Advance in immunotherapy on biliary tract cancers

Biliary tract cancers(BTC),including gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma,has the characteristics of low early diagnosis rate,complex anatomy,insensitivity to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and poor prognosis.In recent years,immunotherapy as a new method,has made great progress in the treatment of advanced malignant tumors.Immunotherapy is gradually applied in the treatment of BTC,such as inhibitory agents targeting the immune checkpoint receptor pathway,adoptive immunotherapy and tumor vaccines.