Can early stage cholangiocarcinoma be cured? It is possible

Cholangiocarcinoma can actually be cured in the early stages. Although it cannot be completely cured, it can increase the survival rate of most patients. Patients must choose surgical resection as a treatment method based on their age and physical condition. After the operation, patients must also undergo chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Only comprehensive treatment can make the effect more significant.

In daily life, everyone must always be responsible for their own body, because if you don't pay attention, you will be troubled by various diseases. For example, cholangiocarcinoma is a disease that is easy to occur, which has many negative effects on the patient's body, so treatment is very important. But patients want to know whether cholangiocarcinoma can be cured in the early stage?
Cholangiocarcinoma refers to a malignant tumor that occurs in the bile duct. This disease is not contagious, so it does not require isolation treatment after it occurs. There will be no obvious symptoms at the beginning of the disease. Only when the disease continues to progress will the patient find symptoms of jaundice on their skin. Sometimes they will also find that their urination and defecation have become abnormal, and they often have symptoms of constipation, and may even have symptoms of an enlarged gallbladder. These symptoms must be treated with targeted treatment after they occur to avoid the deterioration of cholangiocarcinoma.
The most important treatment for cholangiocarcinoma is surgical resection at the earliest stage, so as to avoid metastasis or spread of tumors in the body. Otherwise, the condition and treatment will become more complicated. However, it is very important for patients to cooperate with radiotherapy and chemotherapy after surgical resection. Only in this way can the effect of treatment be consolidated.
In fact, the only way to treat cholangiocarcinoma now is surgical resection, and radiotherapy can only serve as an auxiliary treatment, which is mainly to improve the patient's quality of life. It is best to use radiotherapy after biliary drainage. In this way, it can improve the patient's symptoms to a certain extent, thereby prolonging life. Generally speaking, the patient's survival period can reach one year.
Moreover, patients with severe conditions also need chemotherapy. Although many patients do not get good therapeutic effects from chemotherapy, the effect of chemotherapy is very significant when there are signs of cancer cell metastasis. This can prevent the occurrence of complications. If the treatment is persisted for a long time, it may also prolong the patient's survival period.
Therefore, the overall treatment for cholangiocarcinoma is surgery, which is currently the most significant and only treatment method. Other conservative treatments are not very sensitive to this disease and may even aggravate the patient's condition. Therefore, it is best for patients to undergo surgical resection in the early stages. Only by removing the lesion can they have a chance to improve their prognosis.