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Cancer of the Bile Duct (Cholangiocarcinoma Biliary Cancer)
What is Cancer of the Bile Duct?
Who gets Cancer of the Bile Duct?
Predisposing Factors
Progression
Probable Outcomes
How is Cancer of the Bile Duct Diagnosed?
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Biliary cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow-up. Annals of Oncology. 2010. 21: 65-69.
Valle, et al. Cisplatin plus Gemcitabine versus Gemcitabine for Biliary Tract Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine.
In 2009, an estimated 9,760 adults (4,320 men and 5,440 women) in the United States will be diagnosed with gallbladder and other biliary cancers. It is estimated that 3,370 deaths (1,250 men and 2,120 women) from these diseases will occur this year.
History of gallstones, chronic pancreatitis, or pancreatic cancer
Injury to the abdominal area
Recent biliary surgery
Recent biliary cancer (such as bile duct cancer) ...
Hejna M, Pruckmayer M, Raderer M: The role of chemotherapy and radiation in the management of biliary cancer: a review of the literature. Eur J Cancer 34 (7): 977-86, 1998.
Recurrent Gallbladder Cancer ...
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Hejna M, Pruckmayer M, Raderer M: The role of chemotherapy and radiation in the management of biliary cancer: a review of the literature. Eur J Cancer 34 (7): 977-86, 1998.
Obstructive uropathy related to schistosomiasis may predispose certain typhoid patients to urinary carriage. Epidemiologic data indicate that typhoid carriers are more likely than the general population to develop hepatobiliary cancer.
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