Cholangiocarcinomas are cancers arising from bile ducts, either found within the liver (intrahepatic) or outside the liver (extrahepatic). In Western countries, deaths due to intrahepatic cancers are rising at a higher rate than deaths due to extrahepatic cancers. This may be due to rising cases of liver disease and misclassification of the different cancer types.
Keywords: age-standardised mortality; cholangiocarcinoma; extrahepatic; intrahepatic.
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