Introduction My brother’s fight with Cholangiocarcinoma

Hi to you all. My 56 year old brother was diagnosed with CC in April 2014. At first, we thought they could do a resection but when they started to operate on my brother the surgeon realised that it had spread to the liver and the operation was not possible. The tumour is in the part of the bile duct which is in the liver. Stents have been put in to help but have not been very successful. My brother has been in and out of hospital about 7 times to get stents unblocked to relieve his jaundice. At the moment, his bilirubin level is over 200. On the positive side, we have been told the tumour is stable. However, if they are unable to get the bilirubin down to under 50 chemotherapy will not be an option. We are trying to stay positive but it is really hard as the doctors are telling us that there is nothing else they can do. Has anybody else out there had a similar problem with jaundice and high bilirubin levels? Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated. Thanks xx