What Is Metastatic Bile Duct Cancer and Its Causes? Bile duct cancer – also called cholangiocarcinoma – is a rare condition. When you have cholangiocarcinoma, cancer cells grow in your bile ...

Inflammation and scarring of the bile ducts—also known as cholangiopathies—can stop the bile from flowing, a vital fluid that helps digest fats. When bile can’t move through these ducts ...

Radiation therapy uses precisely focused high-energy beams to kill cancer cells. To treat bile duct cancer, our doctors may give radiation alone or in combination with chemotherapy or other treatments ...

Later, he was diagnosed with bile duct cancer and passed away just three weeks later, at the age of 59. “Jonathan, even though he was a doctor, he didn’t get checked immediately; he waited unt ...

At Memorial Sloan Kettering, we know that even after you’ve finished bile duct cancer treatments, you may still need our help. We’re committed to supporting you in every way we can — physically, ...

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 ...

Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Opera singer Stephen Gould has died following a recent diagnosis of bile duct cancer. He was 61. The famed tenor — who starred in operas across the globe and over ...

Cholangiocarcinoma is classically described as an irregular narrowing of the bile duct with shouldered scalloped margins. The stricture usually causes a high-grade or complete obstruction with ...