Can mid- to late-stage bile duct cancer be cured?

Everyone knows that no matter what kind of cancer is treated in the early stage, it can generally be cured. However, if it is not treated in time and is delayed to the middle or late stage, can it still be cured so easily? For example, is it so easy to treat middle and late stage bile duct cancer? So today we will find out whether middle and late stage bile duct cancer can be cured?

Cholangiocarcinoma ranks first among malignant tumors of the gallbladder, and others include sarcoma, carcinoid, primary malignant melanoma, giant cell adenocarcinoma, etc. Cholangiocarcinoma is a highly malignant tumor, especially in the middle and late stages of cholangiocarcinoma, the cure rate is very low. Whether it is simple surgery or conservative treatment with Chinese medicine, the effect will not be very good. Generally, the main purpose is to control the disease and prolong survival time. Conservative treatment is generally used clinically. From the perspective of Western medicine, cancer, in simple terms, is due to the degeneration of normal cells in the human body, producing abnormal cells, and then these mutant cells replicate infinitely, leading to the final total collapse of the body. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cancer is caused by insufficient vital energy, qi stagnation, phlegm coagulation, and blood stasis over a long period of time. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the treatment of cancer should be based on the principle of "softening and dispersing nodules."

Patients must maintain an optimistic attitude, correctly understand their condition, and actively cooperate with treatment to fundamentally alleviate their pain, improve their quality of life, prolong their lives, and effectively control metastasis. Many factors must be considered before deciding on the best treatment, including tumor size, patient age and overall health status, and early or late stages of the disease.