Is surgery necessary for advanced bile duct cancer?

Is it necessary to have surgery in the late stage of bile duct cancer? Although most people are beginning to pay attention to their health, due to lack of medical knowledge and people's tendency to take chances, many diseases, especially cancer, are not discovered until the late stage. At this time, the best time for treatment has been missed. So is it necessary to have surgery in the late stage of bile duct cancer?

In the late stage of cholangiocarcinoma, liver metastasis has occurred. Is surgical treatment necessary for late stage cholangiocarcinoma?

Cholangiocarcinoma is highly malignant, and surgery is the preferred treatment method. Many patients in the late stage are no longer suitable for surgical treatment. Whether surgery is needed in the late stage depends on the condition and physical condition. Palliative surgery is the main treatment method, which can control the disease and improve the quality of life.

In the late stage, multiple combined treatments are still needed. If surgery is possible in the late stage, surgery can be performed first, followed by chemotherapy and Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine treatment, such as ginsenoside Rh2 (life-protecting element), can inhibit the proliferation of bile duct cancer cells, induce apoptosis and differentiation, and reduce the side effects during chemotherapy, thus prolonging survival.

In the late stage, it is still necessary to use a combination of treatments to control the disease and improve the quality of life. In many cases, a single treatment method is not very effective.