How to prevent bile duct cancer

How should bile duct cancer be prevented? Cancer is a relatively serious disease. Although my country's medical technology is constantly being updated, the chances of curing cancers such as bile duct cancer are not high. Therefore, in order to avoid such a disease, we must be prepared for prevention. So how should bile duct cancer be prevented?

1. Maintain a happy mental state, develop good eating habits, avoid spicy food, eat less greasy food, and do not drink strong alcohol.

2. For people over 40 years old, especially women, regular B-ultrasound examinations should be performed. If cholecystitis, gallstones or polyps are found, follow-up examinations should be conducted and treatment should be initiated as soon as possible if any changes are found in the condition.

3. Before actively treating cancerous lesions, the factors that may cause cancer should be eliminated sooner or later.

The prognosis of bile duct cancer is not ideal, and the prognosis of bile duct cancer is extremely poor. The average survival of the group with surgical resection of bile duct cancer is generally 13 months, and rarely survives for 5 years. If only internal or external drainage of the bile duct is performed, the average survival is only 6 to 7 months, and rarely exceeds 1 year.

Prevention of biliary tumors should focus on early treatment of closely related diseases and precancerous lesions. Non-invasive B-ultrasound should be used as a basic means of screening for diseases in this department.

1. Primary prevention The cause of bile duct cancer is still unclear, and its relationship with cholelithiasis is not as close as that with gallbladder cancer. Therefore, there is a lack of effective methods for primary prevention of bile duct cancer. It mainly focuses on the prevention and treatment of hepatobiliary stones and regular systematic health checks.

2. Secondary prevention Secondary prevention is the key to the prevention of this disease. Patients with obstructive jaundice should be highly alert to the possibility of bile duct cancer after excluding diseases such as cholelithiasis, hepatitis, and cirrhosis. On the basis of detailed medical history and comprehensive physical examination, B-ultrasound, CT, PTC and ERCP examinations should be performed as soon as possible for early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment.