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Extrahepatic bile duct cancer

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003081

A rare cancer that forms in the bile ducts (tubes) outside the liver. Bile ducts carry bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine. The two types of extrahepatic bile duct cancer are perihilar bile duct cancer (also called a Klatskin tumor) and distal bile duct cancer.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003081
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003081",
  "term": "Extrahepatic bile duct cancer",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A rare cancer that forms in the bile ducts (tubes) outside the liver. Bile ducts carry bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine. The two types of extrahepatic bile duct cancer are perihilar bile duct cancer (also called a Klatskin tumor) and distal bile duct cancer.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/extrahepatic-bile-duct-cancer/"
}

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