How can we say that bile duct cancer has been cured?

Any disease will bring troubles to the patient, both physically and mentally. Although bile duct cancer is uncommon, it is very dangerous, causing physical discomfort, mental stress and great pain to the patient. I believe that everyone is now as eager as I am to learn about bile duct cancer and what it means to cure bile duct cancer?

Whether bile duct cancer can be cured depends on whether it is diagnosed in time, clinical type, specific pathological characteristics and whether appropriate treatment methods are taken in time. Choosing the right treatment method is of great clinical significance for the treatment of bile duct cancer patients. Data show that scientific symptomatic treatment methods can increase the 3-year survival rate of patients with early and middle-stage bile duct cancer from 22% to 76%. Only early detection and early treatment can achieve satisfactory treatment results.

After diagnosis and treatment, as long as the original symptoms and tumors disappear, it can be defined as clinical recovery. According to clinical practice and follow-up observation, many cancer patients have indeed been cured. If there is no recurrence of cancer after 5 years of treatment, it is possible to be permanently cured. Because only a few percent of these patients will have problems in the future.

Literature reports that the survival of upper, middle, and lower bile duct cancers are (8.75±6.31), (10.31±8.01), and (14.48±12.95) months, respectively. The survival of upper bile duct cancer is the shortest, while that of lower bile duct cancer is the longest. The survival of biliary cancers of the invasive type, poorly differentiated, with lymph node metastasis and liver metastasis is significantly shortened, indicating a poor prognosis. The prognosis of extrahepatic bile duct cancers of the papillary type, moderately or highly differentiated, without lymph node metastasis and liver metastasis is relatively good. The prognosis of different treatment methods is compared, and surgical resection is the best, which is significantly better than simple jaundice reduction surgery. For patients with extrahepatic bile duct cancer who have the conditions, radical resection should be performed as early as possible. Although surgical resection can achieve short-term efficacy, the long-term effect is still not satisfactory, and the local recurrence rate is very high. Therefore, new breakthroughs are needed to break away from the current situation and make progress.

According to actual reports, if the treatment of bile duct cancer by traditional Chinese medicine is effective, there are generally few side effects of Western medicine. There are already cases of bile duct cancer being cured by traditional Chinese medicine.

Therefore, people with bile duct cancer must not lose confidence. And after being cured, they still need to maintain good living habits, especially in terms of diet, to avoid recurrence.