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SUBMITTER: Personeni N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7696875 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Personeni Nicola N Lleo Ana A Pressiani Tiziana T Colapietro Francesca F Openshaw Mark Robert MR Stavraka Chara C Pouptsis Athanasios A Pinato David James DJ Rimassa Lorenza L
Cancers 20201113 11
Most patients with biliary tract cancer (BTC) are diagnosed with advanced disease, relapse rates are high in those undergoing surgery and prognosis remains poor, while the incidence is increasing. Treatment options are limited, and chemotherapy is still the standard of care in both adjuvant and advanced disease setting. In recent years, different subtypes of BTC have been defined depending on the anatomical location and genetic and/or epigenetic aberrations. Especially for intrahepatic cholangio ...[more]