliang Li

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Article in European radiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chao ChenDepartment of Interventional Medicine, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 247 Bei yuan road, Jinan, 250033, China.
Wei WangDepartment of Interventional Medicine, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 247 Bei yuan road, Jinan, 250033, China.
Wujie WangDepartment of Interventional Medicine, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 247 Bei yuan road, Jinan, 250033, China.
Yongzheng WangDepartment of Interventional Medicine, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 247 Bei yuan road, Jinan, 250033, China.
Zhe YuDepartment of Interventional Medicine, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 247 Bei yuan road, Jinan, 250033, China.
Yuliang LiDepartment of Interventional Medicine, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 247 Bei yuan road, Jinan, 250033, China. lyl.pro@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8117-4317
Shandong University · CN

Funding

Shandong Province Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Special Disease Prevention Project S190009280000Shandong Province Key Research and Development Plan 2019GSF108105the National Natural Science Foundation of China 11971268
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate the role of sequential therapy with percutaneous biliary stenting and CT-guided iodine-125 seed implantation for locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma with concomitant obstructive jaundice.

methodsBetween January 2016 and December 2018, 42 patients diagnosed with locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma with concomitant obstructive jaundice were enrolled retrospectively. All patients received biliary stenting via percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) to alleviate obstructive jaundice. Thereafter, twenty-two patients underwent CT-guided iodine-125 seed implantation (treatment group), and 20 did not (control group). The prescribed dose in the treatment group was 110-130 Gy. The clinical data, duration of biliary stent patency, and overall survival (OS) were evaluated.

resultsOverall, the total bilirubin level decreased from 275.89 ± 115.44 to 43.08 ± 43.35 μmol/L (p < 0.001) 1 month after percutaneous biliary stenting. In the treatment group, the postoperative median dose covering 90% of the target volume was 129.71 Gy. Compared with the control group, the treatment group had a long mean duration of biliary stent patency and median OS (11.42 vs. 8.57 months, p < 0.01; 11.67 vs. 9.40 months, p < 0.01, respectively). The overall positive response rates 6 months post-treatment in the treatment and control groups were 72.7% (16/22) and 30% (6/20), respectively. Adverse events of more than grade 3 were not observed during the follow-up.

conclusionSequential therapy with percutaneous biliary stenting and CT-guided iodine-125 seed implantation is an effective and safe treatment alternative for locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma with concomitant obstructive jaundice, which is worthy of clinical application. KEY POINTS: • Obstructive jaundice was alleviated after biliary stent placement in all patients, and the total bilirubin level decreased. • The overall positive response rates at 6 months post-treatment were higher in the treatment group than in the control group, and adverse events of more than grade 3 were not observed during the follow-up period. • Sequential therapy with percutaneous biliary stenting and CT-guided iodine-125 seed implantation can prolong biliary stent patency and improve survival.

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CholestasisJaundice, ObstructiveDrainageHumansIodine RadioisotopesPancreatic NeoplasmsRetrospective StudiesStentsTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeIodine-125Iodine RadioisotopesBrachytherapyObstructive jaundicePancreatic carcinomaStents

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