Bile duct cancer is a relatively rare disease, and most patients are detected at an advanced stage, where survival time will be relatively short. Generally speaking, it is difficult to live longer than six months without treatment. In the advanced stage of bile duct cancer, the disease has already developed multiple lymphatic metastases or organ metastases, which makes the treatment very difficult. Early stage usually does not show very obvious symptoms and is difficult to be detected. The tumor is usually more malignant and can grow rapidly, blocking the human biliary system, causing obstructive jaundice and a series of complications leading to death. Of course, the survival rate of this disease in its advanced stages also depends on whether it can be treated effectively. At present, for the treatment of this disease, if surgery is possible, a comprehensive treatment based on surgery should still be adopted to maximize the survival period. The surgical approach depends on the specific location of the tumor in the common bile duct, and surgery can be followed by adjuvant radiotherapy or chemotherapy to prolong the patient’s life as long as possible. There are statistics that patients with cholangiocarcinoma that can be treated surgically have an average survival of 24 months. The survival rate of this disease mainly depends on the effect of treatment. Generally speaking, the earlier the detection, the better the treatment effect will be and the survival time will definitely be much higher. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to physical examination in general to avoid the disease from moving to advanced stage.