The National Cancer Institute provides a very good summary of the various flavors of radiation therapy for cancer. The following types of radiation therapy are more commonly used to treat cholangiocarcinoma:
External-beam Radiation Therapy[]
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (CyberKnife)
- Proton-beam Therapy
Internal-beam Radiation Therapy[]
- Radioembolization (Y-90)