Gallbladder and bile duct cancers are rare but aggressive, often diagnosed late due to subtle symptoms. We got in touch with an expert who explains early warning signs like jaundice, abdominal ...

A bile duct is a tube-like structure that connects through your liver, gallbladder, and pancreas before it ends in the small intestine. It’s designed to carry bile out of your gastrointestinal ...

Gallbladder cancer is cancer of the gallbladder, while cholangiocarcinoma is bile duct cancer. They can both cause symptoms such as itchy skin, jaundice, darker urine, and more.

Researchers have discovered an optimal way to image the bile ducts during gallbladder removal surgeries using a tested and safe dye and a real-time near-infrared florescence laparoscopic camera.

The lab of Dr. Mark Magnuson, Louise B. McGavock Professor and professor of molecular physiology and biophysics at Vanderbilt University, has demonstrated that the formation of the gallbladder and ...

A bile duct obstruction describes when one of the tubes that carries bile between the liver, gallbladder, and small intestine becomes blocked. Learn more here.

DPP-4 inhibitors were not associated with an increased risk for bile duct and gallbladder disease, but GLP-1 analogues were (6.1 per 1,000 person-years vs. 3.3 with 2 other oral antidiabetic drugs ...

The term “biliary tract cancer” refers primarily to cancers that develop in the gallbladder and bile ducts, although periampullary tumors are often considered part of this group as well. Bile ...

Bile duct cancer and gallbladder cancer are known as biliary tract cancers.. If possible, you usually have an operation to remove all the cancer. You might then have a course of chemotherapy to try to ...