Second-Line Chemotherapy in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis
Soonchunhyang Medical Science
;
: 75-81, 2015.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-28819
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The evidence of 2nd line chemotherapy has not been validated. We investigated the treatment outcomes of 2nd line palliative chemotherapy in patients with biliary tract cancer (BTC) and analyzed the factors affecting response or survival.METHODS:
We retrospectively reviewed and analyzed the outcomes in advanced BTC patients who underwent 2nd line chemotherapy in Soonchunhyang Universitiy Hospitals (Bucheon, Seoul, and Cheonan).RESULTS:
From December 2004 to May 2014, 65 patients were enrolled. The median age was 56 years (range, 40 to 76 years) and the ratio of cholangiocarcinoma (intrahepatic or extrahepatic), gall bladder cancer, and ampulla of Vater cancer was 41 (63.1%)18 (27.7%)6 (9.25%). Half of the patients (33 patients, 50.8%) were treated with gemcitabine-based and 28 patients (43.1%) with 5-fluorouracil- based therapy. The response rate was 3.0% and disease control rate was 21.5% in intention-to-treat analysis. Median overall survival (OS) was 7.2 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 3.9 to 10.5 months) and median progression free survival (PFS) was 3.7 months (95% CI, 2.5 to 4.9 months). In multivariate analysis, patients with good performance status (PS) (P=0.001) and chemo-sensitive tumor to 2nd line chemotherapy (P=0.000) had longer PFS as compared to the others. In addition, patients with good PS (P=0.003), chemo-sensitive tumor to 1st line (P=0.046), and 2nd line chemotherapy (P=0.004) were good prognostic factors for OS.CONCLUSION:
The effect of 2nd line chemotherapy in advanced BTC was modest and maybe beneficial in select patients.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Ampulla of Vater
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Biliary Tract
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Biliary Tract Neoplasms
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Multivariate Analysis
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Retrospective Studies
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Salvage Therapy
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Cholangiocarcinoma
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Disease-Free Survival
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Drug Therapy
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Seoul
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Soonchunhyang Medical Science
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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