Bile duct cancer is classified by location: intrahepatic, perihilar, or distal, influencing symptoms and treatment options. Diagnosis involves blood tests, imaging, endoscopic procedures, and biopsy ...

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic progressive autoimmune disorder characterized by small non-purulent ...

Bile duct cancer is a disease where cancerous cells form in the tissues of the bile duct. The bile duct is part of a network of tubes that connect the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and small intestine ...

About 8,000 people are diagnosed with bile duct cancer each year. But the actual number of cases is likely to be higher, because these cancers can be hard to diagnose, and some might be misclassified ...

Background and Aim: Bile duct lesions, including leaks and strictures, are immanent complications of open or laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Endoscopic procedures have gained increasing potential as the ...

A gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic who treats patients with pancreatic cancer shares the warning signs he looks for in ...

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Nov. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Pancreatic cancer is known as a silent killer, ...

The liver creates a digestive juice called bile and stores it in the gall bladder. While eating, the gall bladder forces the bile through a gall bladder tube called the bile duct. Bile duct cancer, or ...

IN recent years, cholecystectomy has been performed in an increasing number of patients. As a result, two serious complications of biliary-tract surgery have occurred with increasing frequency. The ...

Scientists have developed a new method for growing and transplanting artificial bile ducts that could in future be used to help treat liver disease in children, reducing the need for liver ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is indicated in both the diagnosis and the management of a bile duct leak following hepatobiliary surgery. In the following case, a history of ...

Bile duct cancer is identified, diagnosed, and staged with the help of tests that analyze bile ducts and neighboring organs. To find, diagnose, and confirm bile duct cancer, several different tests ...