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Adjuvant S-1 compared with observation in resected biliary tract cancer (JCOG1202, ASCOT): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial

6 March 2023
Randomized clinical trials HPB
Nakachi K, Ikeda M, Konishi M, Nomura Skatayama H, Kataoka T, et al  on behalf of the Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG-HBPOG).

Lancet 2023; 401: 195-203.

In this study that included 440 procedures, after a median of 45.4 months, adjuvant S-1 therapy given for four cycles improved overall survival from 67.6 to 77.1 per cent, P=0.008.

Comment: A benchmark study for this rare condition, that provides a real hope of improved survival.

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