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SUBMITTER: Rauff B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7509998 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rauff Bisma B Malik Arif A Bhatti Yasir Ali YA Chudhary Shafiq Ahmad SA Qadri Ishtiaq I Rafiq Shafquat S
World journal of gastrointestinal oncology 20200901 9
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) comprises of extra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma cancers as a result of inflammation of epithelium cell lining of the bile duct. The incidence rate is increasing dramatically worldwide with highest rates in Eastern and South Asian regions. Major risk factors involve chronic damage and inflammation of bile duct epithelium from primary sclerosing cholangitis, chronic hepatitis virus infection, gallstones and liver fluke infection. Various g ...[more]