Publisher's Synopsis
A rare type of cancer that grows inside the bile ducts. A bile duct is a tube that contains bile (fluid made by the liver) between the liver and gallbladder and the small intestine. Intrahepatic bile duct: most cancers are determined within the liver. Extrahepatic bile duct: Most cancers are discovered outside the liver. Additionally, it is called cholangiocarcinoma.
Cholangiocarcinoma is a kind of cancer that forms in the slender tubes (bile ducts) that deliver the digestive fluid bile. Bile ducts connect your liver to your gallbladder and your small gut.
Cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer, occurs frequently in people older than age 50, though it can arise at any age.
Docs divide cholangiocarcinoma into differing types based totally on where the most cancers happen inside the bile ducts:
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma takes place inside the elements of the bile ducts within the liver and is every now and then categorized as a sort of liver cancer.
Hilar cholangiocarcinoma happens within the bile ducts, just outside the liver. This type is likewise referred to as perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.
Distal cholangiocarcinoma takes place in the portion of the bile duct nearest the small intestine. This kind is also referred to as extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
