Hi Bob,
Welcome to the group that no one wants to belong to, but we are glad you found us. Gem/Cis is a standard first line chemo that many start with. For my mother, it reduced the size, and then since she still wasn’t operable, she had Y-90 treatments and is still doing well now 3 years since diagnosis. The chemo bought us time and then we were able to move on to other treatments.
If you haven’t yet, I’d suggest reading through the info for those newly diagnosed (link below). If you’ve been reading, we strongly advocate being treated at a center with a multi-disciplinary team which also treats many CC patients. Second opinions have also helped many. If they haven’t done so, genetic testing on the tumor is recommended as well.
http://cholangiocarcinoma.org/the-disease/newly-diagnosed/
I hope you do well with the chemo and have great success.
Take care,
Catherine