Treatment of advanced bile duct cancer

No matter what kind of cancer you have, the patient's mentality is actually very important. Many patients become extremely depressed when they are diagnosed with advanced cancer and want to try every means to save their lives. For example, many patients with bile duct cancer want to know how to treat it in the advanced stage. So today we will learn about the treatment methods for advanced bile duct cancer.

The main treatments for advanced cholangiocarcinoma include palliative resection, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and traditional Chinese medicine.

1. Surgical resection as a treatment for advanced bile duct cancer

The tumor area of ​​advanced bile duct cancer is large and most of the time it has spread and metastasized, making it almost impossible to perform a radical resection. Clinically, for advanced bile duct cancer that can tolerate surgical resection, palliative local resection is still recommended, followed by other therapies for postoperative treatment, such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and traditional Chinese medicine.

2. Treatment of advanced cholangiocarcinoma: radiotherapy and chemotherapy

Both radiotherapy and chemotherapy are important methods for the treatment of advanced bile duct cancer. For patients who have undergone surgical resection, radiotherapy and chemotherapy can inhibit residual cancer. Before surgery for advanced bile duct cancer, radiotherapy and chemotherapy can shrink the tumor to a certain extent and increase the success rate of surgical resection. For patients with advanced bile duct cancer who cannot tolerate surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy have a more direct killing effect on cancer cells and are more effective in improving symptoms.

The appearance of bile duct cancer has dealt a heavy blow to people. If bile duct cancer patients are not cured in time, their condition will worsen. Therefore, early detection and early cure of bile duct cancer have many benefits. The diagnosis of bile duct cancer is also very important.