Hepatitis B tied to bile duct cancer outside liver

The extrahepatic bile duct collects bile from the liver, but is located outside of the liver. It joins with another duct coming from the gallbladder to form the common bile duct, which carries bile to the small intestine. Cancers of the extrahepatic bile duct are unusual and very difficult to treat.

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