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biliary tract cancer

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biliary tract cancer,
a rare adenocarcinoma in a bile duct often causing jaundice, pruritus, and weight loss. The lesion may be papillary or flat and ulcerated. The tumor is often unresectable at diagnosis.


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Specialists in oncology, radiology, surgery, and other areas consider such topics as pathologic staging, diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging, surgical management of intra-hepatic biliary tract cancer, radiation therapy, and symptom management and palliation.
It included 627 patients with various forms of biliary tract cancer (including gall bladder cancer), 1037 cases with biliary stones, and 959 randomly selected control participants.
One study concluded that the women who were regular tea drinkers had a significantly lower risk of biliary tract cancer and gallbladder cancer than those who did not drink green tea.
 
 
 
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