Effective biliary drainage is essential for the beginning of palliative chemotherapy. There is a debate on the amount of liver parenchyma that should be drained to achieve clinical success. This study ...

Lesions that mimic the appearance of cysts include: cystic neoplasms such as mucinous/serous ovarian carcinoma, which are usually superficial and bulge the liver surface contour; and mucinous ...

1 Department of Breast Surgery, General Surgery Center, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China 2 Department of Emergency Surgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China ...

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 ...

Bile duct cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, is a rare cancer that develops in the bile ducts, which connect the liver and gall bladder. These small tubes are essential for the digestive system ...

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 ...

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 called ...

It has made an incredible impact on treating cancers in many different organ systems, including the lung, kidney, and bladder-but for other cancers, such as liver cancer, the therapy has been much ...

It has made an incredible impact on treating cancers in many different organ systems, including the lung, kidney, and bladder—but for other cancers, such as liver cancer, the therapy has been ...

Bile duct cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, is a malignant tumour of either the bile ducts within the liver (intrahepatic), or those leading from the liver to the small intestine (extrahepatic).

Biliary hamartomas are benign and relatively common, occurring in 3% of the population. Pathologically they are comprised of small irregular branching bile ducts that may be dilated and embedded ...