What Is Bile Duct Cancer?

Bile duct cancer is a rare cancer of the bile ducts, some types of which can spread to other areas of the body, particularly the liver. Symptoms include jaundice, fever, itching, light-colored/greasy stools, dark urine, abdominal pain, and/or loss of appetite/weight loss.

Treatments of bile duct cancer include medication, removal of cancerous tumors, biliary drainage, organ transplant, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, Immunotherapy, radiofrequency ablation and/or photodynamic therapy.