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Julie Heimbach, MD, Liver Transplant Program Surgical Director, and Sumera Rizvi, MBBS, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellow, discuss hilar cholangiocarcinoma symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options, including liver transplantation. Questions were answered following during the presentation.
This webinar on hilar cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the bile ducts) was recorded, Aug. 11 2015.
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I hope you won't mind me asking but with a benign narrowed hepatic duct, high up in the liver would you operate even though it is difficult or do a transplant if the person has been in severe pain for 19 years? I know a narrowed hepatic duct may not cause a change in blood tests. Can people have cholangitis without it effecting their blood tests?
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Is liver transplant an option for other types of cholangiocarcinoma?
My tumor is resectable. Would it not be better to just go for a liver transplant now?
Is there an age limit for a liver transplant?
Is there an age limit for a living liver donor?
Why does hilar cholangiocarcinoma mostly affect older people?
Why do you recommend chemotherapy and radiation therapy before liver transplant?
Is there anything I can do to slow down the progression of my tumor?