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 ...

Cancer is a disease that can be treated more effectively if diagnosed early. However, some types of cancer have mild early symptoms and mimic common health problems. Therefore, the disease is often ...

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 ...

Gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma are both biliary cancers. They can cause the same symptoms, but causes and treatments can differ. Gallbladder cancer is cancer of the gallbladder, while ...

If you or a loved one has gallbladder or bile duct cancer, you may be interested in learning more about treatments for it. For a long time, the standard treatment options for this cancer type were ...

Zenocutuzumab (Bizengri), a bispecific antibody that targets human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and HER3, led to ...

A health insurance dispute is preventing a North Carolina man from getting a cancer drug his doctors say is necessary.

When cancer spreads to the liver it can go to the bile duct, making it difficult to detect. That's because this area is buried deep within major organs. Now, a tiny camera could mean a quicker ...

Approval of the Taiho drug, futibatinib, covers adults with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer affecting the bile ducts of the liver. Many genetic variants can drive the progression of ...

Bile duct cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, is a serious concern due to its rapid progression and often mild, easily mistaken early symptoms. Early detection, crucial for improved treatment success and ...

"A lot of people have told me that I don't look someone who has cancer. There's obviously no way to really tell if someone has cancer or not and it's a hard comment to respond to because you do think, ...

Experts at the University of Birmingham are working with counterparts at the University of Bristol and in Thailand to identify new ways of detecting and treating a form of bile duct cancer that is ...