Bay Biosciences provides high quality, clinical grade bio-samples, cryogenically preserved biopsy tissue samples, FFPE tissue blocks with matched sera (serum), plasma, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) biofluid specimens from patients diagnosed with Cholangiocarcinoma disease.
The PBMC, sera (serum) and plasma samples are processed from patient’s peripheral whole-blood using customized collection and processing protocols. The Cholangiocarcinoma bio-specimens are collected from unique patients diagnosed with Cholangiocarcinoma and are provided to a valued pharmaceutical customer for research, development and drug discovery.
Cholangiocarcinoma Overview
Cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer, is a type of cancer that forms in the bile ducts. Cholangiocarcinoma is cancer that forms in the slender tubes (bile ducts) that carry the digestive fluid bile. Bile ducts connect the liver to the gallbladder and to the small intestine. This condition, also known as bile duct cancer, is an uncommon form of cancer that occurs mostly in both female and male patients older than age 50, though it can occur at any age.
Types of Cholangiocarcinoma
Cholangiocarcinoma is classified into the following different types based on where the cancer occurs in the bile ducts:
- Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma occurs in the parts of the bile ducts within the liver and is sometimes classified as a type of liver cancer.
- Hilar cholangiocarcinoma: Hilar cholangiocarcinoma is a type of bile duct cancer that occurs in the bile ducts that lead out of the liver (hepatic ducts) and join with the gallbladder. Hilar cholangiocarcinoma’s are also known as Klatskin tumors. This type of cancer occurs in the bile ducts just outside of the liver, and is also called Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma.
- Distal Cholangiocarcinoma: Is a type of cancer that occurs in the portion of the bile duct nearest the small intestine.
Signs and Symptoms of Cholangiocarcinoma
Cholangiocarcinoma Signs and Symptoms include:
- Abdominal Pain
- Dark colored urine
- Intensely itchy skin
- White-colored stools
- Fatigue
- Unintended weight loss
- Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes (jaundice)
Causes of Cholangiocarcinoma
Cholangiocarcinoma occurs when cells in the bile ducts develop changes, mutations in their DNA, which is the material that provides instructions for every chemical process in the body. DNA mutations cause changes in the instructions. As a result, the cells may begin to grow out of control and eventually form a tumor, or a mass of cancerous cells. It’s not clear what causes the genetic mutations that lead to cancer.
Risk factors of Cholangiocarcinoma
Following factors may increase the risk of developing Cholangiocarcinoma:
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: This disease causes hardening and scarring of the bile ducts.
- Chronic liver disease: Scarring of the liver caused by a history of chronic liver disease increases the risk of Cholangiocarcinoma.
- Bile duct problems present at birth: Patients born with a Choledochal Cyst, which causes dilated and irregular bile ducts, have an increased risk of Cholangiocarcinoma.
- A liver parasite: In areas of southeast Asia, Cholangiocarcinoma is associated with liver fluke infection, which can occur from eating raw or undercooked fish.
- Older age- Cholangiocarcinoma occurs most often in adults both male and female over age 50.
- Smoking and Alcohol Drinking- Smoking and alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of cholangiocarcinoma.
Detailed clinical data, elevated levels of antibodies, serology, biomarkers, CA 19-9, genetic information, biopsy tissue, pathology annotations associated with the Cholangiocarcinoma patient’s specimens is provided to a valued customer for drug discover, development and research. The Cholangiocarcinoma PBMC, sera (serum) and plasma samples are processed from patients peripheral whole-blood using customized processing protocols provided by the researcher.
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