English dictionary of cancer terms . 2015.
stage IV extrahepatic bile duct cancer — Cancer has spread to lymph nodes and/or organs far away from the extrahepatic bile duct … English dictionary of cancer terms
extrahepatic bile duct cancer — A rare cancer that forms in the part of the bile duct that is outside the liver. The bile duct is the tube that collects bile from the liver and joins a duct from the gallbladder to form the common bile duct, which carries bile into the small… … English dictionary of cancer terms
stage I extrahepatic bile duct cancer — Stage I is divided into stage IA and IB. In stage IA, cancer is found only in the bile duct. In stage IB, cancer has spread through the wall of the bile duct … English dictionary of cancer terms
stage II extrahepatic bile duct cancer — Stage II is divided into stage IIA and IIB. In stage IIA, cancer has spread to the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and/or to either the right or left branches of the hepatic artery or of the portal vein (major blood vessels that carry blood to the… … English dictionary of cancer terms
stage III extrahepatic bile duct cancer — Cancer has spread to (1) the portal vein (blood vessel that carries blood to the liver) or to both branches; or (2) the hepatic artery (blood vessel that carries blood to the liver); or (3) other nearby organs or tissues, such as the colon,… … English dictionary of cancer terms
Bile duct — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Digestive system diagram showing the bile duct Caption2 = An intraoperative cholangiogram, which is an X Ray of the bile ducts during a laprascopic cholecystectomy System … Wikipedia
bile duct — A tube through which bile passes in and out of the liver … English dictionary of cancer terms
extrahepatic bile duct — The part of the common hepatic bile duct (tube that collects bile from the liver) that is outside the liver. This duct joins a duct from the gallbladder to form the common bile duct, which carries bile into the small intestine when food is being… … English dictionary of cancer terms
stage 0 extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma in situ — Abnormal cells are found in the innermost layer of tissue lining the extrahepatic bile duct. These abnormal cells may become cancer and spread into nearby normal tissue … English dictionary of cancer terms
intrahepatic bile duct — A bile duct that passes through and drains bile from the liver … English dictionary of cancer terms
