Bile Duct Cancer Survival Rate

My father has it and it spread to his liver, he has an op on Thursday to remove the parties concerned, I think they would not bother with the op unless the survival rate is good , would you??

These are questions you should ask the oncologist and surgeon. Cancer therapy depends on the stage of disease, patients age and overall health. Since you mention that it has spread to the liver, your father is facing metastatic or what is called the cancer stage IV. Staging has more to do with the type of treatment to a patient that does the prognosis.

You should read as much as possible about the disease and types of treatment options available.

ACS: What is cancer of the bile duct?
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/conten ...

NCI: Cancer of the bile duct
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types ...

NCCN: Guidelines for physicians treating hepatobiliary cancers
http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physic ...

You can find information about a support group:

Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation
http://www.cholangiocarcinoma.org/

it is better to ask the doctor directly. Perhaps privatly a father. or a nurse call.

For a general point of reference, the rate of five-year survival could be useful, of course, an individual prognosis is the most accurate because it reflects the health conditions that may influence the effectiveness of treatment. As others have said, the survival of patients with bile duct cancer will depend on how advanced it is. Statistically, only 21% of all patients with extrahepatic (outside of the liver) of bile duct cancer survive 5 years, because most patients are diagnosed late.

The survival rate at 5 years is the percentage of patients who live at least 5 years after their cancer is diagnosed. Some of these patients live much longer than five years after diagnosis, and the rate of 5 years are used to produce a standard way of discussing prognosis. The relative survival rate at 5 years implies that people are dying of other causes and compares the observed survival with that expected for individuals without biliary tract cancer. This means that relative survival only talks about deaths from cancer of the bile ducts. Of course, the survival rate at 5 years are based on patients diagnosed and initially treated more than 5 years. result in improved treatments often in a more favorable outlook for recently diagnosed patients.

Stage
5-year relative survival

0
58%

I
29%

II
22%

III
8%

IV
8%



These figures come from the American College of Surgeons National Cancer Data Base and are based on 5987 patients diagnosed between 1993-1998. Nearly two thirds of patients had stage IV when they were diagnosed.

Your bile duct and gall Gaul are not necessary and you can live a normal life with less than half your liver ......... KEN