Tag: cholangiocarcinoma

Since the early 1990s, the photodynamic treatment of cancer has relied mainly on a light-sensitizing agent called Photofrin. This was the first photosensitizer to be approved in many

Surgery is a potentially curative treatment for tumors found in the bile ducts, the ducts that carry bile from the liver and gall bladder to the intestines.   The

The prognosis of bile duct cancers, especially perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (CCC), is generally quite poor.  Though not likely to metastasize, CCC tumors can impinge on vital structures of the

Cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer of the bile ducts, has an average 5-year survival rate of less than 10%. Surgery is considered to be the most effective treatment, and