Resected Biliary Tract Cancer
Publication Date: March 11, 2019
Key Points
Key Points
Biliary tract cancers usually present at an advanced stage, and only approximately 20% of tumors are considered resectable.
Surgery is the primary curative treatment option for early-stage biliary tract cancer. However, due to the high rates of recurrence with resection alone, there remains a need for effective adjuvant therapy to improve rates of relapse-free and overall survival while maintaining health-related quality of life.
Surgery is the primary curative treatment option for early-stage biliary tract cancer. However, due to the high rates of recurrence with resection alone, there remains a need for effective adjuvant therapy to improve rates of relapse-free and overall survival while maintaining health-related quality of life.
Treatment
...Treatment...
...tients with resected biliary tract...
...ients with extrahepatic cholangiocarcinom...