For unresectable/metastatic cholangiocarcinoma, would you continue gemcitabine/cisplatin beyond 24 weeks if the patient continues to have a response to therapy?

Up to six cycles of treatment were given in the ABC02 trial. Do you offer other treatments if you don't continue gem/cis beyond 24 weeks?

Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution

I frequently continue beyond the 24 weeks used in the ABC-02 trial. Despite scarcity of good quality evidence, some form of maintenance chemotherapy is increasingly being used in advanced non-colorectal GI cancers such as biliary, pancreatic and esophagogastric cancers. More prolonged therapy has al...

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For unresectable/metastatic cholangiocarcinoma, would you continue gemcitabine/cisplatin beyond 24 weeks if the patient continues to have a response to therapy?

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