“I got an ultrasound, and it showed a solid mass.” Follow-up tests revealed Towle had bile duct cancer, also called ...

Stents to treat various blockages in the human body can themselves become blocked, but a new sensor developed at the ...

The findings imply that the selection of a diagnostic method for detecting postoperative residual bile duct stones should be ...

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 ...

Bile duct cancer is also called cholangiocarcinoma. It is a rare type of cancer that starts in the bile ducts. The bile ducts are small tubes that connect the liver and gallbladder to the small bowel.

Tucatinib and trastuzumab – when used together – were shown to shrink tumours in patients with bile duct cancer. The cancer affects tubes in the liver that carry bile, which helps the body ...

Drugs that target advanced breast cancer could help patients with a rare cancer that affects parts of the digestive system, a ...

Stents to treat various blockages in the human body can themselves become blocked, but a new sensor developed at the ...

Drugs designed to target HER2-postive breast cancer could also benefit some patients with bile duct cancer, according to results of a patient trial to be presented on Thursday at the 36th EORTC ...

Bile duct cancer is rare, treatment options are limited, and the survival rates are low. The trial also suggests that a wider group of breast cancer patients – those with HER2-mutated breast ...

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 ...

Researchers at the National Cancer Centre Hospital in Kashiwa, Japan, explored the use of the treatment for other cancers, including that of the bile ducts. Bile duct cancer, also known as ...