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Table 6 Drugs used and timing of chemotherapy (n = 260)

From: Patterns of radiotherapy practice for biliary tract cancer in Japan: results of the Japanese radiation oncology study group (JROSG) survey

Variable

Actual patients (%)

Chemotherapy timing (%)

Before RT

During RT

After RT

Actual patients (n)

260

38

167

163

Drugs

    

GEM

122 (46.9)

24 (63.2)

72 (43.1)

78 (47.9)

5-FU

97 (37.3)

9 (23.7)

74 (44.3)

43 (26.4)

Cisplatin

40 (15.4)

9 (23.7)

22 (13.2)

15 (9.2)

TS-1

45 (17.3)

6 (15.8)

5 (3.0)

42 (25.8)

UFT

34 (13.1)

3 (7.9)

12 (7.2)

24 (14.8)

Other

9(3.4)

3 (7.9)

4 (2.4)

2 (1.2)

  1. Abbreviations: RT Radiotherapy; GEM Gemcitabine; 5-FU 5-Fluorouracil; TS-1 Tegafur-gimeracil-oteracil potassium; UFT Tegafur-uracil.