Can bile duct cancer be cured?

Cholangiocarcinoma is not easy to detect because of its mild symptoms in the early stage. When it is discovered, it is usually in the middle or late stage. The special location of the lesion makes it very difficult to treat. So does it mean that there is no possibility of curing cholangiocarcinoma? Let's learn about "Can cholangiocarcinoma be cured" through the following article.

Regarding the treatment of bile duct cancer, since each patient has different physical constitutions, the specific location of the lesions, the early, middle and late stages, the treatment methods used, etc., of course the treatment effects will also be different, so it cannot be generalized.

Because two-thirds of bile duct cancers grow in the hilar region, a special location where blood vessels are crisscrossed like electrical wires, cancer cells in the middle and late stages can easily invade the vascular and nerve tissues, making treatment difficult.

Literature reports that the survival time of upper, middle and lower bile duct cancer is (8.75±6.31), (10.31±8.01) and (14.48±12.95) months respectively. According to statistics, most bile duct cancer patients who are diagnosed with internal and external bile duct drainage have a one-year survival rate of less than 50%; the five-year survival rate after radical resection is only 13.4% to 25.7%.

Data show that scientific symptomatic treatment methods can increase the three-year survival rate of patients with early and intermediate bile duct cancer from 22% to 76%. Only early detection and early treatment can achieve satisfactory treatment results.

Moreover, from the actual case reports, if the treatment of bile duct cancer by traditional Chinese medicine is effective, there are generally few side effects of western medicine treatment. There are already cases of bile duct cancer being cured by traditional Chinese medicine treatment.

Therefore, whether bile duct cancer can be cured depends on whether it is diagnosed in time, clinical type, specific pathological characteristics and whether appropriate treatment is taken in time. Choosing the right treatment method is of great clinical significance for the treatment of bile duct cancer patients.

It can be seen from this that it is important to choose the appropriate treatment method based on one's own pathological characteristics, and one must have confidence in recovery.