distal bile duct cancer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-002499",
  "term": "distal bile duct cancer",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Cancer that forms in the area where the ducts from the liver and gallbladder join to form the common bile duct, which passes through the pancreas into the small intestine. Bile ducts carry bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine. Distal bile duct cancer is a type of extrahepatic bile duct cancer.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/distal-bile-duct-cancer/"
}