Will bile duct cancer recur after removal?

Cancer often causes great pain to patients and makes their families exhausted, because cancer is not only extremely difficult to cure, but also easy to relapse. Patients often suffer from postoperative chemotherapy. Biliary duct cancer is also a type of cancer, so is it like other cancers? Will bile duct cancer relapse after it is removed?

Cholangiocarcinoma is a common malignant tumor in clinical practice. Its onset is related to bile duct stones, liver fluke disease, viral infection, autoimmune diseases, etc., and special vigilance is required in daily life. After suffering from cholangiocarcinoma, patients will not only suffer great pain, but also endanger their lives. In clinical practice, many patients have achieved clinical cure after treatment.

Will bile duct cancer not recur after recovery? Is this really the case? Clinical cure of bile duct cancer means no recurrence five years after surgery. In fact, two years after surgery is the peak period of recurrence. Once five years have passed, the chance of recurrence is relatively small. However, a relatively small chance of recurrence does not mean that there will be no recurrence. The risk still exists, so patients should not take it lightly.

From this point of view, bile duct cancer may recur even if it is removed. After all, cancer treatment is a systematic, long and complicated process. For cancer treatment, some patients want to cure it once and for all by surgery, chemotherapy and other methods. However, they do not know that cancer treatment is like fighting a tough battle. It is not a matter of one day or one night, and requires cooperation from many aspects. Many patients do not pay attention to consolidation treatment after surgery. Patients after surgery also need to undergo two months of traditional Chinese medicine consolidation treatment every year.