At Huntsman Cancer Institute, our experts deliver specialized, multidisciplinary care for bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma). You are supported by a team of specialists including hepatobiliary ...

Dr. Shaun P. McKenzie is board certified in general surgery and in surgical oncology, hepatobiliary surgery, and pancreatic surgery. He is a surgical oncologist with Texas Oncology Surgical ...

Dr. Shaun P. McKenzie discusses bile duct cancer challenges and why awareness and specialized care help patients get ...

Bile duct and gallbladder cancers are uncommon, with an estimated 12,130 new cases diagnosed this year according to the American Cancer Society. These cancers develop in organs deep inside the body, ...

Rick Brooks was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer of the bile duct, over 10 years ago. “And when we got in the car, he told me ‘I wanna fight this,’” wife Sue Brooks said. “He was ...

Diseases of the bile duct can lead to serious medical conditions such as liver cirrhosis and eventually liver failure. But research into these diseases, and possible treatments for them, has been ...

Bile duct cancer can often be treated more effectively when detected early. However, its initial symptoms are often mild and can resemble common digestive or liver problems, leading to delayed ...

About 8,000 people are diagnosed with bile duct cancer each year. But the actual number of cases is likely to be higher, because these cancers can be hard to diagnose, and some might be misclassified ...

PITTSBURGH, July 6, 2021 - Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine described a new phenomenon in which the deletion of a single gene involved in liver embryogenesis completely ...

Bile duct injuries are rare and a technical complication from a cholecystectomy but should be treated quickly once located. An injured bile duct can result in a flow of bile from the liver into the ...

The bile ducts are a series of tubes that reach from the liver to the small intestine. The bile ducts move bile from the liver and the gallbladder to the small intestine where it helps digest the fats ...