Everyone Healthy Library
Bile Duct Tumours
Condition / disease reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.
Connected health information
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Linked signs and symptoms
6Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
Linked drugs / medications
0No linked drugs are listed yet.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
16Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Surgery
3Endoscopic procedures
2Medical therapy
8- ChemotherapyWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)Weakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Itraductal High-Intensity UltrasoundWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Liver TransplantWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography (PTC)Weakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Radiation TreatmentWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- ResectionWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- StentingWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
14These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
- Blood Tests
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Fecal Fat Determination (Fat Absorption Test, Fecal Fat Stain)
- Joint Fluid Analysis
- Laparoscopy
- lipase concentration
- magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mucus Sample Test
- Muscle Biopsy
- Prothrombin Time (PT)
- Spiral (helical) Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Ultrasound
Biological and test markers
3This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
3- Fecal FatReference range exampleAll: 1,000–7,000 mg/24hrsLinked diagnostic tests1Fecal Fat Determination (Fat Absorption Test, Fecal Fat Stain)
- LipaseReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 10–140 units/LLinked diagnostic tests1lipase concentration
- Prothrombin TimeReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 10–13 secondsLinked diagnostic tests1Prothrombin Time (PT)
Often decreased
0No markers in this group.
Other associated markers
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Bile Duct Tumours
Summary References
Treatments:
1. http://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(02)70374-X/abstract
2. http://www.nature.com/ajg/journal/v96/n4/pubmed/ajg2001272a.html
3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9222685
4. http://journals.lww.com/transplantjournal/Abstract/2000/04270/Liver_Transplantation_for_Cholangiocarcinoma_.19.aspx
5. http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/cgi/content/abstract/9/1/43
6. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec03/ch030/ch030h.html?qt=Bile Duct Tumors&alt=sh#sec03-ch030-ch030f-739
7. http://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=QErHUefFgNQC&oi=fnd&pg=PA95&dq=treatment+of+cholangiocarcinoma&ots=woKG4uQD1i&sig=YFfpsBO65bUww87YezzlD8JXnWI#v=onepage&q=treatment of cholangiocarcinoma&f=false