Cholangiocarcinoma and its management
- 1 December 2007
- Vol. 56 (12), 1755-1756
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2007.138859
Abstract
Cholangiocarcinoma originates in the biliary epithelium. Mortality rates from intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma appear to have risen steadily over the past 30 years and it now causes more deaths than hepatocellular carcinoma annually in England and Wales. Primary sclerosing cholangitis is the commonest known predisposing factor for …Keywords
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