What are the dangers of bile duct cancer

Biliary duct cancer brings physical pain to patients, and also brings great mental distress to patients. The treatment process is painful, and the end of life is even more desperate. So if there are patients with bile duct cancer around us, we should give them more care and help. So what are the hazards of bile duct cancer? Let's find out below.

Cholangiocarcinoma is not easy to detect because of its unclear early symptoms. When it is discovered, it is usually in the middle or late stage. The special location of the lesion makes it very difficult to treat and has a poor prognosis. If patients with cholangiocarcinoma do not undergo any surgery or drainage, they will die within 3 months after diagnosis. If radical resection is performed, the postoperative cure rate is low and the 5-year survival rate is low. The hazards of cholangiocarcinoma can be described from the following aspects:

First of all, bile duct cancer can cause bile duct obstruction in patients, which in turn leads to functional disorders of the bile duct system, and then to digestive system disorders. It can also cause patients to suffer from anorexia and indigestion, and then lead to malnutrition, emaciation, weight loss, decreased resistance and immunity, and other problems.

Cholangiocarcinoma can easily lead to liver failure in patients, which is a very important reason why many bile duct cancer patients die from the disease.

Biliary duct cancer often causes bile fistula in patients. This is the most common and serious complication after bile duct cancer surgery. Because there are many openings in the intrahepatic bile duct, it is sometimes difficult to properly handle, making it easy for patients to develop bile fistula after surgery.

In the late stage of cholangiocarcinoma, metastasis may occur, which is a dynamic and continuous process. First, tumor cells invade and break through the tissue barrier to enter the blood vessels and lymphatic vessels to form cell emboli, which then fall off and run in the blood or lymphatic vessels. Then, they adhere to the endothelial cells of the microcirculation of distant organs, stay there, and pass through the microcirculation, multiply in the new tissue and organ substance, and grow into new metastatic tumors. In addition, during the metastasis of cholangiocarcinoma, cancer cells can also fall off directly into the body cavity. Implantation on the serosal surface forms implanted metastatic tumors.

In short, bile duct cancer is terrible, so we must develop good living habits to prevent this disease and avoid the harm it brings to us.