Radiochemotherapy followed by gemcitabine and capecitabine in extrahepatic bile duct cancer: a phase I/II trial.

Objective: Both radiotherapy and chemotherapy with gemcitabine and capecitabine have efficacy in biliary cancer. Our aim was to determine the toxicity and efficacy of a postoperative regimen combining both treatment modalities in extrahepatic bile duct cancer.

Methods: Patients were eligible after surgery for extrahepatic bile duct adenocarcinoma.