Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) Versus Transarterial Chemoembolisation (TACE) for the Treatment of Cholangiocellular Carcinoma (CCC).
Inclusion Criteria:
- ≥18 years
- Intrahepatic CCC, proven by histology or by typical morphology in cross sectional
imaging and elevated tumor markers (CEA or CA 19-9)
- Tumor confined to the liver
- At least one measurable lesion in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Tumor load ≤ 50%
- Preserved liver function (Child Pugh A and B)
- ECOG performance status ≤2
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients feasible for curative treatment (e.g. resection or local ablation)
- Previous TACE or SIRT
- Chemotherapy during the last 4 weeks
- Child Pugh stage C
- ECOG Performance Status >2
- Tumor involvement >50% of the liver
- Extrahepatic tumor
- Serum Bilirubin >2.0 mg/dl; Serum Albumin 2.8 g/dl, Serum Creatinine >2 mg/dl;
Leukocytes <3000/ml; Thrombocytes <50000/ml
- Clinically apparent ascites (ascites only in CT/MRI is no exclusion criteria)
- Esophageal bleeding during the last 3 months
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)
- Infiltration or occlusion of the main portal vein
- Hepatofugal blood flow in the portal vein
- Hepatopulmonary shunt ≥ 20% in the macroaggregated albumin scan (MAA-scan)
- Contraindications against angiography
- Gravidity