Conversion surgery for initially unresectable extrahepatic biliary tract cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds/aims

Surgical resection is the only curative treatment for biliary tract cancers; however, most patients undergo palliative chemotherapy because they are contraindicated for surgery. Conversion surgery, a treatment strategy for downsizing chemotherapy and subsequent surgical resection, is feasible for initially unresectable biliary tract cancers following the introduction of effective chemotherapeutic agents.

Methods

Patients initially diagnosed with unresectable biliary tract cancers, and treated with conversion surgery after palliative chemotherapy between 2013 and 2019, were reviewed retrospectively.

Results

Twelve patients underwent conversion surgery after palliative chemotherapy for initially unresectable biliary tract cancers. The final pathological

SUBMITTER: Oh MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8382869 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature