Real-world assessment of treatment sequencing of patients with advanced biliary tract cancer in a private practice in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:587 Background: Biliary tract cancer, including cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder carcinoma, have low incidence and poor prognosis. Despite representing a heterogeneous group, the studies encompass these malignancies as the same entity. There are few phase III trials that evaluate treatment sequencing in the metastatic setting. The ABC 02 trial showed an increase in overall survival (OS) with Gemcitabine and Cisplatin (GemCis) in first line and the ABC 06 trial an increase in OS in second-line Folfox. Recent… Show more
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