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Cholangiocarcinoma
Cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer, is a type of cancer that forms in the bile ducts. Symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma may include pain, yellowish skin, weight loss, generalized itching, and fever. Light colored stool or dark urine may also occur. Other biliary tract cancers include cancer and cancer of the ampulla of Vater.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- · pain, yellowish skin, weight loss, generalized itching, fever
How it's found
- ·Confirmed by examination of the tumor under a microscope
Treatment
- ·Surgical resection, , therapy, stenting procedures, liver
Outlook
- ·Generally poor
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