After a bile duct tumor has been removed, radiation may be given to the area where the tumor once was or in the nearby lymph nodes. This is done to destroy any cancer cells that may remain following ...

If you have bile duct cancer that has spread, you may receive chemotherapy as the main treatment if surgery is not an option. Research has suggested that the combination of gemcitabine and cisplatin ...

Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures without demonstrable mass on ultrasonography (US ...

Shum-way’s team concluded that Kasperak’s life was threatened by liver and pile-duct trouble, for which they must operate. They found that Kasperak’s main bile duct had been blocked by ...

Bile duct cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, is a malignant tumour of either the bile ducts within the liver (intrahepatic), or those leading from the liver to the small intestine (extrahepatic).

The two main types of gallstones are ... Large stones or stones that lodge in bile ducts can lead to serious problems.