Cross-sectional MR imaging and MRCP are able to directly visualize hilar cholangiocarcinoma. On cross-sectional MR images, the lesion appears hypointense to the liver on T1-weighted images and has ...

February is National Cancer Awareness Month, a time to amplify discussions on lesser- known but equally devastating ...

WHAT IS CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA? Cholangiocarcinoma, the medical term for bile duct cancer, is a rare and complex sort of cancer that begins in the tubes that join the small intestine to the liver and ...

Surgical resection is the conventional treatment for cholangiocarcinoma (CCA); however, in many cases the tumor is unresectable, which means that liver transplantation is often required.

Grossly, the liver involved by cholangiocarcinoma is usually enlarged, partly because of the tumor itself and partly because of hydrohepatosis (enlargement of the liver due to fluid retention ...