The procedure can be beneficial prior to chemotherapy, but it also has high rates of complications, this new analysis shows. People with unresectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (pCCA) can find ...

Chemotherapy, transarterial chemoembolization and successful biliary drainage were effective in improving overall survival among patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma with obstructive ...

Biliary drainage is performed as a palliative treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma. The reduction of serum bilirubin is usually the hallmark of successful biliary drainage. However, some patients may ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with cancer of the pancreatic head, early surgery without preoperative biliary drainage resulted in ...

The management of malignant biliary obstruction is a critical challenge in modern gastroenterology, where effective drainage is essential for palliation and prolongation of life. Traditionally, ...

Endosonography-guided biliary drainage is a new method that enables internal drainage of bile. A research group performed histological examination of and around the fistula created by ESBD in a ...

Effect of adjuvant radiation on survival for extra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Subgroup analysis by baseline pain intensity (BPI) and analgesic use (BAU) in NAPOLI-1: A phase III study of liposomal ...

Impact of renal function on the efficacy and safety of S-1 with concurrent radiotherapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. Real-world outcomes among patients (pts) treated with gemcitabine ...

The role of microbiological analysis of bile from patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is unclear. Although the majority of such patients have positive cultures, ...

In a study of more than 100 patients with common bile duct strictures at a dozen institutions, ECDS was associated with a significantly higher technical success rate than ERCP of 93.7% versus 77.2%, ...