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Extrahepatic bile duct cancer

A rare cancer that forms in the bile ducts (tubes) outside the liver. Bile ducts carry bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine. The two types of extrahepatic bile duct cancer are perihilar bile duct cancer (also called a Klatskin tumor) and distal bile duct cancer.

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