Hepato Biliary Cancer Treatment In Delhi
What are Hepato-Biliary Cancers?
What are the types of Hepato-Biliary Cancers?
There are several types of hepatobiliary cancers that include:
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
- Gallbladder cancer
- Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
- Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
Where Does Hepato-Biliary Cancers Start?
What are the Risk factors for Hepato-Biliary Cancer?
The following factors can increase your risk of Hepato-Biliary cancer:
- Chronic infection with HBV or HCV
- Certain inherited liver diseases
- Diabetes
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Exposure to aflatoxins
- Alcohol consumption
Early Detection & Diagnosis of Hepato-Biliary Cancers
Most Hepato-biliary cancers are found early because they show related symptoms. While some can be detected by testing people at high risk who don’t show any symptoms (screening).
Doctors may use the following tests to find or diagnose Hepato-Biliary cancer.
- Physical Examination
- Ultrasound
- Computed tomography (CT or CAT) Scan
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Angiography
- Biopsy
- Laparoscopy
- Bone Scan
- Blood Tests
Signs & Symptoms of Hepato-Biliary Cancers
Hepato-biliary cancer may not show any symptoms, particularly when the tumor is detected early as part of a screening program.
Some of the most common symptoms of Hepato-Biliary Cancers are:
- Weight loss
- Loss of appetite
- Feeling very full after a small meal
- Nausea or vomiting
- An enlarged liver
- An enlarged spleen
- Pain in the abdomen (belly)
- Swelling or fluid build-up in the abdomen (belly)
- Itching
- Yellowing of the skin & eyes (jaundice)
Hepato-Biliary Cancers: Treatment
Local Treatments
Local treatments treat the tumor without affecting the rest of the body.
- Surgery
- Ablation
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Microwave Ablation (MWA)
- Cryoablation (cryotherapy)
- Ethanol (alcohol) Ablation
- Radiation Therapy
Systemic Treatments
Systemic treatments use drugs, which can be given by mouth or directly into the bloodstream.
- Embolization Therapy
- Chemoembolization
- Radioembolization
- Targeted Therapy
- Immunotherapy
- Chemotherapy