Bile Duct Cancer Diagnosis
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Diagnosing Bile Duct Cancer
If you have been recently diagnosed with bile duct cancer, or have been battling bile duct cancer for some time and are exploring your treatment options, you are not alone. This can be a confusing and overwhelming time. However, you can find innovative options, hope, and compassionate care at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA).
CTCA offers a whole-person, patient-centered approach to bile duct cancer treatment. Here, a multidisciplinary care team will empower you with information, listen to your concerns, and provide you with advanced options to fight bile duct cancer. Your care team will work with you to develop an individualized bile duct cancer treatment plan tailored to your specific needs.
Bile Duct Cancer Detection Tools
The team of expert doctors and technologists at CTCA uses the latest bile duct cancer detection tools to locate—and eradicate—cancer in every part of the body. Your CTCA care team uses leading-edge diagnostic imaging services to help test which bile duct cancer treatments will be most appropriate for you.
The diagnostic process begins with accurately identifying and staging the cancer. This may involve one or more of the following tests that examine the bile duct and liver:
- Physical exam
- Ultrasound
- CT scan (CAT scan)
- MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
- ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography)
- PTC (percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography)
- Biopsy
- Liver function tests
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