If you or a loved one has gallbladder or bile duct cancer, you may be interested in learning more about treatments for it. For a long time, the standard treatment options for this cancer type were ...

One of the deadliest forms of cancer is biliary tract cancer. Only one in three patients diagnosed with the disease is operable. The rest must settle for life-sustaining treatment. The reason why this ...

An expert explains what biliary tract cancers are and the current landscape of treatment as well as future advancements. In the treatment of newly diagnosed biliary tract cancer, the current standard ...

Biliary tract cancer is increasing in incidence and mortality across Europe, with more people under the age of 60 years old now impacted by the disease. However, despite this, knowledge about these ...

ctDNA is a valuable prognostic biomarker for relapse in early-stage BTC, outperforming carbohydrate antigen 19-9 levels. ctDNA monitoring can detect molecular recurrence earlier than standard ...

How do you detect a dangerous cancer if you do not know exactly what to look for or where? New research into biliary tract cancer can pave the way for early detection of the deadliest cancers. One of ...

Acute cholangitis is a severe, bacterial infection of the biliary tract precipitated by an obstruction that often results in systemic inflammation and, in some cases, life‐threatening sepsis. This ...

Zanidatamab-hrii received FDA accelerated approval for HER2-positive biliary tract cancer, showing a 52% objective response rate in the HERIZON-BTC-01 trial. Biliary tract cancers represent 3% of ...

Intrahepatic and perihilar cholangiocarcinoma, in particular, grew faster in young patients than in older patients. The report affirms research from other Western countries suggesting such a trend.