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Bile Duct Cancer
Most bile duct and gallbladder carcinomas are adenomas
March 22nd, 2004
The cause of bile duct cancer is unknown, but chronic inflammation or parasites are associated with carcinogenesis, researchers say. "Biliary tract cancers are a consequence of a stepwise malignant transformation of the biliary epithelium. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma arises from any portion of the intrahepatic bile duct epithelium: the segmental or area ducts and their finer branches or intrahepatic small bile ducts," investigators in Germany report. "Cholangiocarcinoma arising from the hepatic ducts or near their junction is called hilar cholangiocarcinoma or Klatskin tumor, and is considered an extrahepatic lesion," wrote A. Tannapfel and...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2004-03-22)
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