Patients with biliary tract cancer achieved a better survival outcome after receiving treatment with an oral antimetabolite following surgical resection than patients who only were treated with ...

Prior biliary tract surgery was previously considered a contraindication for laparoscopic biliary tract reoperation. However, it is now widely performed in patients with or without prior operations ...

Overall mortality was low (n = 7), and the frequency of various complications varied by the type of procedure used to clear stones from the biliary tract. With respect to avoiding postoperative ...

Data from the SWOG 1815 trial presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium showed that adding nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) to gemcitabine (Gemzar) and ...

ctDNA is a valuable prognostic biomarker for relapse in early-stage BTC, outperforming carbohydrate antigen 19-9 levels. ctDNA monitoring can detect molecular recurrence earlier than standard ...

Gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma are different types of biliary tract cancer. They affect the same system in the body and cause similar symptoms, but they may require different treatments.

Phantom gallbladder pain is commonly due to post-cholecystectomy syndrome. It occurs when symptoms around the gallbladder mimic cholecystitis pain but stem from a different cause. Post-cholecystectomy ...