Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, State Key Laboratory for Digestive Health, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Disease, Beijing ...

Gangrenous cholecystitis is considered a medical emergency, requiring surgical removal of the gallbladder. An imaging test that allows for the visualization of bile movement through the bile duct ...

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 ...

A diagnosis of AIH, PBC, or PSC in a patient with liver disease always requires careful exclusion of other major causes of liver damage, including alcoholic, viral, drug- and toxin-induced ...

These allow you to hold in feces until you are able to get to a bathroom to release the contents into the toilet. Your digestive system is made up of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the biliary ...

If bilirubin diglucuronide is formed, can the liver cell secrete this conjugate into the biliary passages ... 23 The solvent in this system is composed by methyl ethyl ketone, propionic acid ...

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 ...

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 ...

Immunotherapy is a modern approach to cancer treatment that uses a patient's own immune system to help fight tumors. It has made an incredible impact on treating cancers in many different organ ...

To understand why immunotherapy may be less effective in treating liver cancer, scientists at the Salk Institute took a closer look at how the immune system and liver interact. While studying ...