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Symptoms bile duct cancer.
Bile ducts connect your liver to your gallbladder and to your small intestine.
Bile duct cancer does not usually cause signs or symptoms until later in the course of the disease but sometimes symptoms can appear sooner and lead to an early diagnosis.
The most common symptom of bile duct cancer is jaundice.
Bile duct cancer forms inside your bile duct a thin tube that moves a fluid called bile to your small intestine.
If the cancer is diagnosed at an early stage treatment might work better.
Cholangiocarcinoma is cancer that forms in the slender tubes bile ducts that carry the digestive fluid bile.
Other health conditions can cause the same symptoms as bile duct cancer.