Surgical Resection Alone Improves Long-Term Survival in Localized Biliary Tract Cancers

Patients with localized biliary tract cancers (BTCs) who underwent surgical resection had higher long-term survival rates compared to those treated with multiagent chemotherapy alone, according to a study. The research analyzed data from 5,988 patients with localized BTCs and found that surgical resection led to a decline in overall survival within the first 30 days for gallbladder adenocarcinoma and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. However, after 90 days, there was an associated improvement in survival for patients treated with surgical resection. For intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, surgical resection was associated with an improvement in survival at various time intervals after treatment initiation.