perihilar cholangiocarcinoma

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006513",
  "term": "perihilar cholangiocarcinoma",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Cancer that forms in the area where the left and right hepatic ducts join just outside the liver and form the common hepatic duct. Bile ducts carry bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine. Perihilar cholangiocarcinoma is a type of extrahepatic bile duct cancer. Also called Klatskin tumor and perihilar bile duct cancer.",
  "synonyms": [
    "Klatskin tumor",
    "perihilar bile duct cancer"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/perihilar-cholangiocarcinoma/"
}