ISSN: 1837-9664Journal of Cancer
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J Cancer 2022; 13(2):450-464. doi:10.7150/jca.68264 This issue Cite
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The new insight of treatment in Cholangiocarcinoma
1. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital/The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410005 Hunan Province, China.
2. Hunan Research Center of Biliary Disease, Changsha, 410005 Hunan Province, China.
3. Central Laboratory of Hunan Provincial People's Hospital/The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410015, China.
*These authors contributed equally to this work.
Abstract
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a relatively rare malignant tumor originating from the bile duct epithelial cells, and it is one of the malignant tumors with fast growth in incidence and death rate in recent years. CCA carries a very poor prognosis due to a typically late clinical presentation and a poor response to current therapeutics. Currently, surgery is the only possible curative treatment, radiotherapy and chemotherapy also play an important role in slowing down disease progression, while targeted therapy and immunotherapy are changing with each passing day and their combined effect may have great potential for the treatment of CCA; Clinical trials of various treatment options for CCA are also being conducted. This article reviews the different treatment options for CCA and explores the adjuvant treatment for it from a new perspective. In the future, the goal of treatment should be multiple and combined for different CCA patients to achieve individualized programs and improve overall survival.
Keywords: Cholangiocarcinoma, Insight, Treatment
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