Demographic data and progression-free survival of the patients with biliary cancers receiving palliative chemotherapy in India

Abstract

Received 09 July 2018 Revised 01 October 2018 Accepted 20 October 2018 Early online 02 January 2019 Print 31 January 2019 Biliary tract cancers are among the sixth most commonly diagnosed alimentary tract cancers. The incidence of this disease is higher among Indians in comparison to other countries. Due to lack of any definitive treatment palliative chemotherapy usually adopted particularly for advanced unresectable gallbladder cancers. The purpose of this study is to gather the demographical data and the various treatment modalities in place in the clinical practice for patients presented with gallbladder complications. Progression-free survival following the palliative chemotherapy was also assessed and presented as mean and 95% CI. Results from this study gathered clinically relevant and important data on the patients presented with gall bladder complications starting from the diagnosis of the disease, treatments implicated, response to the treatment and progression-free survival of the patients on palliative chemotherapy. Corresponding author