Cholangiocarcinoma & the Mayo Clinic

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This is a link to an article on the Mayo clinic and liver transplants for

Cholangiocarcinoma:

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/report-49030.html

The article is from 12/2005, but it seems pretty hopeful.

-Marie

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Marie Nilsson wrote:

> The article is from 12/2005, but it seems pretty hopeful.

>

My wife's cousin is a Dr. who works with some of the cholangiocarcinoma

patients at Mayo. She says that although not everyone with CCA is

accepted for treatment, and not all those who are accepted make it to

transplant, for those who make it all the way through the program and

get a transplant, the survival rate is over 90%.

Of course catching the cancer early is key in getting accepted for

treatment and gives you a much better chance of making it through the

program successfully. If I had ended up with CCA I certainly would have

at least gone to Mayo for a consult, and see what they recommended.

athan