Research Progress of Biliary Tract Cancers

Cancers

Lionel Aurelien A. Kankeu Fonkoua¹  Amit Mahipal¹ 

[1] Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA;

关键词: cholangiocarcinoma;    gallbladder cancer;    chemotherapy;    fibroblast growth factorreceptor;   

DOI  :  10.3390/cancers13040919

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This series of nine articles (three original articles, six reviews) is presented by international leaders in biliary tract cancers (BTC). BTCs are a rare but heterogeneous group of malignancies with dismal overall prognosis and comprised of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), extrahepatic CCA, and gallbladder cancer (GBC). Surgery is the only potentially curative treatment, but the majority (~65%) of patients present at unresectable stage at the time of diagnosis, with a 5-year overall survival [...]

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