Bile Duct Cancer

Risk Factors

Risk factors for bile duct cancer are:

• Congenital bile duct disorders, such as presence of choledochal cyst
• Underlying medical conditions, such as diabetes, parasitic infection (liver fluke infection), chronic liver disease, liver cirrhosis, inflammatory bowel disease, hepatitis B or C, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, chronic ulcerative colitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and inherited conditions like Lynch syndrome and cystic fibrosis
• Advanced age (>50 years)
• Smoking