Whether liver transplantation for cholangiocarcinoma is useful or not is related to the type of cholangiocarcinoma and the severity of the disease. For early stage intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, it can be treated with better results after active liver transplantation.
There are two types of bile duct cancer: intrahepatic bile duct cancer and extrahepatic bile duct cancer. For intrahepatic bile duct cancer with small lesions and without distant spreading and metastasis, liver transplantation can be used to treat the disease.
If cholangiocarcinoma has distant spreading and metastasis, the lesion is large and the physical condition is poor, even after liver transplantation, it is difficult to inhibit the spreading and metastasis of the tumor and the prognosis is poor.
Therefore, whether bile duct cancer liver transplantation is useful or not needs to be judged with one’s own specific situation, and it is recommended to consult professional doctors in hospitals as soon as possible to receive standardized treatment.