@article{0462ca89253c4896a49710d7e19bac8b,
title = "Advances in adjuvant therapy of biliary tract cancer: an overview of current clinical evidence based on phase II and III trials",
abstract = "Patients with biliary tract cancer (BTC) have a high recurrence rate after complete surgical resection. To reduce the risk of recurrence and to improve survival, several chemotherapeutic agents that have shown to be active in locally advanced and metastatic BTC have been investigated in the adjuvant setting in prospective clinical trials. Based on the results of the BILCAP phase III trial, capecitabine was adapted as the standard of care by the ASCO clinical practice guideline. Ongoing randomized controlled trials mainly compare capecitabine with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy. This review provides an update of adjuvant therapy in BTC based on published data of phase II and III trials and ongoing randomized controlled trials (RCTs).",
keywords = "Adjuvant therapy, Biliary tract cancer, Chemoradiotherapy, Chemotherapy, Cholangiocarcinoma, Neoadjuvant therapy",
author = "A Belkouz and Wilmink, {J W} and {Haj Mohammad}, N and J Hagendoorn and {de Vos-Geelen}, J and Dejong, {C H C} and Homs, {M Y V} and {Groot Koerkamp}, B and {van Gulik}, {T M} and {van Oijen}, {M G H} and Punt, {C J A} and H Kl{\"u}mpen",
note = "Funding Information: A brief version of this review has been published in the Dutch Journal of Oncology (NTvO). (Link: https://www.ariez.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/NTVO1-2019_art.Belkouz.pdf). We received written permission to use parts of this article in the current manuscript. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Study concept and design: A. Belkouz, C.J.A. Punt, and H. Kl?mpen. Interpretation of data: all authors. Drafting of the manuscript: A. Belkouz. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: all authors. Study supervision: C.J.A. Punt and H. Kl?mpen. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The Author(s) Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1016/j.critrevonc.2020.102975",
language = "English",
volume = "151",
journal = "Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology",
issn = "1040-8428",
publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
}