Bile and pancreatic juices help the body digest ... When bile duct cancer blocks the bile duct, bile builds up in the liver. One possible symptom of increased bilirubin in the blood is pruritus ...

"Bile duct and pancreatic cancers are very difficult to ... Current treatments include surgery, liver transplantation, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, photodynamic therapy and biliary drainage ...

It drains the pancreatic fluid from the gland and carries it to the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). The main pancreatic duct merges with the bile duct to form the ampulla of Vater (a ...

One patient (Case 5) had cholelithiasis and pancreatic lithiasis ... a simple cyst of the liver was associated with an obstructing cystic papilloma of the bile duct. His patient was not relieved ...

A new report in Science by Ma and colleagues uncovers the interplay of microbiota-controlled bile acid metabolism and immune responses in the context of primary and metastatic liver tumours in mice.

The 47-year-old, in an Instagram video, said his cancer was discovered in the bile duct—between the pancreas and liver—and that he is a cancer survivor. Moss informed his fans that he ...

is a rare cancer that develops in the bile ducts, which connect the liver and gall bladder. These small tubes are essential for the digestive system, helping transport bile to break down fats.

MSK researchers are evaluating the potential of a new chemotherapy technique called hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) in the treatment of bile duct cancer. HAI involves delivering a high dose of ...

If the bile ducts are blocked, bile cannot flow out of the liver and it builds up in your body ... You might have mild inflammation of the pancreas. This can cause pain in your abdomen. It's important ...

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 ...

MUSTAFA RAOOF ONCOLOGY Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery; Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Genetics and ...