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Cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer, is a type of cancer that forms in the bile ducts. [2] Symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma may include abdominal pain, yellowish skin, weight loss, generalized itching, and fever. [1] Light colored stool or dark urine may also occur. [4]
A Klatskin tumor (or hilar cholangiocarcinoma) is a cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the biliary tree) occurring at the confluence of the right and left hepatic bile ducts. The disease was named after Gerald Klatskin, who in 1965 described 15 cases and found some characteristics for this type of cholangiocarcinoma. [1] [2] [3]
Cancer of the bile duct (cholangiocarcinoma and cholangiocellular cystadenocarcinoma) account for approximately 6% of primary liver cancers. [20] Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an epithelial cancer of the intra-hepatic biliary tree branches. [21] Intrahepatic CCA is the second leading cause of primary liver cancer. [21]
Randy Moss is undergoing treatment for bile duct cancer. The legendary NFL wide receiver-turned-broadcaster announced his diagnosis in an Instagram live video on Friday afternoon. "Your boy is a ...
Bile duct cancer symptoms. ... Treatment is challenging because the cancer has usually already spread by the time it’s discovered. Options include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and a liver ...
Breast cancer drug could also treat bile duct cancer patients which affects 2,200 people a year
Futibatinib, sold under the brand name Lytgobi, is an anti-cancer medication used for the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer). [ 1 ] [ 3 ] It is a kinase inhibitor. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] It is taken by mouth .
extrahepatic bile duct; ampulla of Vater; cholelithiasis; cholecystitis; others (excluding postcholecystectomy syndrome), but including other obstructions of the gallbladder (like strictures) hydrops, perforation, fistula; cholesterolosis; biliary dyskinesia; ICD-10 code K83: other diseases of the biliary tract: