Chemotherapy drugs for advanced cancer

Find out about chemotherapy drugs for advanced bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma) and their side effects.

Gemcitabine and cisplatin (GC)

GC is the name of a chemotherapy combination that includes gemcitabine and cisplatin. It is a treatment for a number of different types of cancer.

Capecitabine is a chemotherapy drug and has the brand name Xeloda (pronounced zel-oh-dah).

Fluorouracil is also known as FU or 5FU and is one of the most commonly used drugs to treat cancer.

Gemcitabine is one of a group of chemotherapy drugs called anti metabolites.

Cisplatin is a chemotherapy drug that is used to treat different types of cancer.

Oxaliplatin is a chemotherapy drug based on platinum.