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Efficacy of fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy in patients with advanced biliary cancer after failure of gemcitabine plus cisplatin: Retrospective analysis of 321 patients.

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425Background: In advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC), the role of 2nd line chemotherapy after failure of 1st line gemcitabine plus cisplatin (GEMCIS) has not been established. Fluoropyrimidine(FP)-based regimens are widely… Click to show full abstract

425Background: In advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC), the role of 2nd line chemotherapy after failure of 1st line gemcitabine plus cisplatin (GEMCIS) has not been established. Fluoropyrimidine(FP)-based regimens are widely used as 2nd line treatment in clinical practice. We retrospectively analyzed the efficacy of 2nd line FP-based chemotherapy in patients(pts) with advanced BTC after failure of GEMCIS. Methods: Histologically confirmed advanced BTC pts who received 1st line GEMCIS at Asan Medical Center between December 2010 and June 2016 were identified. Among 748 pts treated with GEMCIS, 331 patients (44%) subsequently received 2nd line chemotherapy and FP-based regimens were used in 321 pts (97%). Results: The median age was 60 years (range, 27-82) and 57% of pts were male. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma(IH-CCC) (44%) was the most common type, and followed by extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (32%). Most pts (n = 289, 89%) had metastatic/recurrent disease at the time of 1st line treatment. FP alone an...

Keywords: chemotherapy; 2nd line; gemcitabine plus; line; advanced biliary; failure

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Year Published: 2017

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