Table 1.

Endoscope-assisted brachytherapy for pancreatic cancer

Authors, year	Therapy	Trial	n	Tumor response (%)	Adverse events
Sun et al, 200511	Iodine seeds implantation	Porcine	6	N/A	Hyperlipasemia
Sun et al, 200615	Iodine seeds implantation	Patient	15	Partial (27)	Pancreatitis
				Minimal (20)	Pseudocyst
				Stable (33)	Neutropenia
				Progression (20)	Anemia
Jin et al, 200816	Iodine seeds implantation plus chemotherapy	Patient	22	Partial (13)	Hyperamylasemia
				Stable (46)	Mild fever
				Progression (41)	Seeds translocation
Guo et al, 200936	Iodine seeds implantation*	Patient	1	Complete remission	None
Wang et al, 200923	Celiac ganglion irradiation	Porcine	12	N/A	None
Guo et al, 200726	Radioactive stents**	Rabbit	27	N/A	N/A
Liu et al, 200724	Radioactive stents	Porcine	18	N/A	Pancreatic duct perforation
Liu et al, 200925	Radioactive stents***	Porcine	11	N/A	Mild hyperplasia
Liu et al, 200930	Radioactive stents	Patient	11	Stable (73)	None
				Progression (27)

*Retroperitoneal metastatic adenocarcinoma; **Esophageal cancer; ***Bile duct carcinoma; N/A: Not applicable.