A randomized controlled trial found that both EUS and MRCP have high sensitivity and specificity for detecting bile duct stones, but EUS showed a higher negative predictive value, suggesting it ...

At this location, the tumor produces a localized stricture of the biliary ducts, giving rise to its descriptive terms: focal stenosis or infiltrating stenosis. Cross-sectional MR imaging and MRCP ...

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 ...

MRI and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP): An MRI uses strong magnetic waves to create a detailed picture. An MRCP uses MRI imaging with special software to help detect gallstones and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Livdelzi (seladelpar) is a medicine that can treat primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) by reducing the amount of bile in your body. It does this by signaling the body to stop making bile acid.

A new clinical trial, sponsored by UCL and UCLH, aims to extend survival for some patients with cancer in the biliary tract by treating them with therapies specifically tailored to the genetic profile ...

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 ...

Doctors usually find inflammatory polyps in people who have experienced cholecystitis more than once and in those who have acute biliary colic. Biliary colic can occur when a gallstone blocks the ...