Bile Duct Cancer

Slender tubes(bile ducts) in which the digestive fluid is carried, cancer that forms there is Cholangiocarcinoma [bile duct cancer]. Bile ducts connect the liver to the gallbladder and the small intestine.it is a very rare cancer that occurs mostly in people older than age 50, though it can occur at any age.

Risk Factors

Factors that may increase your risk of cholangiocarcinoma include:

Primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Chronic liver disease.

Bile duct problems present at birth.

A liver fluke parasite infection.

Older age.>50

Smoking.

Symptoms

Signs and symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma include:

Yellowing of skin and eyes (jaundice)

Intensely itchy skin

White-colored stools

Fatigue

Abdominal pain

Unintended weight loss

Treatment

Surgery. It depends on the location and the extent of the disease.
Chemotherapy: It may also be an option for people with advanced cholangiocarcinoma to help slow the disease and relieve signs and symptoms.
Radiation therapy: Radiation therapy can external beam radiation or placing radioactive material inside the body near the site of cancer (brachytherapy).
Photodynamic therapy. A light-sensitive chemical is injected into a vein and accumulates in the fast-growing cancer cells. Laser light directed at the cancer causes a chemical reaction in the cancer cells, killing them.
Biliary drainage. Biliary drainage is a procedure to restore the flow of bile by placing stents to hold open a bile duct being collapsed by cancer, which relieve signs and symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma.

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