Case Report
Early Experience of Helical Tomotherapy for Hepatobiliary Radiotherapy
Table 1
Patient and disease characteristics.
| Patient | Sex | Age | Performance Status (ECOG) | Primary tumour site | Previous therapies | Location/number/size of liver lesions |
| 1 | M | 51 | 0 | Rectum Ad. | Partial liver resection CT Pelvic RT RF | Hepatic dome 3 lesions (34; 10; 9 mm) | 2 | M | 42 | 0 | Cholangio | Biliary stent CT | Diffuse periductal infiltration Not measurable | 3 | F | 73 | 2 | Colon Ad. | CT Colon surgery | Posterior to the right portal branch 1 lesion (20 mm) | 4 | F | 60 | 0 | Pancreatic Ad. | CT Biliary Stent Partial liver resection | Pancreatic mass 1 lesion (40 mm) | 5 | F | 72 | 0 | Cholangio. | Extensive hepatobiliary surgery | Hilar region (no macroscopic disease) | 6 | M | 64 | 1 | Colon Ad. | Colon surgery CT | Perihilar metastasis 1 lesion (70 mm) | 7 | M | 63 | 0 | HepatoC. | Left hepatectomy Partial liver resections CT | Adjacent to the hepatic vein trunk (1 lesion-36 mm) | 8 | F | 80 | 0 | Colon Ad. | CT Partial liver resection RF | Hepatic dome 1 lesion (10 mm) | 9 | F | 48 | 1 | Cholangio | No | Hilar infiltration (20 mm) |
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Abbreviations: HT: helical tomotherapy; M: male; F: female; Ad: adenocarcinoma; Cholangio: cholangiocarcinoma; HepatoC: hepatocarcinoma; CT: chemotherapy; RT: radiation therapy; RF: radiofrequency ablation The patient 9 underwent an abdominal irradiation for Hodgkin lymphoma thirty years ago.
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