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Bile Duct Cancer

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What is bile duct cancer?

Bile duct cancer is a rare cancer that begins in your bile ducts. Bile ducts are thin tubes that bring bile (a fluid that helps you in digesting food) from liver and gallbladder to small intestine.

Most people know bile duct cancer diagnosis after the cancer has already transfer outside of their bile ducts.

What are the symptoms of bile duct cancer?

Bile duct cancer symptoms:

  • Abdominal pain
  • Dark urination
  • Fever
  • Itchy skin
  • Jaundice
  • Light-colored stool
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • weight loss

Who gets bile duct cancer?

People get bile duct cancer if you have:

  • Abnormalities where the bile duct and pancreatic duct meet.
  • Bile duct stones or choledochal cyst disease.
  • Chronic ulcerative colitis.
  • Cirrhosis of the liver.
  • Clonorchiasis.
  • Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C.
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
  • Non-alcohol related fatty liver disease.
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis

How is bile duct cancer treated?

Treatment for bile duct cancer depends on the location of the cancer and if it has spread. Surgery is the best treatment if bile duct cancers that haven’t spread.

How is bile duct cancer prevented?

  • Avoid viruses such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.
  • Getting vaccinated against hepatitis B.
  • Limiting the amount of alcohol intake.
  • Maintaining a healthy body weight.
  • Quit smoking.