Clinical insights and prognostic factors from an advanced biliary tract cancer case series: a real-world analysis.
Advanced biliary tract neoplasms
ampullary neoplasms
chemotherapy
extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
gallbladder neoplasms
intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
prognosis
Journal
Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy)
ISSN: 1973-9478
Titre abrégé: J Chemother
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8907348
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2022
Apr 2022
Historique:
pubmed:
28
7
2021
medline:
25
3
2022
entrez:
27
7
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Advanced biliary tract cancer (aBTC) comprises a heterogeneous group of rare malignancies with dismal prognosis. Given the scarcity of prospective evidence, the aim of this study was to derive clinically useful insights and prognostic factors from a large, real-world series of aBTC. Clinicopathologic variables and treatment outcomes were retrospectively collected involving 940 patients diagnosed with aBTC between 2001 and 2017, and treated with first-line chemotherapy (CT1) at 14 Italian medical oncology institutions. Median overall survival (OS) was 10.3 months (CI
Identifiants
pubmed: 34313188
doi: 10.1080/1120009X.2021.1953887
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM