How long can you live after surgery for early bile duct cancer

How long can patients live after early bile duct cancer surgery? If patients can detect bile duct cancer in the early stage and receive treatment, it will greatly reduce the harm of bile duct cancer and will be of great help to the treatment. Therefore, everyone should pay attention to various physical symptoms. Since bile duct cancer is a type of cancer, patients are very concerned about whether it will affect their lifespan. So how long can patients live after early bile duct cancer surgery?

How long one can live with early-stage bile duct cancer depends mainly on whether appropriate treatment is taken in time. Surgical resection is the main treatment for early-stage bile duct cancer. The surgical method should be selected according to the location of the tumor. For example, common hepatic duct cancer that has not invaded the liver parenchyma can undergo resection of the hilar bile duct, common bile duct and bile duct, and choledochojejunostomy; common hepatic duct cancer or confluent bile duct cancer can undergo resection of the quadrate lobe of the liver or part of the right anterior lobe, resection of the hilar bile duct, extrahepatic bile duct, and choledochojejunostomy. The 5-year survival rate after surgical resection of early-stage bile duct cancer can reach more than 50%.

How long a patient with advanced bile duct cancer can live depends mainly on whether the treatment is appropriate and the patient's physical condition. Clinically, the treatments for advanced bile duct cancer mainly include radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and the combined treatment of traditional Chinese medicine for bile duct cancer.

In general, how long you can live with bile duct cancer depends on the treatment effect and physical function. As long as you choose the right method and actively treat it, you can improve symptoms and prolong your life. Patients with bile duct cancer should maintain an optimistic attitude and actively cooperate with the treatment. With the continuous improvement of treatment methods, new treatment methods and drugs are increasingly used in the treatment of bile duct cancer, and the survival of bile duct cancer patients has been significantly higher than before.