is a rare cancer that develops in the bile ducts, which connect the liver and gall bladder. These small tubes are essential for the digestive system, helping transport bile to break down fats.

You may receive chemotherapy before surgery to shrink a bile duct tumor. This is called neoadjuvant therapy. If you receive chemotherapy after surgery to destroy and cancer cells that may remain, it ...

Acute cholangitis is a serious infection of the bile duct system, often caused by a blockage due to gallstones or other factors. It can lead to severe complications if not treated promptly.

Immunotherapy has also shown potential in some cases, harnessing the body's immune system to target cancer cells. Endoscopy ...

This trial is looking at targeted drugs for bile duct cancer and gallbladder cancer that has spread ... A study looking at changes to the liver and the immune system to improve the diagnosis of cancer ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a progressive scarring of the liver's bile ...

Stewart Phimister is now hoping to make as many memories as possible with his two-year-old daughter before his time is up ...

1). On MR cholangiography, the bile ducts of the involved hepatic segment or hepatic lobe are dilated. An intraductal mass can appear as an enhancing soft-tissue mass. The mass is confined within ...

Wessam Shawky, Staff Reporter The medical team at Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi successfully performed surgery on an Emirati ...

T1: Tumor confined to the bile duct, with extension up to the muscle ... edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system now differentiates extrahepatic sholangiocarcinoma into ...