Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures without demonstrable mass on ultrasonography (US ...

For those whose cancer has not spread beyond the bile ducts, the five-year survival ... variety of tumours linked to a protein in the body called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, or ...

Stents to treat various blockages in the human body can themselves become blocked, but a new sensor developed at the University of Michigan for stents that are used in the bile duct may one day ...

This provides patients with the highest level of care. Chemotherapy is a drug or a combination of drugs that kills cancer cells wherever they are in the body. You may receive chemotherapy before ...

Cholangiocarcinoma is classically described as an irregular narrowing of the bile duct with shouldered scalloped margins. The stricture usually causes a high-grade or complete obstruction with ...

External-beam radiation therapy is the most common type of radiation therapy used to treat bile duct cancer. The radiation may be given alone or in combination with a radiosensitizer. This is a drug ...

This trial was designed to focus on the molecular makeup of the tumor, regardless of where it is in the body. This means that researchers can include rare forms of the disease, such as bile duct ...

This trial was designed to focus on the molecular make-up of the tumor, regardless of where it is in the body. This means that researchers can include rare forms of the disease, such as bile duct ...