Adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy for biliary tract cancer: a review of randomized controlled trials

Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2023 Nov 5;53(11):1019-1026. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyad103.

Abstract

The first randomized controlled trial of adjuvant chemotherapy for biliary tract cancer was reported in 2002. Since then, studies have continued, with efficacy reported for capecitabine in 2018 and S-1 in 2023. Oral fluoropyrimidines have become established as the standard of care. This article reviews the evidence from the randomized controlled trials reported to date and those that are ongoing or from which results have not yet been reported.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Biliary Tract Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Biliary Tract Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Capecitabine / therapeutic use
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Humans
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Substances

  • Capecitabine