What medicine treats cholangiocarcinoma

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The occurrence of various kinds of cancer poses a great threat to the health and life of patients. As a typical example, drug treatment of cholangiocarcinoma incidence rate is relatively high, we'd better have a certain understanding of it. What medicine treats cholangiocarcinoma briefly below.

What medicine treats cholangiocarcinoma

One: cholangiocarcinoma refers to the malignant tumor originated from extrahepatic bile duct, including the bile duct from hilar region to the lower end of common bile duct. Its etiology may be related to bile duct stones, primary sclerosing cholangitis and other diseases. Surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy can be used in clinic, but the prognosis is poor.

Second, there are many factors causing cholangiocarcinoma, about 1 / 3 of patients with cholangiocarcinoma complicated with bile duct stones, and 5% - 10% of patients with bile duct stones will develop cholangiocarcinoma, indicating that bile duct is stimulated by stones for a long time, and epithelial hyperplasia changes may be related to cholangiocarcinoma. A small number of patients with cystic dilatation of bile duct developed canceration. The formation of stones in cysts, bacterial infection, especially pancreatic juice reflux caused by abnormal confluence, are the main causes of canceration.

Third: the symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma or many, are some of the more obvious performance, patients can appear jaundice, for gradually aggravating persistent jaundice, with pruritus and weight loss. A few patients without jaundice showed upper abdominal pain, sometimes accompanied by fever and abdominal mass. Other symptoms include loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, fatigue and weight loss. Stool gray, white clay color, urine color deep yellow, such as strong tea. Decompensation of liver function may lead to ascites or edema of both lower limbs. Portal hypertension may be caused by tumor invasion or compression, and hepatorenal syndrome may occur in advanced patients.

matters needing attention

We don't want cancer to happen to us. Once suffering from cholangiocarcinoma, we should not only receive timely treatment, but also understand the situation of this kind of cancer as much as possible, do well in usual nursing measures, and strive for good control effect.