refers to a group of cancers that develop in the bile ducts. Bile duct cancer is rare in the United States, with about 8,000 people diagnosed each year. Bile ducts are thin tubes that connect the ...

What are bile ducts? The bile ducts are small, tubular structures that play an important role in digestion by transporting bile -- a yellowish-green fluid -- from the liver and gallbladder to the ...

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) can originate from the large bile duct group (segment bile ducts and area bile ducts), ...

Biliary tract cancers (BTCs) are rare malignancies arising from the bile ducts. The incidence of BTCs and the associated mortality is rising, risk factors are largely unknown, and early dignosis is ...

The chemotherapy passes from the liver into the bile ducts. HAI therapy may be used to shrink tumors before surgery. Targeted Therapies for Bile Duct Cancer Targeted therapies block specific changes ...

obscured by overlying opacified ducts, or missed due to failure to opacify the obstructed segment. Cholangiocarcinoma is classically described as an irregular narrowing of the bile duct with ...

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 ...