Research Progress of Biliary Tract Cancers

Abstract

This series of nine articles (three original articles, six reviews) is presented by international leaders in biliary tract cancers (BTC). BTCs are a rare but heterogeneous group of malignancies with dismal overall prognosis and comprised of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), extrahepatic CCA, and gallbladder cancer (GBC). Surgery is the only potentially curative treatment, but the majority (~65%) of patients present at unresectable stage at the time of diagnosis, with a 5-year overall survival [...]