Improvement of prognosis for unresectable biliary tract cancer

作     者：Takashi Sasaki Hiroyuki Isayama Yousuke Nakai Naminatsu Takahara Naoki Sasahira Hirofumi Kogure Suguru Mizuno Hiroshi Yagioka Yukiko Ito Natsuyo Yamamoto Kenji Hirano Nobuo Toda Minoru Tada Masao Omata Kazuhiko Koike 

作者机构：Department of GastroenterologyGraduate School of MedicineThe University of TokyoTokyo 113-8655Japan Department of GastroenterologyKanto Central HospitalTokyo 158-8531Japan Department of GastroenterologyJR Tokyo General HospitalTokyo 151-8528Japan Department of GastroenterologyJapanese Red Cross Medical CenterTokyo 150-8935Japan Department of GastroenterologyMitsui Memorial HospitalTokyo 101-8643Japan Yamanashi Prefectural Hospital OrganizationYamanashi 400-8506Japan 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第19卷第1期

页      面：72-77页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  JSPS: 24591008 

主　　题：Unresectable Biliary tract cancer Gemcitabine Platinum analogs Fluoropyrimidine 

摘      要：AIM:To evaluate the chemotherapeutic outcomes and confirm the recent improvement of prognosis for unresectable biliary tract cancer.METHODS:A total of 186 consecutive patients with unresectable biliary tract cancer,who had been treated with chemotherapy between 2000 and 2009 at five institutions in Japan,were retrospectively analyzed.These patients were divided into three groups based on the year beginning chemotherapy:Group A(2000-2003),Group B(2004-2006),and Group C(2007-2009).The data were fixed at the end of December 2011.Overall survival and time-to-progression were analyzed and compared chronologically.RESULTS:No patient characteristics were significantly different among the three groups.The gallbladder was involved in about half of the patients in each group,and metastatic biliary tract cancer was present in three quarters of the enrollees.In Group A,5-fluorouracilbased chemotherapies were primarily selected as firstline chemotherapy,and only 24% were treated with second-line chemotherapy.In Group B,gemcitabine or S-1 monotherapy was mainly introduced as firstline chemotherapy,and 51% of the patients who were refractory to first-line chemotherapy were treated with second-line chemotherapy mainly with monotherapy.In Group C,the combination therapy with gemcitabine and S-1 was mainly chosen as first-line chemotherapy,and 53% of the patients refractory to first-line chemotherapy were treated with second-line chemotherapy mainly with combination therapy.The median timeto-progressions were 4.4 mo,3.5 mo and 5.9 mo in Groups A,B and C,respectively(4.4 mo vs 3.5 mo vs 5.9 mo,P 0.01).The median overall survivals were 7.1,7.3,and 11.7 mo in Groups A,B and C(7.1 mo vs 7.3 mo vs 11.7 mo,P = 0.03).Induction rates of all three drugs(gemcitabine,platinum analogs,and fluoropyrimidine) in Groups A,B and C were 4%,2% and 27%(4% vs 2% vs 27%,P 0.01).CONCLUSION:The prognosis of unresectable biliary tract cancer has improved recently.Using three effective drugs(gemcitabine,platinum analogs,and fluoropyrimidine) may improve the prognosis of this cancer.