Long-term survival after intraluminal brachytherapy for inoperable hilar cholangiocarcinoma: A case report

Table 1 Survival after radiotherapy for extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Study	No. of patients	Pathology	Mode of radiotherapy	Medium survival (mo)
Fletcher et al[10] (1983)	18	Hilar cholangiocarcinoma	ILBT	11
Kuvshinoff et al[11] (1995)	12	Hilar cholangiocarcinoma	ILBT+EBRT	14.5
Levitt et al[19] (1988)	20	Cholangiocarcinoma	ILBT	10
Ede et al[20] (1989)	14	Cholangiocarcinoma	ILBT	10.5
Veeze-Kuijpers et al[21] (1990)	31	Cholangiocarcinoma	ILBT+EBRT	8
Morganti et al[22] (2000)	20	Cholangiocarcinoma	ILBT+EBRT	13
Gonzalez et al[23] (2002)	38	Cholangiocarcinoma	ILBT+EBRT	10.4

ILBT, intraluminal brachytherapy; EBRT, external beam radiotherapy.