Intrahepatic ducts. Intrahepatic ducts are a system of smaller tubes within the liver that collect and transport bile to the extrahepatic ducts. Extrahepatic ducts. The extrahepatic ducts begin as two ...

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 ...

At Huntsman Cancer Institute, our experts deliver specialized, multidisciplinary care for bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma). You are supported by a team of specialists including hepatobiliary ...

Salvatore Papa receives funding from AAMF-The Cholangiocarcinoma Charity, Guts UK, Rosetrees Trust and Blood Cancer UK. Concetta Bubici receives funding from Guts UK, Rosetrees Trust and Blood Cancer ...

Cholangiocarcinoma better known as bile duct cancer; is a rare but aggressive form of cancer occurring commonly in individuals over the age of 50. The tumors of bile duct are difficult to treat and ...

(RTTNews) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to Incyte Corp.'s Pemazyre (pemigatinib) as the first treatment approved for adults with certain types of ...

Bile duct cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, is a rare type of cancer that starts in the bile ducts. Bile ducts are small tubes in your body that carry bile (digestive fluids) from your liver and ...

New cases of bile duct cancer, also known as biliary tumors, are increasing worldwide. The chances of cure are considered poor. The standard therapy for advanced bile duct cancer has so far been based ...

Researchers have found that taking aspirin can be connected to a dramatic reduction in bile duct cancer risk. According to them, people who take aspirin have up to 3.5 times lesser chances of ...

Inflammation and scarring of the bile ducts—also known as cholangiopathies—can stop the bile from flowing, a vital fluid that helps digest fats. When bile can’t move through these ducts, it backs up ...

Sydney Towle, 26, has recently been documenting her treatments in a clinical trial for her rare, aggressive bile duct cancer.