Stage 4 bile duct cancer is the most advanced stage of this disease. Treatment involves managing symptoms and improving quality of life. Bile duct cancer is a rare type of cancer that affects the bile ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a study published in the International Journal of Cancer suggest there is an association between hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and an increased risk of ...

The liver creates a digestive juice called bile and stores it in the gall bladder. While eating, the gall bladder forces the bile through a gall bladder tube called the bile duct. Bile duct cancer, or ...

Intersectional disparities in mortality of laryngeal cancer: A retrospective analysis. Recent trends in SEER Age-Adjusted incidence rates, 2017-2021. Group Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) Lower ...

Background A 39-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of abdominal pain, jaundice, non-bloody diarrhea, weakness, and weight loss. Initial evaluation revealed intrahepatic ductopenia ...

Impact of Hispanic ethnicity on immunotherapy outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma: Insights from the National Cancer Database. Results of statewide demographics, cancer cases and linear regression ...

Bile duct cancer, also called cholangiocarcinoma, is a type of cancer that affects the slender tubes that carry the digestive bile fluid. The liver is anatomically connected to the small intestine and ...

Jaundice accompanied by abdominal pain is a medical red flag. Doctors explain how this combination may indicate bile duct ...

Philadelphia, March 16, 2022 -- Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a disease in which inflammation causes scars in the bile duct, leading to liver failure, infections, and tumors. Up to 80% of ...

Chemotherapy and radiation wouldn't work. Surgery to remove the tumor was out of the question, too. So, Gehle was selected to try something new that could cure him. "I have two choices: I can die, or ...