New Insights in Biliary Tract Cancers Therapy
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 29205
Special Issue Editor
Interests: preoperative and intraoperative management; clinical and molecular prognostic factors after resection of biliary tract cancers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biliary tract cancers (BTCs) are an aggressive and assorted group of malignancies which arise from the epithelium of the biliary ducts and that represent about 3% of all gastrointestinal tumors. Depending on the site of origin, they are classified as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PCC), distal cholangiocarcinoma (DCC), and gallbladder cancer (GBC). Regardless of their location, BTCs are characterized by a dismal prognosis, with high rate of local invasion and metastatic spreading. However, the classification guides the management and treatment strategy.
Surgical resection, when applicable, remains the treatment which offers the best chance of long-term survival. However, over the past few years, new chemotherapy regimens, based on molecular profiling, and multimodal strategies have shown encouraging results.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Cancers titled “New Insights in Biliary Tract Cancers Therapy” that aims to highlight the emerging evidence and recent development in the treatment strategy for biliary tract cancers.
This Special issue of Cancers therefore encompasses new research articles and timely reviews regarding the surgical approach, preoperative management, clinical and molecular prognostic factors, and systemic and local therapies.
Dr. Simone Conci
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biliary tract cancers
- BTC
- cholangiocarcinoma
- gallbladder cancer
- surgery for biliary tract cancers
- chemotherapy
- preoperative biliary drainage
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