What are the characteristics of each stage of bile duct cancer

The disease of bile duct cancer is a ruthless blow to people. Patients suffer from pain after being diagnosed with the disease. The symptoms of this disease are different in different stages. In the early stage, it is mainly manifested by abdominal pain, yellowing of the whole body, loss of appetite and other symptoms. The important feature of the late stage is metastasis to the whole body. What are the characteristics of each stage of bile duct cancer? Let's take a look.

Early clinical manifestations of cholangiocarcinoma

The main clinical manifestations of cholangiocarcinoma are progressive jaundice accompanied by upper abdominal discomfort. Other common symptoms include weight loss, emaciation, liver enlargement, and sometimes palpable gallbladder enlargement. The following three symptoms are more common in the early stages of cholangiocarcinoma:

1. Jaundice: Also known as yellow bile, commonly known as yellow disease, is a symptom caused by elevated bilirubin in the serum. Cholangiocarcinoma is very likely to cause bile duct obstruction due to tumor compression, so jaundice has become the earliest and most important symptom of cholangiocarcinoma;

2. Abdominal pain: It may be mild discomfort in the upper abdomen after eating, or dull pain under the xiphoid process, or back pain, or right upper abdominal colic. It is a manifestation of nerve invasion and may occur before or after jaundice.

3. Fever: mostly caused by inflammation in the obstructive bile duct, with a low incidence rate;

Other symptoms may include loss of appetite, aversion to oil, fatigue, weight loss, generalized itching, and nausea.

Symptoms of advanced bile duct cancer:

1. Regularity of cholangiocarcinoma metastasis

The occurrence of tumor metastasis is not random. Tumor metastasis has a tendency of metastatic pathway, and there are also differences in the probability of metastasis and the time of occurrence of metastasis.

2. Irregularity of symptoms of advanced cholangiocarcinoma metastasis

Different tumors have different metastatic pathways. Cancers often metastasize through the lymph nodes, while sarcomas often metastasize through the blood. However, there are exceptions, such as choriocarcinoma, renal cancer, and prostate cancer, which often metastasize to the lungs through the blood. Even for lung cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the lung often metastasizes through the lymph nodes, but adenocarcinoma of the lung tends to metastasize through the blood and pleural implants.

The above is an introduction to the different symptoms of bile duct cancer at different stages. I hope it will be helpful to you.