The progress and advances of biliary tract carcinoma chemotherapy

VernacularTitle: 胆道系统肿瘤的化疗现状与进展
Author: Xiaofan LI ^{1
,

2
,

3} ; Aiping ZHOU
Author Information

1. National Cancer Center
2. National Clinical Research Center for Cancer
3. Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: Biliary tract neoplasms; Antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols; Review
From: Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2019;25(11):878-880
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Compared with other tumors of digestive system such as colorectal cancer, the overall survival for advanced biliary tract carcinoma has not been prolonged greatly although some progress has been made on the optimization of the treatment. One of the reasons is that there is no effective chemotherapy for biliary tract cancer yet. In this review, we summarized the recent research findings on chemotherapy for BTC , thereby providing guidance on clinical practice.