Leowattana W, Leowattana T, Leowattana P. Paradigm shift of chemotherapy and systemic treatment for biliary tract cancer. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2023; 15(6): 959-972 [PMID: 37389105 DOI: 10.4251/wjgo.v15.i6.959]
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Wattana Leowattana, BMed, MD, MSc, PhD, Full Professor, Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajavithi Road, Rachatawee 10400, Bangkok, Thailand. wattana.leo@mahidol.ac.th
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Wattana Leowattana, Pathomthep Leowattana, Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Rachatawee 10400, Bangkok, Thailand
Tawithep Leowattana, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Wattana 10110, Bangkok, Thailand
Author contributions: Leowattana W wrote the paper; Leowattana T and Leowattana P collected the data.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: Wattana Leowattana, BMed, MD, MSc, PhD, Full Professor, Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajavithi Road, Rachatawee 10400, Bangkok, Thailand. wattana.leo@mahidol.ac.th
Received: January 26, 2023 Peer-review started: January 26, 2023 First decision: April 11, 2023 Revised: April 14, 2023 Accepted: May 5, 2023 Article in press: May 5, 2023 Published online: June 15, 2023
Core Tip
Core Tip: There have been several developments in the field of advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC) therapy in recent years. First, the care of these hepatobiliary malignancies has improved as a result of better knowledge of the molecular basis of BTC. The Food and Drug Administration's approval of pemigatinib, infigratinib, and ivosidenib for fibroblast growth factor receptor 2-rearranged and isocitrate dehydrogenase 1-mutant cholangiocarcinoma illustrates the paradigm shift that the arrival of targeted agents has really brought about. Second, patients receiving modified fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, and liposomal irinotecan with fluorouracil-leucovorin, respectively, as second-line treatments after progressing to first-line cisplatin-gemcitabine, showed an overall survival advantage in the newly released Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer-06 and NIFTY studies.
