Bile duct cancer

Bile duct cancer

Cancer that forms in a bile duct. A bile duct is a tube that carries bile (fluid made by the liver that helps digest fat) between the liver and gallbladder and the intestine. Bile ducts include the common hepatic, cystic, and common bile ducts. Bile duct cancer may be found inside the liver (intrahepatic) or outside the liver (extrahepatic).

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Stage I is divided into stage IA and IB. In stage IA, cancer is found only in the bile duct. In stage IB, cancer has spread through the wall of the bile duct.

stage III extrahepatic bile duct cancer

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stage II extrahepatic bile duct cancer

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Stage II is divided into stage IIA and IIB. In stage IIA, cancer has spread to the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and/or to either the right or left branch of the hepatic artery ...

stage IV extrahepatic bile duct cancer

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Cancer has spread to lymph nodes and/or organs far away from the extrahepatic bile duct.

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