Background. A 66-year-old white man with a history of cryptogenic cirrhosis complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma, ascites and hepatic encephalopathy presented with a productive cough and pleuritic ...

Eisai has filed for approval in Japan for tasurgratinib, its small-molecule fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor inhibitor, as a treatment for biliary tract cancers with FGFR2 gene fusion mutations ...

MSD’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda has been approved by the FDA as a treatment for locally advanced unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer (BTC) in combination with chemotherapy, the first ...

Primary biliary cholangitis may not have symptoms early on. Sometimes, your doctor finds out you have it because of a routine blood test. Other times, you may have symptoms, so your doctor may order ...

Cholangitis is bile duct inflammation that can block bile flow and cause it to back up into the liver. This can cause liver damage without treatment. Symptoms vary by type and may be mild at first, ...

In recent decades, acupuncture has attracted extensive research spanning an astonishingly wide array of medical conditions, from chronic pain and neurological disorders to infectious diseases and ...

Biliary tract disease describes any disease that affects the biliary tract the gall bladder, bile ducts and accompanying structures. Examples include primary sclerosing cholangitis, secondary ...