The bile duct is a very small tube that connects the liver and the gallbladder to the small intestine.
Bile duct cancer survivor stories.
Your bile duct runs through your liver.
There are no uk wide statistics available for bile duct cancer survival.
The cancer has spread outside the bile ducts to nearby structures or lymph nodes.
By cody curtis i was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma in december of 2007 at age fifty two.
But 51 year old nicholas belluomini of erie pa is optimistic about his prognosis.
For more general information on recurrence see understanding recurrence.
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Because in his own words he is lucky enough to live just an hour and a half drive from the best hospital with the best doctors cleveland clinic.
If the cancer does come back recur further treatment will depend on where the cancer is what treatments you ve had before and your overall health.
By the time kelly arp discovered she had stage iv bile duct cancer the disease had already spread to her left arm and right rib.
Ct showed a soft tissue mass at the ampulla of vater measuring 2 1 cm x 2 2 cm.
My mother is 53 and was just diagnosed with bile duct cancer in may 09.
Your comment regarding your mother s bile duct cancer that is unresectable is the most positive story that i have yet to hear regarding bile duct cancer.
Patient and surgeon take on cancer with one punch.
Ly s problem was diagnosed as cancer of the ampulla with biliary obstruction.
There is no sign that the cancer has spread outside of the bile ducts.
The cancer has spread to distant parts of the body such as the lungs.
The following statistics are provided by public health england s national cancer intelligence network ncin.
5 year relative survival rates for bile duct cancer.
Cancer of the bile duct or cholangiocarcinoma is extremely rare.
Cancer can occur in any part of the bile duct.
The common bile duct is also dilated with greatest diameter measuring 2 3 cm.
For those diagnosed in england in 2012.
Now an experimental drug obtained through a clinical trial is stabilizing the cancer and preventing it from spreading further.
In most patients the tumor cannot be completely removed with surgery and is incurable.
For more on how recurrent bile duct cancer is treated see treatment options based on the extent of bile duct cancer.
Cholangiocarcinoma is a cancer of the bile duct.
