Is there anyone who can live ten years with bile duct cancer?

Many cancer patients feel that they are wandering at the end of their lives every day. They are confused about the remaining time of their lives and want to know how long they can live. For example, many people want to know how long they can live for bile duct cancer patients. Will they live for another ten years? So what we want to know today is whether there are patients with cholangitis who can live for ten years?

As a malignant tumor, bile duct cancer brings great pain to patients and their families, so how long a patient can live with bile duct cancer is of great concern. How long a patient can live with early bile duct cancer mainly depends on whether appropriate treatment is taken in time. Surgical resection is the main treatment for early bile duct cancer. The surgical method should be selected according to the location of the tumor. For example, for common hepatic duct cancer that has not invaded the liver parenchyma, the hilar bile duct, and bile duct resection, and choledochojejunostomy can be performed; for common hepatic duct cancer or confluent bile duct cancer, the quadrate lobe of the liver or part of the right anterior lobe can be resected, and the hilar bile duct, extrahepatic bile duct resection, and choledochojejunostomy can be performed. The 5-year survival rate after surgical resection of early bile duct cancer can reach more than 50%.

How long a patient with advanced bile duct cancer can live depends mainly on whether the treatment is appropriate and the patient's physical condition. Clinically, the treatments for advanced bile duct cancer mainly include radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and the combined treatment of traditional Chinese medicine for bile duct cancer.

In general, how long you can live with bile duct cancer depends on the treatment effect and physical function. As long as you choose the right method and actively treat it, you can improve symptoms and prolong your life. Patients with bile duct cancer should maintain an optimistic attitude and actively cooperate with the treatment. With the continuous improvement of treatment methods, new treatment methods and drugs are increasingly used in the treatment of bile duct cancer, and the survival of bile duct cancer patients has been significantly higher than before.