FOR the 6,000 people in the UK who are newly diagnosed with bile duct cancer every year, the prognosis is uniquely grim. According to data from Cancer Research UK, up to 70 per cent of all these ...

Bile duct cancer, also called cholangiocarcinoma, is a type of cancer that starts in the bile ducts, small tubes that connect the liver and gallbladder to the small bowel. They carry a fluid ...

Intrahepatic bile duct cancer develops within the liver's bile ducts, while extrahepatic bile duct cancer originates outside ...

Hence, a prospective study with advanced imaging techniques would allow a more confident diagnosis of intrahepatic bile duct cancer. Second, all patients included in our study underwent surgical ...

Doctors in the UK are hoping to transform the lives of people with deadly bile duct cancer. A new study – which has shown promising early results – matches the patient’s tumour to one or ...

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The 47-year-old, in an Instagram video, said his cancer was discovered in the bile duct—between the pancreas and liver—and that he is a cancer survivor. Moss informed his fans that he ...

Consultant medical oncologist Professor John Bridgewater is leading the UK arm of an international study to find treatments for bile duct cancer (Charlotte Southall/UCLH/PA) Doctors in the UK are ...

An internationally-renowned fashion designer and a former model, both from Kent, have teamed up with a UK charity to highlight a misunderstood type of cancer ... in her bile duct and was diagnosed ...