What methods can be used to check for bile duct cancer

Society is constantly progressing, things are updating at a fast pace, our technology is constantly improving and updating, and people are becoming more and more aware of diseases. In the face of all this, sometimes we are still so powerless against cancer. Today we are going to talk about bile duct cancer. What methods can be used to check for bile duct cancer? Let me describe it next.

Cholangiocarcinoma is a disease that occurs from time to time in our daily lives. It can be said that many of us should not feel unfamiliar with this disease. This is mainly because the harm caused by this disease to people is very serious. So below are some examination methods for bile duct cancer. Please take a closer look.

1. Ask the patient's medical history in detail, conduct a comprehensive physical examination, and perform various routine tests and specific tests, such as alpha-fetoprotein and carcinoembryonic antigen.

2. Physical examination: Since about 75% of cancers occur in easily discovered parts of the body, a comprehensive physical examination, including inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation, is very important. It can often find a considerable number of tumors and make a preliminary judgment on their nature.

3. Imaging examinations: including conventional X-ray fluoroscopy, filming, various angiography, various tomographic examinations; CT, ECT, MRI examinations; B-type ultrasound examinations, nuclear medicine examinations, etc.

4. Pathological examination: exfoliative cytology and biopsy.

5. Endoscopic examination: esophagoscopy, fiber gastroscopy and fiber colonoscopy, bronchoscope, cystoscope, etc.

6. Radioimmunoassay: such as fetoprotein assay, carcinoembryonic antigen assay, Epstein-Barr virus antibody assay, etc.

7. Medical laser diagnosis.

The above examination methods are some common examination methods for bile duct cancer that we introduced to you today. We hope that friends can have a deeper understanding of bile duct cancer through these contents, and then actively cooperate with doctors for treatment.