Is there anything new that can be done to treat cholangiocarcinoma?
If you have been told you have cholangiocarcinoma, you might be wondering if there are any new ways to treat this disease. The good news is that you have a number of choices, such as surgical resection, FGFR inhibitors, and PARP inhibitors. But you should also know that these methods of treatment come with a few possible risks. Cholangiocarcinoma is rare cancer that starts in the bile duct's epithelial cells. It can be localized or spread out, affecting different parts of the biliary tree in different ways. The only treatment that might work is surgical resection. Cholangiocarcinoma is diagnosed based on the patient's history, the results of a physical exam, and the results of tests done in a lab. After resection, patients are looked at to find out how they will do. Most of the time, surgical resection works. But even after resection, cancer can come back. Depending on where the tumor is, there are different ways to remove it. Most of the time, liver resection is used to treat